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Caption: Big Freedia is credited with bringing New Orleans "Bounce" music to the rest of the USA, Credit: Brad Hebert
New Orleans musician Big Freedia is famous for her music and twerking; her life story and anti-gun activism are less well known.

  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:29
Caption: Sony Turner, Credit: Shefik
Dreams - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard ...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:26
Caption: Chuck McDermott, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - Over the last 40 years, Chuck McDermott has left his musical mark on audiences on both coasts of the United States. Over the last fe...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:28
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Every spring, the Midwest Music Fest Rolls into Winona, MN bringing all sorts of talented musicians to the area from Minnesota, the surrounding sta...

  • Added: May 13, 2019
  • Length: 39:07
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Christy Stillwell discusses her novel, "The Wolf Tone," winner of the 2017 Elixir Fiction Award. She also reads a short passage from an article she...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: One Ukulele, Credit: Dan Wilder
One Ukulele. Well, it’s actually three men who sing with ukuleles and guitars, too. The group performs and spreads the word about how fun it is to ...

Bought by PRX Remix and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Leonard Cohen: How a shy, sensitive poet from Canada became a major recording artist. This one-hour radio show documents Leonard Cohen's very firs...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 57:30
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20 year old prodigy blues singer and guitarist King Solomon Hicks visits with host John Floridis.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Interview with rhythm guitar player from the Grateful Dead. Ranges from stories about The Reverend Gary Davis to Garcia's addictions.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:49
Caption: Jordan Corey
Not many aspirational musicians can claim their songs rated alongside groups like Maroon 5 and Gwen Stefani. But, Jordan Corey can! And, she did ...

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:00
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Malcolm, a 16 year old in Myanmar, bravely defies traditional culture. Against everything he has been taught, Malcolm breaks away from his parents’...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Legendary folksinger and social activist Pete Seeger is receiving long-delayed appreciation for his immense contribution to American music and cult...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KWIT, KHNS, 90.5 WSNC, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 16
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1994 NEA National Heritage Fellow, violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 27:23
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And I think to myself, what a wonderful world! That voice! That smile! That golden trumpet! Jazz writer Gary Giddins on the incomparable Louis Arms...

Bought by Prairie Public and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 32:17
  • Purchases: 2
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A world without Mary Poppins? No way. The two-time Oscar winner and 2008 National Medal winner lets us in on how great show tunes get written.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:58
Caption: Mark Elder, Credit: Shelia Rock
Where will we find the next generation of classical music listeners and classical music fans? Conductor Mark Elder says they're in school right no...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :25
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Shell shocked from the Balkan war, Music Therapist Brian Harris works with children by using music to help transcend the psychological pain associa...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 27:03
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How much do you need to know and understand to enjoy classical music? Olli Mustonen is best known as a pianist, but he also conducts and composes ...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :25
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Interview with Hyena recording artist Grayson Capps from New Orleans, LA

  • Added: Oct 12, 2005
  • Length: 29:44