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Bagpipes arrived in Minnesota in the 1850’s, brought by Scottish immigrants to what is now Blue Earth county, as settlers moved in, occupying Dakot...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 06:32
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It's all about the band sound on this installment of Folk Salad. We will be playing songs from the Rolling Stones, Oklahoma's own Double Not Spyz,...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
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Julian Kytasty is a world-renowned bandurist who's family and musical history can be traced from the Ukraine, through exile from Stalinist USSR, to...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
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An experimental narrative music piece for Radiolab/Longshot Radio's project exploring creativity, failure and revision.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:32
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David Kontak builds bizarre musical machines out of found objects and uses them to produce experimental soundscapes.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
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A soundrich experience from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York on April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:25
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Singer songwriter Duncan Sheik feels much more at ease watching other people perform his work. He likes writing and recording his own albums but h...

Bought by WGDR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and Mississippi Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Part storyteller, part wanderer, Texas songwriter Joe Ely talks about lessons he learned from a life of travel.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 20, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
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A profile of Texas's beauty behind the bass Amy Lavere.

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 08:21
  • Purchases: 1
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A profile of Austin's hometown heroes Spoon.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2007
  • Length: 07:59
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A profile of the high priest of Texas rockabilly the Reverend Horton Heat

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 07:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Folk singer Dar Williams reflects on the craft of songwriting

Bought by WSGE, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, KVNF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2006
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Matisyahu is a Hassidic Jew, and the front man for his own reggae band.

Bought by KBBI Alaska, PRX, KZUM, KCUR, Audible and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2004
  • Length: 12:48
  • Purchases: 6
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A a pipe organ builder discusses the theatre of a religious ceremony, and misses his days as a performing organist.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: Aug 25, 2004
  • Length: 12:23
  • Purchases: 1