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Caption: Davu Seru, Credit: Andrea Canter
Davu Seru is the current Studio Z composer in Residence. Among his goals is combining west African-based traditions such as drumming and the blues...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Steve Kenny of the Illicit Sextet, Credit: Andrea Kramer
Illicit Sextet is a group composed of composers with varied approaches. Theirs is mature modern jazz, with varied approaches and thoughtful, collab...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Paul Cantrell, Credit: David J Turner
The Twin Cities is filled with passionate creators of new music, and much of the greatest work turns up at Composers Night at Studio Z in Saint Pau...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Kari Tauring, Credit: Eli Solheim
Kari Tauring is a leading researcher and performer of ancient Norse traditions, but she uses them in healing sessions. Hers is a point of view that...

  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 09:22
Caption: Kari Tauring, Credit: Eli Solheim
Kari Tauring performs really old music in a really modernistic way. It’s a combination you wouldn’t expect, but is completely natural to someone li...

  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Tabla player Marcus Wise and Guitarist Dean Magraw have one of the few musical cultural syntheses that really works. It is because the Wise/Magraw ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
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The Smashing Pumpkins released their most recently celebrated album, Monuments To An Elegy, in 2014. Kyle Meredith caught some microphone time wit...

Bought by WLPR , KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 3
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I probably don’t have to motivate you on the importance and excitement behind Courtney Barnett. The Aussie exploded onto our collective radars wit...

Bought by KSUT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Caprice Saxophone Quartet, Credit: Alison Bents
The Caprice Saxophone Quartet is an accomplished group playing a varied and challenging group of pieces in a Studio Z Saint Paul concert on March 7...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Steve Kenny, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
What Would Monk Do? It’s a playful name for a serious band that explores the music of Thelonious Monk, as well as the implications of the work of M...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dean Magraw, Credit: Manfred Pollert
After years of playing together, Dean Magraw and Eric Kamau Gravatt have finally recorded a CD. It contains mature, avant garde work for guitar and...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
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For the second week of September (9/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a “messiah” who played with some of the biggest...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the last week of December (12/31): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the state’s most versatile and prolific j...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the second week of March (3/12): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who left home at an early age to become a...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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The Loop series premier takes an in-depth look at the "beat" scene in Austin.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 54:06
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Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. Andrew Brown (Soundfounder) gives us a tour of the scene and...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:50
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Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. Anna Love talks about her start in the "beat" music industry...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:24
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Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. Andrew Thaggard (BoomBaptist) talks about the musicality of ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:54
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Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. Cody Wilson (Corduroi) talks about using kids' toys for insp...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:40
From: KUT
Series: The Loop
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Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. On this episode, Nathan Piñones (Ntropy) reveals the persona...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:07
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Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. On this episode, the Vegetable Kingdom talks about illegal d...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
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Underground rock icon takes a meditative trip

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Mar 27, 2007
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Trust David Byrne -- master of image, music, and text -- to reveal the creative potential of Microsoft PowerPoint.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 22, 2004
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
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Could this be the next big movement in music?

  • Added: Oct 05, 2003
  • Length: 10:12