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Full Moon Hacksaw # 1582 (Hour 1 & 2) - 05/25/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Starting at the location of Roy Gaines’ blues, there is no time like now for the polytonality of Woody Shaw. The old Rotten Kid Buddy Rich plays a ...

Bought by WMOT, WYAP, WVBI-LP, WJSU, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 24, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 7
Pulitzer 100: The Future of Music (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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Caroline Shaw is the youngest recipient ever of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Now she’s one of the most respected composers on the New Music scene ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 53:58
Pulitzer 100: The Future of Music (half hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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Caroline Shaw is the youngest recipient ever of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Now she’s one of the most respected composers on the New Music scene ...

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, and WLIW


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Colors
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Composer Christopher Theofanidis, Credit: Pilar Timpane
We'll hear works based on primary colors: Blue, Red, and Yellow; plus feature Rainbow Body, Synethésie, and a Nick Drake song, Pink Moon!

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, KVNO, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Catching Arabic Drum Grooves With Khaldoun Samman
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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You don’t have to be in the Middle East to learn Arabic drumming. Khaldoun Samman, a native of Jordan, teaches introductory and advanced drumming c...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:37
Poetry, Deconstructed.
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
Caption: The gang practicing in Marwan's living room
Behind-the-scenes of the creative process: spoken word poetry and music.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 19:35
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1539 (Hour 1 & 2) - 07/28/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The magnificent Machito in Grammy-award-winning form kicks in the downbeat, a three-quarter time signature by and for jazz men (Joe Henderson, Cal ...

Bought by WMOT, WJSU, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 6
1920's
From: George Harter
Series: A Night on the Town
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Likely the most historic decade in launching the Musical Comedy as an American art form; Showboat; The Gershwins & Cole Porter

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUPR low power FM, and WRR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 3
Starting Up (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The founder of Reddit speaks about his company and the future of the internet. And a designer for Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Nicki Minaj and others talks ...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KVSC, KHNS, KKRN and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Starting UP (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Alexis Ohanian, the founder of Reddit speaks about his company and the future of the internet. Plus: Becca McCharen has designed clothes for Beyonc...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WTJU and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 6
Marlena Anna - Manufacturing an Image
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
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As an aspiring singer who is anticipating the release of her upcoming EP, every post Marlena Anna makes advertises a distinct image she wants to pr...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 03:33
WoodSongs 833: The Wood Brothers and The Claudettes
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Yana of The Claudettes on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes blues and roots trio the Wood Brothers plus a fanatical fusion of blues a...

Bought by KMUN, KENW, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), RadioFreePalmer, KBRW and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 10
Dance: It's Only Human
From: Katie Burke
Caption: Oxford University evolutionary psychologist Bronwyn Tarr with Carimbó dancers., Credit: José Roberto Corrêa
Evolutionary neuroscientist Bronwyn Tarr was in a remote area of Brazil to begin an experiment. On her first night there, she heard distant drumbea...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUER


  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Speed of Sound: Colin Meloy (The Decemberists)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Colin Meloy says he wishes he would have never used the word "hiatus" when referring to his band The Decemberists taking time off after The King Is...

Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 4
Olivia Block: the room I was in
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
Caption: Olivia Block gathering audio in Chicago
The work of composer and sound artist Olivia Block has been described as "distinctive and individual" by The New York Times. She is happy enough wr...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WUNC, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 3
The Ghost in the MP3
From: Emily Richardson-Lorente
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What's lost when a song is compressed into an MP3? To the untrained ear, perhaps nothing. But to one composer, these "lost sounds" are a source for...

Bought by WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 09:50
  • Purchases: 3
Zac Little Stops by WFHB
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Zac Little of the American Folk Rock band Saintseneca a talks about the relationship between a necker cube and songwriting on the new album Such Th...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 09:28
Artistic Acclaim (Hour 2)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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Our 2nd hour continues with more great new music from both emerging and established indie artists including Joss Stone and Nathan Thompson. We also...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
WoodSongs 811: New Riders of the Purple Sage and Charlie Parr
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Michael Falzarano, David Nelson and Ronnie Penque from New Riders of the Purple Sage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes legendary Psychedelic Country Rock and Roll band New Riders of the Purple...

Bought by KENW, WSLR, WRGY, WETS, KBRW and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 10
Aaron Leeder Compositions
From: Aaron Leeder
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full download of recordings available at http://aaronleeder.bandcamp.com/album/the-bad-juggler-part-one http://aaronleeder.bandcamp.com/album/the-b...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:53
Leigh Kamman remembered
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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For six decades, radio announcer and jazz enthusiast Leigh Kamman guided listeners on a musical journey through the sounds he loved: Jazz. KFAI pro...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1467 (Hour 1 & 2) - 03/12/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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A blistering Lee Morgan on trumpet sets the ambiance for singers Leah Natale, Cecile Hortensia and Mark Murphy, rhythm makers could be Charles Lewi...

Bought by KPVL, WVBI-LP, WOUB, and KVRZ


  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 4
Rez Rap Records creates a hip hop scene in northern Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In 2011, two rap groups in northern Minnesota decided to join forces: 100 Souls from Red Lake, and NPC3 from Bemidji. Together they’re known as Rez...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
Eric Amundrud and The Art of Percussion
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Eric Amundrud, Credit: Heath Studios
On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with a Rochester native who recently relocated back to MN after spending many years in Nashville as a musicia...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 30:05
  • Purchases: 2