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Lives in Music: Mike Hatton. Artful, artisan bass.
From: Robin Valk
Series: Lives in Music
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A craftsman spells out the Bassic Fundamentals: get your Jazz chops right!

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 23:50
Young Quartets
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Young Quartets rehearsing, Credit: facebook.com
Two new releases from two young string quartets.

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, KWAX, KVNO and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Pianists, Young and Old
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Liza Stepanova, Credit: Jamie Jung
We’ll hear from piano players young and old, and music from Bach to Adams on today’s What’s New.

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, KMUN, KWAX, WETS and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Making an American Folk Song: Children, Go Where I Send Thee
From: Peter Winne
Caption: The Fairfield Four at home in Tennessee
The ancient origins of an American gospel classic,"Children, Go Where I Send Thee," are told through archival recordings from The Library of Congre...

Bought by WUTC


  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 38:49
  • Purchases: 1
The Emergence of Linda Ronstadt
From: Paul Ingles
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The remarkable and varied performing career of Linda Ronstadt is explored by a panel of her friends, music writers, musicians and fans. Plus archi...

Bought by KNCT FM, KSJE, Prairie Public, KSUT, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 20
Isn't it Good: The Beatles' RUBBER SOUL (2 hour and 1 hour NON-NEWSCAST versions)
From: Paul Ingles
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To spotlight The Beatles' landmark album RUBBER SOUL, producer Paul Ingles presents another in his acclaimed series of specials on Beatles' history...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KDUR, KAAD-LP, Prairie Public, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:57:57
  • Purchases: 34
Around The Bend E34
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Around The Bend
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What messages dominate contemporary reggae? This episode explores some of the most popular themes from such artists as Ziggy Marley, Tribal Seeds, ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 59:29
Current Classics Episode 8
From: Jim Villanueva
Series: Current Classics
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Your source for new music from Current AND Classic artists!

  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:49
Current Classics Episode 6
From: Jim Villanueva
Series: Current Classics
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Your source for new music from Current AND Classic artists!

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 01:08:51
Paul Metsa and Willie Walker's Charity and CD Release Event Nov 30, 2013
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
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Blues Team's CD Release Party and Anti-Cancer Charity Event. Piece for Nov 25-29, 2013. Paul Metsa and Willie Walker are releasing a new set of Bl...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Texas Music History: Sunny Ozuna
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the second week of September (9/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer whose musical oddity took him to pop s...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Emilio Navaira
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the fourth week of August (8/23): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who blended conjunto and country to become ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Michael Nesmith
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the last week of December (12/30): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at folk songwriter who became a somewhat reluctant ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Mary Austin Holley
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the last week of October (10/30): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a woman who wrote the state’s first known English...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
The List: A Guide to SXSW Music 2009
From: KUT
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For one week each year, Austin, Texas becomes the center of the music universe. In this music-rich one-hour special, some of public radio's savvie...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, KLCC, WXPN, and KGLT


  • Added: Mar 13, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Better than Bellini)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Composed while Chopin was still a teenager, Pianist Garrick Ohlsson calls Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 "as great a masterpiece as anybody has ever ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Over the Top)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Before Madonna, Brittany and Paris, there was Godowsky. Leopold Godowsky was a piano virtuoso who dazzled audiences around the world in the early ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :35
  • Purchases: 2
Indigenous People's Music
From: KSUT
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Interview with Michael Kickingbear Johnson, creator of Indigenous People's Music.

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Aug 10, 2006
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Black Classical Masters series: William Grant Still
From: David Person
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Profile of William Grant Still, the dean of black classical composers, with excerpts of an interview with his daughter Judy.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Length: 19:57
Black Classical Masters series: Bobby McFerrin
From: David Person
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Profile of classical and jazz artist Bobby McFerrin, with interview excerpts

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 3
Black Classical Masters series: Denyce Graves
From: David Person
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Four-part series that profiles opera star Denyce Graves, with interview excerpts

Bought by WNMU-FM and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 20:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Wire Episode 2: The Change of the Sound
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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Episode two of The Wire, this show explores how the manipulation of recorded audio with magnetic recording tape changed music.

Bought by KUOW, KVNF, KALW, KRUA, WMNF and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:55
  • Purchases: 13
The Wire Episode 1: Hallo, Hallo
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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First episode of The Wire, discussing the experience of music as it was affected by the invention of electricity.

Bought by KUOW, The WFMT Radio Network, KALW, KRUA, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 15