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NL 17-40: That's Rich: The Buddy Rich Story, 9/25/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A centennial celebration of the iconic drummer, featuring the music of his big bands and small groups, as well as some of his vocal recordings.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 59:05
The Emergence of Linda Ronstadt (Newscast Friendly Cuts)
From: Paul Ingles
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The remarkable and varied performing career of Linda Ronstadt is explored by a panel of her friends, music writers, musicians and fans. Plus archiv...

Bought by KRCU Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:47:57
  • Purchases: 2
The Emergence of Linda Ronstadt
From: Paul Ingles
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The remarkable and varied performing career of Linda Ronstadt is explored by a panel of her friends, music writers, musicians and fans. Plus archi...

Bought by KNCT FM, KSJE, Prairie Public, KSUT, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 20
The Doors - The Singles: All Access
From: Dan Neer
Series: All Access World Premieres
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Interview with all four members of the Doors: The Late Jim Morrison & Ray Manzarek as well as surviving members Robbie Krieger & John Densmore talk...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Prairie Public, KGLT, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 57:52
  • Purchases: 4
The Last: Final Recordings of Jazz Greats
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hourlong program of classic jazz, highlighting end-period performances from Bill Evans, Billie Holiday, and others.

Bought by WVIA, KPIP-LP, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WPTC, and South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Ten For Gregg: A Gregg Allman Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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Music historian Paul Ingles hosts a panel of other music writers and fans remembering the musical legacy of Gregg Allman, who died May 27, 2017 at ...

Bought by KFSK, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KMSU, WXXI Rochester, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
2016 Christmas in Appalachia
From: WNIN
Series: WNIN Regional Voices
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Renowned Irish fiddler Tony DeMarco leads a cast of musicians and dancers from "Green Grass to Bluegrass" in a live performance to celebrate the ho...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WNMU-FM, and WBAA


  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Band 40th Anniversary of "The Last Waltz:" All Access
From: Dan Neer
Series: All Access World Premieres
Caption: The 40th Anniversary of the Band's "The Last Waltz:" All Access
Robbie Robertson shares insights looking back from 40 years on at one of, if not THE best rock and roll concerts and films, The Last Waltz. Interv...

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLP, Prairie Public, KSRQ, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 11
Creation: The Early Years of Pink Floyd
From: Joyride Media
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Look back at the early years of Pink Floyd with an exclusive interview of Pink Floyd drummer, Nick Mason, plus rare tracks from the late '60s and e...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, WSKG, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 30
A Magic Door
From: Gianluca Tramontana
Caption: Producing at the Magic Shop, Credit: Gianluca Tramontana
An inside look into the closing of one of New York City’s last iconic recording studio where David Bowie, Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, The Ramones, Blond...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Wall of Power Radio Hour Greatest Hits 2014-2016
From: Paul Metsa
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This show is a compilation of a wide variety of guests that have appeared on the Wall of Power Radio Hour since it's inception in April of 2014. Th...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 53:30
Anthony Newley: Once in a Lifetime
From: Mal Thursday
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An in-depth look at the life and music of Anthony Newley. Hosted by Mal Thursday, with special guest Garth Bardsley, author of "Stop the World: The...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:49:45
Levon Helm 75th Birthday Celebration (Episode 1521)
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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Full-Time Blues Radio honors Levon Helm for what would have been his 75th birthday.

Bought by WJSU and WSGE


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Bob Dylan and the Band - Complete Basement Tapes
From: Joyride Media
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The complete story behind Bob Dylan and The Band's 1967 recordings in Woodstock, NY, now known as the Basement Tapes

Bought by Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Radio Catskill, KOSU and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 35
To Dig Or Not To Dig: Jazz And Hip With Phil Ford
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, exploring the orgins of "hip."

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KHNS, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
An Evening With Al Jolson
From: William Cook
Series: Waxworks
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An Evening With Al Jolson

  • Added: Oct 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Howard Smith interivews Eric Clapton 10/24/1970
From: Ezra Bookstein
Series: The Smith Tapes
Caption: Collection 1 - Fillmore East, Credit: Masaki Koike
Howard Smith's interview with Eric Clapton, Oct. 24, 1970. Clapton's new band, Derek & the Dominos, will play the Fillmore East immediately followi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Stan Getz
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Stan Getz
“My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz-O-Rama #11: "Jumpin, Rockin Jazz"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev plays early Rock 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Tuiti Fruiti," "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Good Rockin; Tonight" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 11th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Ram...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:15
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #6: "Remastered Rhapsodies"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev remastered 1927 Rhapsody in Blue 78., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of remastered 78s records, including George Gershwin with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra conducted by Nat Shilkret “Rhapsody in ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 3
The Colors of Claude Debussy - 150th Birthday Celebration
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Caption: (L to R) Kenneth Radnofsky; Marc-André Hamelin; Richard Stoltzman , Credit: Melinda Gordon
Classical New England celebrates the revolutionary French composer, with pianist Marc-André Hamelin, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, saxophonist Ken...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:31
  • Purchases: 3
This Week in Texas Music History: Little Esther Phillips
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the fourth week of December (12/23): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a woman who became the youngest singer to scor...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Paul Simon Graceland
From: Joyride Media
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Paul Simon recalls the creative sparks and controversies surrounding his landmark album, "Graceland"

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUKY and more


  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 14
Joey Ramone...ya know?
From: Joyride Media
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Joey Ramone's close friends and family salute him by rocking out and finishing the tracks Joey left behind when he died.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WSKG, WTJU, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Harlem Goes Brit:
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: London of the 1920s
Jazz Historian Albert McCarthy writes in his book, Big Band Jazz (Exeter Books, NY 1974), “When jazz and dance music began to dominate American pop...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 58:57