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The Glass Sho: Episode 21 (Vicky Chow/Danielle Eva Schwob & Ashley Jackson)
From: Chris McGovern
Series: The Glass Sho
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Bang On a Can pianist Vicky Chow talks about her new releases; Composer-singer Danielle Eva Schwob and harpist Ashley Jackson discuss the upcoming ...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:21:31
TSR14-22 Della Mae
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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Tent Show Radio welcomes from Nashville, Tennessee, Grammy Award bluegrass Nominees Della Mae.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, WDSE, KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
When She Leaves You: A Musical Interlude
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Heartbreak Stories: The Other Side of Valentines Day
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Heartbreak is a universal disease with no cure. Three men share the musical prescriptions that got them over the one who got away.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:46
The John Sebastian Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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John Sebastian talks with Jake Feinberg about his mentors and teachers like Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Peter Yarrow Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
Back to MIAMI
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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"BACK TO MIAMI" Is a return back to a place that brought you great hits like "I Get Lifted", "Rocking Chair", "Rock You Baby", "Keep It Comin' Love...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WJAB


  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 56:31
  • Purchases: 2
Country Fried Rock #1326: Samantha Martin & The Haggard
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Samantha Martin And The Haggard, Credit: Press Photo
Americana music is not the sole purview of the United States, as Canadian, Samantha Martin, the chief songwriter for Samantha Martin & The Haggard,...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KKRN, WLPR , WSLR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Silent Seekers
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Most people know Sufism as the religion practiced by the whirling dervishes. But this mystical form of Islam has taken root in America, too.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 06:41
Do You Like Good Music?
From: City High Radio
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Sixteen-year-old Chase Nelon isn't a musician, but he has a passion for music. He wants to know if other teenagers feel as connected and influenced...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Closure
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Closure, Credit: Julia Meek
"Where is the good in goodbye?" Meredith Wilson's "Music Man" pondered this question, which we're revisiting with a tour of departures, leave taki...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:11
  • Purchases: 10
Playing with Knives: Portrait of a Young Violin Maker in Manhattan
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Caption: Giancarlo Arcieri., Credit: Renan Dario Arango.
This short audio doc about Giancarlo Arcieri, 35, a young violin maker based in Midtown Manhattan, was produced for WorkingNow.org.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Art Garfunkel: The Singer
From: Joyride Media
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An hour of Art Garfunkel's music and highlights from his many writings.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KPVL, Radio New Zealand, and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 41:00
  • Purchases: 4
VoiceBox: Sweet Hormony
From: VoiceBox
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Transgendered vocalists Eli Conley and Ashey Moore talk about how singers can successfully negotiate the shift from singing as a male to singing as...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
VoiceBox: Hawaii Song-O: On the Art of Hula Singing
From: VoiceBox
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n Hawaiian Hula, singing and dancing going hand in hand. Join Patrick Makuakane, director of Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, a hula school and performance ...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
WorldCanvass: Italian Art and Culture
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:55:01
Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas With New Friends
From: Joyride Media
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Leonard Cohen and friends talk about his music and influence.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WYAP, WHRV, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 40
Bay Area Beats: Musical Art Quintet makes the most of the double bass
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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In 2008, double bassist and founder of the Musical Art Quintet, Sascha Jacobsen regularly attended the Sunday night chamber music jams at Cafe Revo...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering a legendary Bay Area jazz club
From: KALW
Caption: “Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club” by Kathy Sloane is published by Indiana University Press.
It was a special time for jazz in the Bay Area. For most of the ‘70s and the early ‘80s, a small club called Keystone Korner presented a dazzling a...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Thats My Song by Eric Dingus
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: That's My Song!
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A introduction to the Youth Spin listeners, as well as a personal story where the song is the main character in the plot. That's My Song weaves tog...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:25
JazzStories: Henry Threadgill
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“You always have to have boundaries. If you don’t have boundaries, you don’t have art. There has to be controls and boundaries. Otherwise when does...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WNCU


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 12:15
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Ledward Kaapana
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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2011 National Heritage Fellow and slack key guitar master Led Kaapana talks about making music the Hawaiian way.

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 1
Ozzy Osbourne: Looking Back
From: Joyride Media
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Ozzy Osbourne reflects on his first solo albums and working with pioneering guitarist Randy Rhoads.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WCWP, KPVL and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Theme Songs
From: ayme frye
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A man talking about how he has a theme song for people in his life. He recalls the qualities of the people and describes them with music.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 03:24
JazzStories: Dianne Reeves
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Dianne Reeves
"I don't ever want you to open for me again" said Sarah Vaughan. The diva was paying her a compliment, but the modest Dianne Reeves didn't' know that.

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 8
JazzStories: Jason Moran
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Jason Moran , Credit: Frank Stewart
Prolific pianist and composer Jason Moran fuses stride piano, avant-garde jazz and sampled sounds. Hear the 2010 MacArthur Fellow "a Texas computer...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 6