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Caption: Nick Spitzer, Credit: Ricky Costanza
A conversation with folklife presenter, educator, creator, host and producer of American Routes, and 2023 National Heritage Fellow Nick Spitzer.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 21, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Brandon Victor Dixon, Credit: Dario Calmese
Actor, singer, and producer Brandon Victor Dixon talks about his long and storied career on Broadway.

Bought by KMUN, WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 7
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On this episode, we talked about ambient and pop music polymath Brian Eno's Diary, which was recently re-published in a special 25th anniversary ed...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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What a life. Hardest decision to make is: What record do we play next? Two sides of blues harp and Little Walter from 1954 (no bass needed from bac...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WYAP, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Manuel Delgado, Credit: Delgado Guitars
Luthier and Community Activist Manuel Delgado talks about continuing his family’s tradition of hand-crafting stringed instruments while working to ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KFCF FM, KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Gil Rose, Credit: Kevin Condon
A conversation with Gil Rose who founded and heads three organizations-- the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), Odyssey Opera and BMOP/Sound—t...

Bought by WSLR, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WRGY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Bobby Fulcher, Credit:  Sarah Terpstra Hanson
State Park Manager Bobby Fulcher has spent 40 years uncovering the local culture of the Tennessee Cumberlands.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
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Brian Donaldson is one of the most accomplished pipers in the world - winning many of the major awards and even performing in front of the queen of...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
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Brian Donaldson is one of the most accomplished pipers in the world - winning many of the major awards and even performing in front of the queen of...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, CHSR-FM 97.9, WFHB, WJCU and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Brian Donaldson is one of the most accomplished pipers in the world - winning many of the major awards and even performing in front of the queen of...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, KHEN-LP, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Brian Donaldson is one of the most accomplished pipers in the world - winning many of the major awards and even performing in front of the queen of...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRGY, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Leonard Bernstein at the Opening of West Side Story, Washington DC, Aug. 1957, Credit: Library of Congress Archives
Composer, conductor, and commentator Rob Kapilow takes us on a musical journey through Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway career.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMPG, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Kevin Locke, Credit: Courtesy of Kevin Locke
The late Kevin Locke talks about learning, performing, and teaching Lakota culture and traditions around the world.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and KZUM


  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: David Serkin Ludwig
David Serkin Ludwig talks about his life in music both as a composer and as an educator dedicated to new music and expanding the music community

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Shanta Thake at Summer for the City, Credit: Kevin Yatarola; used courtesy of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Chief Artistic Officer of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) Shanta Thake talks about programming that speaks to the needs of New York C...

Bought by RADIOLEX, Spokane Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Modern Warrior LIVE
In today’s podcast, I speak with US Army Veteran Jaymes Poling and Jazz Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci about creating and presenting Modern Warrior L...

  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 01:26:36
Caption: Stanley Clarke, Credit: Toshi Sakurai
In this tuneful podcast, bassist Stanley Clarke talks about his long and storied career, including his musical partnerships with Chick Corea and th...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, RADIOLEX, KZUM, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Terence Blanchard, Credit: Cedric Angeles
In this podcast Terence Blanchard talks about bringing the sounds of blues and jazz to his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, his long collaboration w...

Bought by WILL, RADIOLEX, KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Ukulele workshop for veterans and military families at Veterans and the Arts Initiative at George Mason University. , Credit: Dr. Niyati Dhokai
Program Director of the Veterans and the Arts Initiative at George Mason University Niyati Dhokai talks about creating an intergenerational communi...

Bought by WMPG, Spokane Public Radio, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Nov 05, 2021
  • Length: 28:46
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Louie Pérez, Credit: Hypothetical
Louie Pérez the co-founder, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for 2021 National Heritage Fellow Award-winning band Los Lobos talks about keepin...

Bought by WMPG and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Angel Blue, Credit: Jack Hill
Meet soprano Angel Blue who is opening the new season at the Metropolitan Opera's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones." Composed by Terence Blanchard, it's t...

Bought by WMPG, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 3
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Ford’s Theatre commemorates the anniversary of 9/11 with Come From Away: In Concert at the Lincoln Memorial. We speak with Producer Sue Frost and D...

Bought by WMPG, Spokane Public Radio, KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
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Director David Henry Gerson talks about The Story Won’t Die—his documentary about Syrian artists in exile.

Bought by KZUM, WMPG, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 4