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Keter Betts: In his own words
From: David Schulman
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An unsung hero of the jazz bass describes how he learned to tailor his sound to singers like Dinah Washington and Ella Fitzgerald. Includes Betts's...

Bought by KGLT, KNAU, and WETA


  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 3
David Byrne ENCORE: In his own words
From: David Schulman
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Almost classical. Almost ...

Bought by KMHD, WYSO, WNCW, KNAU, and KUT


  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 5
David Byrne: In his own words ... on 'Grown Backwards'
From: David Schulman
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Opera singer -- qu'est-ce que c'est?

Bought by Public Interactive, KMHD, WNCW, and KNAU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 4
220813 The First Rock Songs Were Mambos
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: The Prophets
Starting with rock songs that were placed atop a mambo progression because rock has always been an undefined category of music.

Bought by KCHU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, Prairie Public, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2022
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 8
World Bridges - 22 - 46 Host: Tom Berich
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Join host Tom Berich in a musical journey around the world.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:47
  • Purchases: 1
So, What's New?
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish features music from six new recordings by North American Jewish bands and singer/songwriters.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
World Bridges - 22 - 45 Host: Sarah Aronson
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: World Bridges
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Join host Sarah Aronson in a musical journey around the globe.

Bought by KMXT, KAMU, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 56:47
  • Purchases: 4
220722 Dance Instructional Songs and Synthetic Chinese and Arabic Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Johnny and the Jammers - Johnny Winter's Earliest Band
Back in the mechanical days, for a song to go "viral" required it to be associated with a dance that everyone wanted to learn. Up sprang the "Dan...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:59:00
  • Purchases: 7
220716 Songs Using Stringed Instruments From 230 to 1 Strings and Songs With Car Names
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Frogmen
A piano uses 230 strings while a diddley bow uses one string and between there's all different string counts. Tonight, we start with musicians pl...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Celebrities Who Tango
From: Classic107.3
Series: Tango with Cally
Caption: Robert Duvall in Assassination Tango
The word on famous actors and other celebrities who tango, and the music they love!

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jul 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Three String Bands Thursday July 7 at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Bad Posture Club, Credit: Nic Lafrance
Three String Bands that play with originality come to the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis this Thursday at 7:30. The three are The Bad Posture...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
220701 Heirs to Ritchie Valens - The Chicano Guitarist Niche
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Vilas Craig
Ritchie Valens made it as a big success without "passing." That is; without sacrificing his Chicano ethnicity but when he "passed away" the record...

Bought by KCHU, Delmarva Public Media, KPRG, Prairie Public, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 03:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
World Bridges - 22- 40 Host: Tom Berich
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: World Bridges
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Join Montana Public Radio's Tom Berich on a musical journey around the globe!

Bought by RADIOLEX, KAMU, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 57:50
  • Purchases: 3
World Bridges 22-38 Host: TomBerich
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: World Bridges
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Host Tom Berich takes you on a musical journey around the world.

Bought by KAMU, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:56
  • Purchases: 3
Pop Wagner and Charlie Maguire Present All-New Show About Woody Guthrie at Crooners
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: 2022 Crooner's Poster, Credit: Linda Koutsky
Pop Wagner and Charlie Maguire are folk singers inspired by Woody Guthrie, the prolific songwriter who chronicled the Great Depression and the Dust...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Minnesota Original Music Festival Comes to Saint Peter July 20-24
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Captain Gravitone CD cover art, Credit: Al Fack
There are many who compose original music, but little of it breaks through to audiences. The Minnesota Original Music Festival means to change all ...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
WorldBridges_22-37_Host:MichaelMarsolek
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: World Bridges
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Join host Michael Marsolek on a musical journey around the world.

Bought by KAMU, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 3
Minneapolis Folk Duet Fellow Pynins Re-Imagines Traditional Songs
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Fellow Pynins, Credit: Beehive Productions
Dani Aubert and Ian George, known as Fellow Pynins, has a new CD called Lady Mondegreen. On the CD, Fellow Pynins sing and play re-imagined traditi...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
WorldBridges_22-35_Host:TomBerich
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: World Bridges
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Join host Tom Berich for a musical trip around the globe.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KAMU, and KMXT


  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:09
  • Purchases: 3
Amateur: Every Little Thing
From: KQAL
Series: The Sound
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A conversation with Rochester based band Amateur about their latest album, titled Every Little Thing. Rochester, MN based Alternative/Indie Rock ba...

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 38:11
Out of the Box Opera Company’s Take on Verdi’s La Traviata Involves Audiences
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Jazz 88 logo 2022
Out of the Box Opera Company Does Immersive Opera. This is opera staged in all kinds of spaces people congregate. It has done Verdi’s La Traviata i...

  • Added: May 21, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Out of the Box Opera Company Presents Verdi’s La Traviata in a Minneapolis Hotel
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo 2022
Verdi’s La Traviata will be performed at the Canopy Hotel in Minneapolis Fri-Sunday May 27 through 29. But it’s not set on a typical opera stage, b...

  • Added: May 21, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Living in America!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month with an eclectic playlist of quintessentially Jewish American music.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Animal Duets
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Do birds and other animals actually make and enjoy music?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Steve Noonan talks “Dreamland” and time with Prince
From: WTIP
Series: The Scenic Route
Caption: cover of Dreamland
Steve Noonan is a Twin Cities based songwriter and musician who released his second full-length release Dreamland in January. A guitarist with a pe...

  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 25:58

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