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Howard Herring: Reimagining the presentation of classical music.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: New World Symphony, Credit: Courtesy of New World Symphony
The CEO of The New World Symphony creates music presentations for the 21st century.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPIP-LP, WNJR, WABE, and KPVL


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Folk Family Revival Interview: Country Fried Rock #1517
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Waterwalker by Folk Family Revival, Credit: Official Album Cover
Less folk, more family for Waterwalker, the latest album from a family band from Texas, Folk Family Revival.

Bought by KRPS, WLPR , KCMJ Community Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Squonk Opera Revealed!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: "Pneumatica" created and performed by Squonk Opera, Credit: John Altdorfer
Find out about the artistic exuberance that is Squonk Opera with artistic directors and founders, Jackie Dempsey and Steve O'Hearn.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNJR, KPVL, WABE, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Great Peacock Interview #1516
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Great Peacock, Making Ghosts, Credit: Official Album Cover
Great Peacock write Southern indie anthems: instant crowd sing-alongs with a distinctly modern flair.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KKRN, WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Year of October Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Year of October, Golden Days, Credit: Official Album Cover
What happens when you actually listen to a band suggested by a music discovery algorithm? Rarely, you get lucky.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KKRN, WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Director Donald Sanders--Making a Life on the Stage
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Ensemble for the Romantic Century blends chamber music with fully staged dramas and changes both theater and concerts in the process. Don Sanders i...

Bought by WABE, WNJR, KPIP-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Oud-player and composer Rahim AlHaj prisoner, exile, and brilliant musician
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Rahim AlHaj, Credit: Dan Merlo
Rahim AlHaj is quite simply one of the best oud players in the world. In this broadcast, Rahim performs and shares his story of leaving Iraq and c...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WABE, WMMT, WNJR, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Lilly Hiatt Interview: Country Fried Rock #1514
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Lilly Hiatt, Royal Blue, Credit: Official Album Cover
Lilly Hiatt moves forward on her second album, Royal Blue. Her father, noted songwriter John Hiatt, wisely encouraged her to find her own path in ...

Bought by KKRN, KRPS, and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sam Lewis Interview: Country Fried Rock #1513
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Waiting On You by Sam Lewis, Credit: Official Album Cover
Country soul songwriter, Sam Lewis, has shared the stage with legends like Marty Stuart, but its his crop of friends in the emerging roots music wo...

Bought by KKRN, WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
The late Joe Wilson--the great friend of American folk culture
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Joe Wilson at the Henderson Festival, 2014, Credit: Ginger Correll
2001 National Heritage Fellow Joe Wilson weaves his storytelling spell into the history of Blue Ridge Mountain culture.

Bought by WNJR, WABE, WMMT, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
Hollis Brown Interview: Country Fried Rock #1512
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Hollis Brown *3 Shots*, Credit: Official Album Cover
Brooklyn band, Hollis Brown, takes their name from the Bob Dylan song, then goes electric with their indie rock sensibility.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Bones of JR Jones Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Dark Was The Yearling official album cover, Credit: The Bones of JR Jones
Don't let the one-man band fool you, The Bones of Jr Jones play the blues.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KKRN, and KRPS


  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
All that Jazz with Carla Bley
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Carla Bley, Credit: D.D. Rider
Carla Bley is a prolific and agile composer and jazz pianist. She talks about her career--from Birdland to Montreux.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Harford Community Radio, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 4
M. Lockwood Porter Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: 27 by M. Lockwood Porter, Credit: Official Album Cover
M. Lockwood Porter thinks Chris Bell is the overlooked genius of Big Star.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, WYAP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Jazz great Charles Lloyd takes us on his journey
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Piece image
The world legend is thrown around a lot, but saxophonist, flutist and composer Charles Lloyd is the real deal. He's much of a musical innovator tod...

Bought by KPIP-LP, Harford Community Radio, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 4
Andy Gabbard (Buffalo Killers) Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Official Album Cover
Andy Gabbard's debut solo album, Fluff, provides an outlet for his numerous songs that don't fit his main band, Buffalo Killers. Fluff does not in...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WSLR, KKRN, KRPS, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ben Miller Band Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
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Don't let the washboard and spoons fool you: Ben Miller Band is here to rock your world.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KRPS, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Steve Earle Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Terraplane by Steve Earle, Credit: Official Album Cover
Steve Earle's new album, Terraplane, takes the noted singer-songwriter back to his Texas roots.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WLPR , WSLR, KRPS and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 6
Mike Zito (Formerly of Royal Southern Brotherhood) Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Official Press Photo, Credit: Official Album Cover
Mike Zito talked with Country Fried Rock just before the announcement that he was leaving Royal Southern Brotherhood -- a departure with no drama o...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WSLR, KKRN, WLPR , WYAP and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Jim White Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Official Press Photo, Credit: Official Album Cover
Jim White's compulsion to assemble and create goes beyond his films, visual art, and Southern Gothic poet past. When Packway Handle Band asked him...

Bought by KRPS, WLPR , and WSLR


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 3
A conversation about Folk Arts: Grassroots self-expression
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Barry Bergey with Mavis Staples, Credit: Tom Pich
The NEA's recently retired Director of Folk and Traditional Arts Barry Bergey shares some memories about a lifetime immersed in folk and tradition...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Steelism Interview: Jeremy Fetzer & Spencer Cullum, Jr.
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Steelism, 615 To Fame, Credit: Official Album Cover
Jeremy Fetzer & Spencer Cullum, Jr. met while backing noted singer-songwriters touring Europe, but the fellow Nashville residents decided to put th...

Bought by KRPS, WSLR, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Song and conversation with "Chunky" Sanchez
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Piece image
For forty years, Chunky Sanchez has playing and singing the stories of the Chicano people.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Corb Lund Interview #1423
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Corb Lund, Credit: Official Press Image
Although Corb Lund is well-known within Canada, only select areas of the States have been turned on to his music, often via his friendship and co-w...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, WYAP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Scott Miller Interview #1421
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Scott Miller, Credit: Official Press Photo
Scott Miller is miles away from his days with the V-Roys, but Knoxville still claims him as their own, even if he has since returned to rural Virgi...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6