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Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik talk about their new book "Blood in the Tracks"

  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 13:41
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill's new autobiography "Easily S...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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Singer songwriter Jeffrey Foucault returns to Musician's Spotlight to visit with host John Floridis and discuss his most recent release "Deadstock....

Bought by WMUU-LP and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 2
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On this episode, we talked about "The Names of Minimalism," a new music history book that approaches the genre from the perspective of rivalries an...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
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On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2023
  • Length: 28:19
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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost Welcome to another edition of melodically challenged whe...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:06
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about "Beautiful Dreamer," the first biography of guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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Together we can change the world, just one random act of kindness at a time. Ron Hall Welcome to this week’s melodically challenged when we will ...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:04
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
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Insightful and whimsical poetry about summer vacations .

  • Added: Jun 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:21
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On this episode, we discussed the new book "Dance-Punk," part of a new series of "Genre" books from 33 1/3. We discussed the history of dance-punk ...

  • Added: May 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
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It's National Poetry Month in the USA, and we are celebrating with a Poetry Palooza on The Children's Hour!

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KRSC, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WUTC and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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It's National Poetry Month in the USA, and we are celebrating with a Poetry Palooza on The Children's Hour!

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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We continue Black History Month with the Past American Voice of Al Young, the two-time American Book Award winner, who passed away in 2021 at age 8...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Patti Frye Meredith is a Southern fiction, Galax, VA born and raised novelist, currently residing in Chapel Hill, NC. She discusses her latest nove...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Bonaventure Balla is a translator from Cameroon who speaks seven languages, although his favorite is his home dialect called Fang.

Bought by WTJU, KEDT, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
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Bonaventure Balla’s favorite word in any language is “cornucopia.” And that’s saying something, because he’s a translator from Cameroon who speaks ...

Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWIT, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Translations
Bonaventure Balla is a translator from Cameroon who speaks seven languages. His favorite is his home dialect called Fang.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, WFHB, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Musical themes ranging from intimate expressions of love, the power of spirituals, to musical dogs.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:03
Caption: John Schneiderman
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features music by Tarrega, Handel, Kohaut, John Dowland, Ida Presti, and Wayne Siegel, and interview...

Bought by Ohm Radio , WEKU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KXIQ , WHQR and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 64
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U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (2019-2021) talks about her Native American heritage and reads poetry from her multi-award-winning book IN MAD LOVE AN...

Bought by KBIA, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, and KWMR


  • Added: Apr 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Ted Olson, a professor of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University, discusses how his writing has been impacted by the region's histo...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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The intensity of first love examined by poetry and music.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2021
  • Length: 56:50
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Poetry matched to music about nature.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2021
  • Length: 55:12