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James Campion - Take a Sad Song
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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A friend of the show, author James Campion is back to discuss his latest book, Take a Sad Song. It is an in depth discussion and view of The Beatl...

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, KWIT, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Died in 2022
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is our yearly end of the year show tipping the hat to musicians who passed. Here is our list of players who died in 2022.

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, KWIT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Bobby McDaniel - The Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week is an interview with Bobby McDaniel, one of the first people to arrive and assist in the crash of the Lynyrd Skynyrd airplane, October 20...

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, WLPR , KWIT and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Gustav Mahler: Turmoil and Triumph
From: Charlie Warren
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"To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world," said Mahler. Hear unique historical comment and quotes from biographers, authors, conductor...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WHRV


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 5
AG 21-22: The Songs That Won The War, 5/24/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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From 1939 to 1945, as World War II raged on, American Popular Music responded. On Afterglow’s Memorial Day special this week, we look at the songs ...

  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Ep. 173
From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country
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Another week of forgotten country music from the 40s-70s on 45 rpm discs.

Bought by KHNS, KSTK, KHNS, and KIYU-FM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 4
Songs for the Struggle-Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement (episode 2)
From: Daniel Polletta
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Longtime WCPN Cleveland/ideastream jazz programmer Dan Polletta has created "Songs for the Struggle- Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement." This is ...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, KBEM, Wyoming Public Radio, WCPN, WDCB and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 6
Songs for the Struggle-Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement (episode 1)
From: Daniel Polletta
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Longtime WCPN Cleveland/ideastream jazz programmer Dan Polletta has created "Songs for the Struggle- Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement." This is ...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, KBEM, Wyoming Public Radio, WCPN, WDCB and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 6
Sonny Turner: That Lady Almost Just Dropped to the Floor
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
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: 02:05
Backstage Jazz #14: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
From: Gossett Productions, LLC
Series: Backstage Jazz
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The second season of Backstage Jazz begins with a trip down to the southern charmed New Orleans to visit with the creative director and bassist of ...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
When Truman Touches the Wall
From: Dale McGowan
Series: How Music Does That
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From a Bach fugue to Princess Diana's funeral to Truman's wall, this technique is the music of finality.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2019
  • Length: 12:05
'Novel Voices' by Carr-Petrova / #50Days4Refugees - Jelling Denmark
From: Crossover Media Max Horowitz
Series: Novel Voices podcast by Carr-Petrova
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The Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project, created and directed by the Carr-Petrova Duo, is designed to give voice and visibility, through music and fil...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2019
  • Length: 18:36
Leonard Bernstein: The Composer
From: KMFA
Series: KMFA Presents: The Bernstein Centennial
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This part of KMFA's Bernstein Centennial series presents the other side of Leonard Bernstein, that of composer, who wrote more than a hundred music...

Bought by Louisville Public Media and WHRV


  • Added: Aug 08, 2018
  • Length: 58:33
  • Purchases: 2
Leonard Bernstein: The Conductor and Musician
From: KMFA
Series: KMFA Presents: The Bernstein Centennial
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This part of KMFA's Bernstein Centennial series tells the story of Leonard Bernstein the conductor and musician, from his unexpected national radio...

Bought by Louisville Public Media and WHRV


  • Added: Aug 08, 2018
  • Length: 58:33
  • Purchases: 2
RDD: Firefly Nights
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're talking about a new festival called Firefly Nights. It's a nonprofit organization dedicated to planning ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Risen
From: Wind & Rhythm
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In Milwaukee, while on the campus of Marquette University, I discovered a statue that made a big impression on me. Dedicated in 2002, the statue is...

Bought by KMFA and WUAL


  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1533 (Hour 1 & 2) - 06/16/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We pay tribute to a late friend with a couple of his favorites from NYJQ and drummer Pete Magadini, tenor saxophonist Jim Zoeckler, RIP. Guitarist ...

Bought by WMOT, KCMJ Community Radio, WJSU, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 8
The Orphan Trains: A Powerful Multimedia Presentation by Musician Phil Lancaster for the Great River Library System
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In this installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits with Phil Lancaster, a musici...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 22, 2016
  • Length: 26:21
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1519 (Hour 1 & 2) - 03/10/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Drummer/leader/composer Tony Williams graces us with his presence, the timeless Charles Brown sings, unorthodox Sonny Rollins plays. A most prolifi...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, WOUB, WKAR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 1542
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This hour features tributes to Smokin' Joe Kubek, Dave Lyons, and great new release Blues music.

Bought by WJSU and WSGE


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Intersection of Arts and Disabilities
From: WFIU
Caption: Marian Pettengill leads Rhett Salisbury and Mary Stores on a low-vision tour at the Indianapolis Museum of Art., Credit: Yaël Ksander
Join us for an hour-long anthology of nine short features. Each piece focuses on a different aspect of arts and disabilities in Indiana.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
Remembering Edith Piaf in Ménilmontant
From: Charles Spira
Caption: The Apartment at 5 rue Crespin du Gast
In this short audio document we'll visit a fascinating small museum which celebrates the legendary French singer Edith Piaf. We'll discover fascin...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1
TSR15-20 Barefoot Movement
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Heartfelt, energetic, and down home. Heralded by CMT Edge as "one of the most promising bands on the bluegrass scene," the music of the Nashville b...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KMSU, WRNC-LP, KALH, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 9
Nursing The Blues! Alberta Hunter
From: Howard Burchette
Series: D Natural BLUES
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Nursing The Blues! The Story of Alberta Hunter is an introduction and a presentation of the musical life of Jazz and Blues singer ALBERTA HUNTER. S...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 56:38
  • Purchases: 1
Jeremy and Nicole Olivier, With Love from South Africa
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Frank Lenselink and Jeremy, Credit: Anton F.
Jeremy Olivier, a musician from the Southern African region and his songwriter wife Nicole introduce us to the inspiring and touching story behind ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 17:31