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Instrument of War No More: Bagpipes in Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Bagpipes arrived in Minnesota in the 1850’s, brought by Scottish immigrants to what is now Blue Earth county, as settlers moved in, occupying Dakot...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 06:32
FOLK SALAD AIRING 6-12-2022-
From: SCOTT Aycock
Series: Folk Salad- Certified Organic Music
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It's all about the band sound on this installment of Folk Salad. We will be playing songs from the Rolling Stones, Oklahoma's own Double Not Spyz,...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
Folktale of Inclusion
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Inclusion
We're gathering together our artists, our philosophers, our listeners, and our radio peeps... I guess we better include you too!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
Folktale of Trees
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Trees, Credit: Julia Meek
What did one tree say to the other? "Leaf me be, I'm listening to Folktales!"

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


  • Added: Jan 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
AG 22-03: Charlie Parker With Voices, 1/10/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week on Afterglow, we pay tribute to bebop legend Charlie Parker. I’ll feature his recordings with vocalists like Sarah Vaughan, as well as vo...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
CJL-616 Bill Overton Quartet: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
From: Steve Rashid
Series: Chicago Jazz Live
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we’re going back to our archives to welcome saxophonist and vocalist, Bill Overton, with his quartet featuring Jerem...

Bought by KMUW, WDCB, WLPR , and WDCB


  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 4
Folktale of Understanding
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Understanding, Credit: Julia Meek
Either you get it or you don't. This week's edition of Folktales is ALL about understanding. Are we clear?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, 'The Sea', WFIU, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
#18-24 Unquenchable Light
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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The Southern Oregon Repertory Singers make their first performance on the show with a world premiere commissioned work called Unquenchable Light by...

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
PIO 18-20 Emerson Quartet Plays Shostakovich
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Emerson Quartet Plays Shostakovich 14, and OSU-Corvallis Plays Reformation Symphony

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Takacs Quartet Plays Beethoven 18-05
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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From an Oregon visit just two weeks ago, the Takacs Quartet play the quartet number 14 by Beethoven, and the Newport Symphony takes on Bedrich Smet...

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
The Art of Jazz Drumming (Ep. 21)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: The "greatest drummer i n the world," Buddy Rich
Jazz drummers have got to be some of the most unheralded of jazz's many unsung heroes. This week we dissect their art and craft with world-renowned...

Bought by KMUW, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WCPN and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
Pretty LIT 2.1
From: BJ Love
Series: Pretty LIT
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Featuring some totally pretty literature by Mike Young, Montreux Rotholtz, Ted Berrigan, Jeff Hipsher, Josephine Rowe, Eric Baus, and Elizabeth Bis...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 21:37
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, George Wein
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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A conversation with George Wein, the man who launched the first outdoor jazz festival in the US--the legendary Newport Jazz Festival. [29:54]

Bought by KMUW and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:54
  • Purchases: 2
From Ukraine to Michigan: The Bandura Still Sings
From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide
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Julian Kytasty is a world-renowned bandurist who's family and musical history can be traced from the Ukraine, through exile from Stalinist USSR, to...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
(E)motion Picture
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
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How do musicians come up with the scores for Hollywood blockbuster films? Mark Graham, seasoned music preparation supervisor, reveals the hectic be...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 07:02
They Are Three Together
From: Cuchulain Kelly
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"Bees and Cheer" is a rollicking good time. It's a huge folk concert that happens twice yearly at Yale University, and the show features the underg...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:23
Bill Fischer, The Dance Caller
From: Cuchulain Kelly
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Bill Fischer grew up in Connecticut, went to Columbia medical school, and then moved back to Bethany, Connecticut in the seventies to practice gene...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:24
Something's Missing
From: Blake Cooper
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An experimental narrative music piece for Radiolab/Longshot Radio's project exploring creativity, failure and revision.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:32
To The Borderline: David Francey Interview
From: Susan O'Leary
Series: The Radio Ballads
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Interview with Canadian singer-songwriter David Francey.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 08:30
The Mad Scientist
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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David Kontak builds bizarre musical machines out of found objects and uses them to produce experimental soundscapes.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
Indie duo, The Knots - No slaves to fashion.
From: Katie Ball
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The Knots are an Orlando-based duo whose original songs meld the retro stylings of 1950s croon-tunes with gut-bucket blues and tasty jazz; pretty c...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2010
  • Length: 07:19
Merrie Melodies 10-24
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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This week on The Score with Edmund Stone – Merrie Melodies.

Bought by KPVL and WEKU


  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
"German Soul: The Music of Xavier Naidoo"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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BORN IN MANNHEIM. GERMANY IN 1971, XAVIER NAIDOO IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE BRIGHTEST STAR TO EMERGE ON THE GERMAN POP AND SOUL MUSIC SCENE. XAVIER N...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 58:09
Maurice Jarre 10-19
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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A look at the distinguished career of Oscar winning film composer, Maurice Jarre.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KPVL, WEKU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Mischa Spoliansky 09-02
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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This week we recognize the distinguished film composer Mischa Spoliansky.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPVL, WEKU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 12, 2010
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 5