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Caption: Cody Christian
My guest is Cody Christian, the Powhatan, Virginia, Americana, country artist who made waves in late 2021 when he quit his 8 year job at a shipyard...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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This week at MTPR, we’re celebrating music and stories from 1971 to commemorate 50 years of National Public Radio. To celebrate this history, we’re...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:25
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: MS Subbulakshmi at the 1966 UN General Assembly
We explore the evolution of what we might call the modernism of the classical in South Indian music and the ways the production of this form of mus...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Tonight on The Sound, we check out Mae Simpson’s release, “Did You Make It Back?”. Mae Simpson is a soulful singer from Minneapolis with an energet...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 30:02
Caption: Paul Metsa, Credit: Howard Christopherson
Paul Metsa is a defining Minneapolis musician of this generation. Reflecting on his recording career, Paul believes that a 1992 project called Whis...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
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The founder of One Billion Rising and VDay and world renowned playwright, author and activist Eve Ensler, along with activist, singer, songwriter ...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Queen Elizabeth I playing the lute
This week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features great music that was created during times of political turmoil from the 16th Century to 20t...

Bought by KXIQ , WVIA, 'The Sea', WHQR, WUAL and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 50
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'And Yet' is a song that begs the question: If we are fundamentally all the same, why is it so easy to dehumanize marginalized people? It takes an ...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
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The POINT LESS podcast with Ola Onabule presents: 'Throwaway Notion', the second track from POINT LESS, the new album by Ola Onabule.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 1
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Iraqi-American musician and composer Rahim AlHaj has traveled a musical and life journey that few could imagine. A virtuoso of the Oud (the grandfa...

Bought by KMXT, RadioFreePalmer, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Tim Wheeler
Interview by Ken Winkes: Tim describes his family history, his life in Sequim, Washington, and as a reporter as well as his new book called “News F...

  • Added: May 10, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Gary Kanter
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Mike continues his Learn Yourself series by interviewing his fellow host Gary Kanter about his new CD, with all his ori...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 27:58
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Looking back on the midterm elections, we ask the tough questions about white women voters and race, then get introduced to the hi-pinky salute acr...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Orson Welles in production on It’s All True
Orson Welles, following hard upon the tailwind of Walt Disney, was strongly encouraged to travel in Latin America as a Goodwill ambassador at the b...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Eric Arnold, Credit: Fantastic Negrito at the UC Theater in Berkeley, Ca
In the last three years, Fantastic Negrito, an Oakland-based black roots revivalist has gone from busking at bus stops to winning a Grammy and tour...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Pete Seeger died in 2014 at the age of 94, a cultural icon, and a so-called a “consensus hero." But the hero was also a pariah too many. Seeger’s ...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:28:26
  • Purchases: 1
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We’re joined by guitarist, producer, composer and author Dave Randall. His book, Sound System, newly out from Pluto Press, is an insider’s view of ...

  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:28:01
Caption: Hali Hammer
Interview by Gary Kanter: Hali explains her new Progressive Majority Creative Network Website and Facebook page that connects musicians with events...

  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:12
Caption: Everett Massacre,  Holding the Fort-Sung by IWW
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Mike continues his special segment of We Do The Work called ‘Learn Yourself” that explores an historical labor event h...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 27:52
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Jonathan Meiburg gets an interesting perspective of the United States as a world touring musician, not to mention that he just spent a large amount...

Bought by KUCB, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 3
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Tom Breiding on acousticSongs LIVE! from WNJR

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:13
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Rhiannon Giddens has become one of the strongest voices in music today. As one part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, she dug deep into historical...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 3
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Sarah McLachlan has been a source for many, some that you wouldn’t expect like DMC from Run DMC, who’s on record saying that her song Angel saved h...

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and KSUT


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Joe Hill, IWW, Linda Allen
Interview: Members of the Whatcom-Skagit IWW and Linda Allen talk about the legendary organizer and Labor song writer Joe Hill, sing his songs, an...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 27:49
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Sadie Dupuis talks with Kyle Meredith about writing about feminism and politics on the latest Speedy Ortiz album, Foil Deer.

Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4