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Courageous Endeavors CD Release Party
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Courageous Endeavors, Credit: Bryan Belcher
It's the first Courageous Endeavors CD, and they're showcasing songs from the CD at the Ice House in Minneapolis, Friday night May 9 at 11 PM

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
It Makes No Difference: A Celebration and Appreciation of The Band
From: Don McIver
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In 1999, The Band officially called it quits. In this hour long audio essay, Don McIver looks at the history of The Band to examine the nature of ...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 58:03
Irma Thomas: The Soul Queen of New Orleans
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
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More than six billion people live on the planet, and yet relatively few human voices are recognizable to the naked ear. Irma Thomas has one of tho...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 1
Amy Grant on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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After a 10 year hiatus, Amy talks to us about her newest CD of all new material, How Mercy Looks From Here.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, Delta College Public Radio, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Dex Romweber Duo Interview #1410
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Images 13 Dex Romweber Duo, Credit: Album Cover
Dex Romweber Duo makes more rock & roll music with just 2 people on stage than anyone, which one would expect from former members of Flat Duo Jets ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KRPS, WLPR , KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Beyond the pale of Parkinson’s Disease
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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I met Ben Rivers in 2011. Though only 41 years old, he had Parkinson’s disease for 10 years. At that point in time, most any kind of movement was h...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 12:44
Stan Getz on Wasted Years
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Stan Getz, the legendary saxophonist, was one of jazz music’s most well known musicians. And a few years before he died of liver cancer at age 64, ...

Bought by KALW, KJZZ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 10:38
  • Purchases: 3
Pete Seeger: In His Own Words
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious pays tribute to the life and times of Pete Seeger, folksinger, troubadour and activist, who died January 27th, 2014 at the age of 94.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
New Hot Club Group Performs this Friday Night in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Luke Zuppan, Josh Parlanti and Allisa Jacobson of the Mississippi Hot Club, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
The Mississippi Hot Club: They're new recording and performing old gypsy jazz, and writing their own music too!

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
On The Road With Marian Call
From: Caity McCardell
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Caity McCardell interviews folk geek culture singer-songwriter Marian Call.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 40:22
The John Sebastian Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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John Sebastian talks with Jake Feinberg about his mentors and teachers like Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas Music and Memories (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Whether it’s a traditional hymn or a holiday song from our childhood, many people say Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the music that m...

Bought by KSFR, WCNY, WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, KVNF and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 34
Christmas Music and Memories (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Whether it’s a traditional hymn or a holiday song from our childhood, many people say Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the music that m...

Bought by WJCT, WVAS, KRPS, KUAC, KNAU and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
The Holiday Adventures of Amahl + Me
From: Liz Massey
Caption: Liz Massey, Credit: Photo courtesy of Liz Massey
Liz Massey's family only had 3 holiday record albums when she was growing up. In this story, she explains her role as an unlikely evangelist for on...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2013
  • Length: 08:22
Country Fried Rock Interviews Caitlin Cary of NC Music Love Army #1339
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: We Are Not For Sale: Songs Of Protest, Credit: Skillet Gilmore
Caitlin Cary and Jon Lindsay formed the NC Music Love Army after a long phone conversation inspired by a song quickly written and posted on YouTube...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
Liner Notes: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Known as "Nica" or "The Baroness" Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a jazz patron who supported artists such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, bo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Lazer Lloyd Bringing Jews Together With Music
From: Yishai Fleisher
Series: The Yishai Fleisher Show
Caption: Lazer Lloyd
October 29, 2013, The Yishai Fleisher Show, Segment #2, Week #116

  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 35:18
Country Fried Rock: Austin Lucas #1336
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Austin Lucas Stay Reckless
Austin Lucas quit a prestigious children's choir that toured the world when he walked in one day in a Ramones tee shirt and decided to form his fir...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KKRN, WLPR , KFOK-LPFM, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:06
  • Purchases: 7
Kurt Cobain the Lost Interview
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I even thought that I was gay. I thought that might be the solution to my problem." - Kurt Cobain. Interview by Jon Savage in New York City on Jul...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KALW, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 5
Rondi Charleston on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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We sat down with Jazz singer extraordinaire Rondi Charleston on our last visit to New York City

Bought by WRNC-LP, Delta College Public Radio, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy (Muscle Shoals Musician, Formerly of Drive-By Truckers)
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Press photo from the band
If you think you know Shonna Tucker from her years playing bass with Drive-By Truckers, then you are in for a surprise with her debut album of her ...

Bought by Prairie Public, Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KKRN, KMXT and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Country Fried Rock: Allen Thompson Interview (Encore From 2011)
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
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Allen Thompson hails from Appalachia, and the well-read Virginian has meshed his mountain roots with his literary affinity to create comfortable mu...

Bought by WLPR , WSLR, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Elvis at Stax
From: Joyride Media
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Stories from Elvis Presley's 1973 session at Stax Studios in Memphis

Bought by WNMU-FM, KPSQ-LP, WNMU-FM, Harford Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Sarah Vaughan
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Sarah Vaughan
With her ability to banter with the audience and outspoken sense of humor Sarah Vaughn was best described as “sassy.” Her first big break came afte...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1