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Interview with Connor Reagan
From: KBOO Youth Collective
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KBOO Youth's Zoe A. Interviews Connor, a Los Angeles musician

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 26, 2007
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 1
Womemories 03 -- Shelley Graff
From: Bernadette Cahill
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Womemories Host Bernadette Cahill talks with Shelley Graff

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 09:59
What Music to Listen To When Writing? A 3-minute primer
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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What music is most conducive to writing - the answer might surprise you

  • Added: Apr 15, 2007
  • Length: 02:52
KUT's On the Record: Will Sheff of Okkervil River
From: KUT
Series: KUT's On the Record
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Will Sheff, passionate and political songwriter from Okkervil River, talks about a kooky album that changed his whole approach to music: The Incred...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 09:51
The Crooked Road
From: With Good Reason
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A CD series with an ear for folklife

  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 15:11
Wonder powers activate
From: Katie Ball
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Power can be fun, and scary.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 01:49
HEAT -- The End of the Beginning
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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A reflection on changes in 1990 South Africa from a poet, the playwright Athol Fugard, musicians, Ambassador Lindewe Mabuzeh and everyday people.

Bought by WCPN, KERA, KLCC, WCQS, and KUT


  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 5
HEAT -- A Long Sweet Visit
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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John Hockenberry visits with bluesman Mose Allison and his daughter, singer Amy Allison.

Bought by Prairie Public, Iowa Public Radio, WCPN, KERA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 7
Fundraising Voices - Joshua Bell (Music is My Religion)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
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Some say the perfect job is the one that's also your hobby or first love. Violinist Joshua Bell makes his living playing the violin, but it's more...

Bought by KUHF, North State Public Radio, KENW, WCVE, KALW and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2007
  • Length: :17
  • Purchases: 7
KUT's On the Record: Trish Murphy
From: KUT
Series: KUT's On the Record
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Singer/songwriter Trish Murphy talks about an album that changed her life: Emmylou Harris' "Blue Kentucky Girl."

  • Added: Mar 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:32
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 - Jennifer Higdon (How I Compose)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Composer Jennifer Higdon maintains a full schedule of commissions and enjoys more than 200 performances of her music a year. "Blue Cathedral" is o...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Sarah Chang (No Age Limit)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Audiences are thrilled by young musicians, especially child prodigies who toss off virtuosic phrases with childlike ease and exuberance. Violinist...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Jennifer Higdon (Blue Catharsis)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Blue Cathedral is composer Jennifer Higdon's most popular work, receiving more than 200 performances each year. Originally, she had no intention o...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :34
  • Purchases: 2
KUT's On the Record: Jimmie Dale Gilmore
From: KUT
Series: KUT's On the Record
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Jimmie Dale Gilmore talks about an album that changed his life - at the same time it was changing music as we now know it: `The Sun Sessions of Elv...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
This I Believe Pledge Spot - What Music Means to Me
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Composer Joan Tower talks about what music means to her

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KTXK, WEZU, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 15
The Flipside
From: KUT
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KUT`s Texas Music Matters - in cooperation with Texas Monthly magazine - presents The Flipside: An hour at the crossroads of music and memory.

Bought by KGLT, WCPN, and WBEZ


  • Added: Mar 04, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (Debussy the Tailor)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Yolanda Kondonassis talks about one of classical music's most nurturing and resonating relationships -- the one between French composer Claude Debu...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Clueless)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Breaking down the barrier between classical music and its audience is a priority for many classical music performers, including the charismatic per...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Yolanda Kondonassis (I'm No Angel )
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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"Assume nothing," says harpist Yolanda Kondonassis. Just because the harp has been linked to the angels, she adds, doesn't mean the harp and its p...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Music is Medicine)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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We often hear about the healing qualities of music. Percussionist Evelyn Glennie recommends we take it in regular doses. Use this 31 second clip ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (Laugh it Off)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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We all makes mistakes -- some just get noticed more than most, like when you're playing your violin on stage before an audience of thousands. Viol...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Defines Percussion)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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When Evelyn Glennie tells people she plays percussion, they often assume she's the drummer in a Rock band. But since there are literally thousands...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Bang, Bang, Bang)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Did you ever want to learn to play a musical instrument? It's not too late and not as difficult as you might think. Evelyn Glennie has just the r...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (Interior Decorator)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Some Rock 'n Roll musicians are notorious for going on the road and destroying their hotel rooms. Violinist Hilary Hahn doesn't trash her room whe...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 2

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