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2024 Anniversaries #1
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is our yearly start to the new year. We go back 10 years again and again as far back as we can go and tell you the music anniversaries that w...

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KWIT, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KECG and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Those Who Died in 2023
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Every year, we take the final show and say a thank you and raise a glass to the musicians who passed. This is that show.

Bought by KSRQ, KHNS, KWIT, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KTRL and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
LSD
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week in 1938, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann invented LSD. It became a force in the 60s and gave us a new genre of music. Psychedelic.

Bought by KHNS, KWIT, KSRQ, KTRL, and WOUB


  • Added: Nov 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Deezer's Audience Centered Method
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Streaming service Deezer is trying a new format of paying artists and the world is watching. We have the story.

Bought by WYAP, KHNS, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KWIT, KECG and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
PE 2335
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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So It's Only Luring You...

Bought by WPVM 103.7, KHNS, WFHB, WFiT Melbourne 89.5 FM, KEOS and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 21
Songs In Courts
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Can a song make a person do something awful? Many believe it can. In fact, there have been multiple court cases where a song was brought into evi...

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, KWIT, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
UFO!
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Maybe there is life out there. Maybe UFOs have visited us. The government is even admitting there is a pretty good chance. However, many musicia...

Bought by WMTNradio, KHNS, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 19: William Grant Still
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua highlights another piece from the amazing composer, William Grant Still. "Muted Laughter" is a wonderful and unique piece f...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 18: Artie Matthews
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces Artie Matthews, early master of the ragtime art form and classical music educator.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 17: Camilla Ella Williams
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces Camilla Ella Williams, an American operatic soprano and the first African American to sign a regular contract wi...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 16: Harry Burley
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to Harry Burley, a master adapter of folk songs and influential figure to Antonin Dvorak.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 15: Robert McFerrin
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces Robert McFerrin, celebrated baritone and the first African American man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 14: Ignatius Sancho
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces Ignatius Sancho, who was born on a slave ship during the middle passage. Sancho escaped the institution of slave...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 13: Chevalier D'Saint George
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to one of the most interesting figures of classical music. Chevalier D'Saint George was the son of a slave an...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 12: Sisserieta Jones
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces Sisserieta Jones, and American soprano sometimes known as "Black Patti." She was one of the first black performe...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 11: H. Leslie Adams
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to H. Leslie Adams, a world renowned American composer, best known for vocally-centric modalities such as ope...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 10: Stacey V. Gibbs
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to Stacey V. Gibbs, a renowned composer and arranger whose specialty is infusing new energy into familiar wor...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 09: Samuel Coleridge Taylor
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to Samuel Coleridge Taylor, whose brief but prolific career left an indelible mark on classical music. The pi...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 08: Richard Danielpour
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to composer Richard Danielpour, who has created notable works in conjunction with literary powerhouses Toni M...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 07: Thomas Wiggins
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to the virtuosic Thomas "blind Tom" Wiggins. Born a slave, Blind Tom was an amazingly talented American music...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 06: Undine Smith Moore
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to Undine Smith Moore, the "dean of black women composers." Moore was a prolific and talented composer and ar...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 05: George Walker
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to composer and educator, George Walker. Known for his wide musical vocabulary, Walker is a pulitzer winning ...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 04: Evelyn Simpson Curenton
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to the composer and multi-intrumentalist Evelyn Simpson Curenton, and we hear an excerpt of her work, "O'Glory."

Bought by WNMU-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 02: Moses Hogan
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces Moses Hogan, a 20th century American composer noted for his arrangements of spirituals.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 03: Robert Nathaniel Dett
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces Robert Nathaniel Dett and his piece "Honey" from his "In the Bottoms" Suite. The piece evokes scenes and moods o...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1