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Interview with entertainment business expert Robinn Lange

  • Added: Jul 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:50
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 25:39
  • Purchases: 1
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In the early 90s, Bruce Saunders started a movie night at the Eric Martin Pavilion, the psychiatric ward of the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria....

  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 31:49
Caption: Rickie Lee Jones
Singer, songwriter and musician Rickie Lee Jones chats with host Gwen Thompkins about her life in music, moving to New Orleans, and her most recent...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 52:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jazz songbird Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMUW, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 33
Caption: The Great Cissy Houston
Gospel Artist Great, Cissy Houston talks about her career, her children which included her daughter, the late great recording Artist Whitney Housto...

  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:36
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This first pre-season sneak-peek features Song Story host, Er...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 10:54
Caption: Johnson being sworn in next to Jacqueline Kennedy , Credit: Cecil Stoughton
If you want a truly unique, refreshing, approach to the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination, then please check this out. White House photogr...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 57:55
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"I did a lot of practicing with my dad. We were practicing five days a week Monday through Friday for 90 minutes a day starting at the age of 3 up ...

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


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 14:23
  • Purchases: 3
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“I think of a lot of things when I’m playing the piano and one of the last things I think about is the piano…you try to somehow think and feel li...

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


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
  • Purchases: 3
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit," in particular sounds like a modal jazz tune. That's one of the funniest things to me. It says so much about people's att...

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


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 16:32
  • Purchases: 3
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"I always thought of the acoustic bass as the quintessential jazz instrument... I knew that jazz meant cool, and hip, and on the cutting edge, and ...

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


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 16:39
  • Purchases: 4
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Dave Matthews talks about returning to the studio, getting older and what music means to him 20 years into his career.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, WCWP, KBYS 88.3 FM, KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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The art of opera translation is subtle yet crucial. Get it right, and the audience feels like they’re experiencing the work with as much richness a...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
Caption: Vince Martinez, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Vince Martinez talks about writing songs inspired by Stephen King's The Shining. Written and performed for the monthly showcase The Bus...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Vince Martinez, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Vince Martinez discusses his song inspired by Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Tai Shan, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Tai Shan discusses her approach to writing songs inspired by C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Michael Denvir
Songwriter Michael Denvir discusses his approach to writing songs inspired by S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Janis Ian
Artists and Old Favorites

Bought by KWMR, KMXT, KHNS, KKRN, KPVL and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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2009 National Heritage Fellow Queen Ida Guillory discusses the Zydeco tradition and how she became a part of the band!

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
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For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...

Bought by WSMC, KVNO, WMNR, WSKG, KUHF and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Richard Stoltzman
For your On-Air Fundraising: Think of this as a mini-fundraising "time-out" (or drop-in) to insert a little bit of musical insight, radio-craft, an...

Bought by WSMC, KVNO, and WMNR


  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 3
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Brief survey of pianist Dave Brubeck's long career.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, WDCB and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 33
Caption: Joel "Stouty" Stout
Diane Fornbacher, Lewis McCallister and the band Sci-Fi remember the life of Joel Stout. We call Joel's voicemail.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 21:57