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Bassist Dave Holland and his Life in Jazz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dave Holland, Credit: Ulli Gruber
Bassist and 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dave Holland discusses his career and the collaborative nature of jazz.

Bought by KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 4
Season 1, Episode 26 - 'Harmony Project' feat Maya Barrera
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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Providing free music education to children who have had music education cut from their public schooling.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB


  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 2
HARM 24-15: Listening to Art: Angel Concerts, 4/8/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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If you’ve spent any time in the early European wing at your local art museum, you might have noticed just how musical religious art can be. This we...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
David Bowie
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about a recent book that gathers all of David Bowie's interviews with BBC television and radio into one handy and very r...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2024
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Art of Noise: Influence of Futurism on Music
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we traveled back in time to early 20th. C. Italy, where the Futurists were dropping manifestos and proposing exciting new ideas th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Meet the Creator and Host of American Routes: Nick Spitzer
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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
The B-52s
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about "The Story of the B-52s: Neon Side of Town," the first critical biography of "the world's greatest party band," wh...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2024
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1927 (Hour 1 & 2) - 01/04/2024
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We will not wait to be drafted into jazz radio service, we shall volunteer, and do it gladly. When Quincy Jones recorded for A & M records, the sou...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMXT, KHNS, WOUB, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 10
Brandon Victor Dixon--Alicia Keys' Dad in "Hell's Kitchen"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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
Radio Art Zone
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Radio Art Zone," which is both a survey of what's happening in radio art, and part of a 100-artist radio...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1923 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12/07/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Sometimes unpredictable by design, other times we come more out of the melodic/classic sense. We are proud of NYC tenor saxophonist Lucas Pino who ...

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


  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape," which explores the many ways that the humble...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
Brian Eno's Diary
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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
Re-Sisters
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about Cosey Fanni Tutti's new book Re-Sisters, which intertwines her own life and work with that of electronic music pio...

Bought by Raven Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Pat Metheny
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about "Beneath Missouri Skies," a biography of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny's early years growing up in Lee's Summit, Miss...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:31
Full Moon Hacksaw #1915 (Hour 1 & 2) - 10/12/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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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
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month: Meet Manuel Delgado, 3rd Generation Luthier
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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
New trends in black metal
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about a couple of recent books that explore the ways that the black metal genre has evo...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2023
  • Length: 27:19
Full Moon Hacksaw #1910 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/07/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We hit the ground running with recent music by sax man Corey Weeds, who also produces a lot of great recorded jazz by various musicians today. From...

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


  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 11
Bob Moog
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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
The Names of Minimalism
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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
The music of Toby Driver
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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
The Big Three
From: melodically challenged
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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
Gil Rose--A Voice for Contemporary Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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
The Power of One
From: melodically challenged
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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