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Finding Emo
From: Merle Kessler
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A look at the music genre "emo," and what it has to do with, well, me.

Bought by KUHB


  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 1
Tokyo "All Aboard" Melodies
From: Andy Raskin
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Melodies heard on Tokyo train platforms.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KUT-HD, KTNA and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2004
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 7
Ken Best/Stephen John Dunkley
From: Noah Reibel
Series: Playing for Change
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another musician/songwriter playing for change in the subway

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Elvis & Haggis
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Is the little town of Lonmay, Scotland ready for hoards of Elvis fans?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 13, 2004
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 2
WNYC's Fishko Files: An Hour With Dave Brubeck
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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An Hour With Dave Brubeck

Bought by KMUW, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSFR, Prairie Public, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2004
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
Dar Williams: ENCORE In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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The first thing a songwriter needs is a good topic sentence. Or maybe not ...

Bought by KMHD, WNCW, and KNAU


  • Added: May 18, 2004
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 3
Opera Company of North Carolina Turandot
From: WCPE
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Interview with Opera Co. of North Carolina Director Bob Galbraith and the principal cast members of the May 21 & 23 production of Turandot

  • Added: May 13, 2004
  • Length: 13:23
Professor R. Larry Todd, Duke Univ. Musicologist on Mendelssohn (3 tracks)
From: WCPE
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Prof. R. Larry Todd, musicologist and Mendelssohn Biographer on his new book.

  • Added: May 06, 2004
  • Length: 17:43
Joshua Bell, violinist--biographical (2 tracks)
From: WCPE
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Joshua Bell talks about his career as a violinist.

  • Added: May 06, 2004
  • Length: 14:11
Gil Shaham, violinist (2 tracks)
From: WCPE
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Interview with Gil Shaham, violinist

  • Added: May 06, 2004
  • Length: 12:26
Rachel Brown, flutist Academy of Ancient Music (2 tracks)
From: WCPE
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Interview with Rachel Brown, flutist with the Academy of Ancient Music.

  • Added: May 06, 2004
  • Length: 13:44
Davy Rothbart, Found Magazine
From: Adam Allington
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Davy Rothbart founder of "Found" Magazine describes some of his favorite finds

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Zildjian Cymbal Tester
From: Jackson Braider
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Leon Cippini wanted to be a great drummer; he became a great cymbal tester instead.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Apr 20, 2004
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
Yo-Yo Ma: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Have cello, will travel: Yo-Yo Ma describes how he works his way inside the "DNA" of musical styles from all over the world, and finds joy in "the...

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, KMHD, KNAU, WCVE and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2004
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 6
David Byrne Does PowerPoint
From: Jackson Braider
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Trust David Byrne -- master of image, music, and text -- to reveal the creative potential of Microsoft PowerPoint.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 22, 2004
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
The Allure of Karaoke Singing
From: Scott Gurian
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Regular singers describe what attracts them to karaoke

Bought by WABE, KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUNM, and PRX


  • Added: Mar 06, 2004
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 5
The Ring and I: The Passion, The Myth, The Mania
From: WNYC
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"The Ring and I" is a story about the love affair between hundreds of thousands of people and one, colossal, controversial and awe-inspiring piece ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRVO Public Media, WMNR, KHNS, KCRW and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2004
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 32
Singing BeeGees in the Pit
From: Raquel Maria Dillon
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a sound profile of a pit singer

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Feb 26, 2004
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Elviscop
From: Adam Allington
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Officer Chuck Denault explains what it means to be a respectful "Elvis" impersonator

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, XRAY.fm, KGLT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 6
Tango!
From: Evan Roberts
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There once was a woman who loved the tango so much, she married it.

Bought by WBHM, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 17, 2004
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 5
Roadway Renaissance Man
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Toll booth operators are not what they appear to be.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast, WMPG, WUAL, and WVPE


  • Added: Feb 14, 2004
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 4
I Can't Get It Out of My Head
From: Richard Paul
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Why advertising jingles get lodged in your brain

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, WFUV, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 18, 2004
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 4
California
From: Jeff Brown
Series: The American State Songbook
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Do you know your state song?

  • Added: Dec 15, 2003
  • Length: 03:21
Massachusetts
From: Jeff Brown
Series: The American State Songbook
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Do you know your state song?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2003
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
UK Bootlegs and Mashups
From: David Clements
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Could this be the next big movement in music?

  • Added: Oct 05, 2003
  • Length: 10:12

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