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This episode delves into Pete Seeger's early years growing up in upstate New York and at boarding school; his political worldview as channeled thro...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2024
  • Length: 48:39
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Can we make the music business safe for everyone?

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB


  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 57:52
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
In this episode, g'beda shares what it means to pursue their dream of playing in a mariachi band, and how they found themselves in a rich, vibrant ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 14:04
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What is The Blues? Arts and Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack looks for the answer as he explores the Head Water Blues Opry, performed at th...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:25
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In the endless sunshine of Dubai, Bilal Qureshi revisits Franz Schubert’s acclaimed song cycle “Winterreise.” The lyrics of a heartbroken man’s jou...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dan Stokes, Credit: Shefik
Sex - Solo is a R&B musical group. The original members were Robert Anderson, Darnell Chavis, Eunique Mack, and Dan Stokes. The group recorded thei...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 01:21
Caption: Robert Anderson, Credit: Shefik
Sex - Solo is a R&B musical group. The original members were Robert Anderson, Darnell Chavis, Eunique Mack, and Dan Stokes. The group recorded thei...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 01:01
Caption: Trisco Pearson of Force M.D.'s, Credit: Shefik
Acceptance - Force M.D.'s is a vocal group formed in 1981. Trisco Pearson later joined the group. They released a collection of R&B hits throughout...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:29
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In her early 20s, Sibylle Baier recorded 14 folk songs that she says saved her life. Then, she packed the tape away and forgot about it. Decades la...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
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This moment in time is teaching us to find ways to be alone. That's what it's always been like for James.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Long before there was Coachella, Outside Lands Festival, and the popular music gatherings of today, the Monterey Pop Festival was the first of its ...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 31:44
Caption: Brendon Hamilton, Credit: Shefik
Remorse - Brendon Hamilton has been writing and performing since he was a young child. Influenced by some of rock, pop, and R&B's greatest recordin...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:44
Caption: William Goldstein, Credit: Shefik
Hanukkah - William Goldstein was previously a recording artist for Motown Records and CBS Masterworks. He has over 50 albums currently available. H...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Neddy Smith, Credit: Shefik
Faith - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional style...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:40
Caption: Sonny Turner, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Bill...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:19
Caption: Sonny Turner, Credit: Shefik
Love - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Ho...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:42
Caption: M.C. El Bee, Credit: Shefik
Identity - Author Larry Boatright, also known as M.C. El Bee in the hip-hop community, talks about the birth and propagation of hip-hop in the 1970...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:36
Caption: Walk across America, Credit: Van Booth
When Van Booth retired from the army in 2016, he came home with a heavy load of PTSD. He found a spot up on the train tracks to park his car and wa...

Bought by HowSound and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 2
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St. Hildegard of Bingen was a twelfth-century German nun – a writer, composer of chants, mystic and visionary. You might be asking yourself, what o...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 06, 2019
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Leigh Hamilton is a dramatic soprano who has been based in Germany for more than 17 years. This episode follows Leigh’s story, which takes her from...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 23:25
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In today's episode of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack journeys out to Meire Grove in rural ...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
  • Length: 29:25
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In this extended podcast of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits with members of a surpri...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 01:48:59
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Metheny grew up in a musical family, starting on trumpet at the age of eight and switching to guitar a few years later. By age 15 he was mentored b...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits backstage at one of St. Cloud’s newer holiday t...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:59
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In this piece, the *brand new* Emmy Award-winning Jacobs discusses the art of music supervision and shares stories from her work on four projects i...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 09:23