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This week's underappreciated date is the Azusa Street Revival started by William J. Seymour in 1906 and brought about the revival of Pentecostalism...

Bought by WGCU, Spokane Public Radio, WRIR, and WCPN


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 53:28
  • Purchases: 4
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
Caption: Warren Krane
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:58
Caption: Trampled By Turtles, Credit: Joshua Timmermans/Noble Vision
This week Nicole Hoops focuses the Duluth band Trampled By Turtles with a set of music. We also hear music from Martin Zellar, Steve Kaul and the B...

Bought by KSRQ and WTIP


  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
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Youth producer Tania Martinez describes punta, a type of music and dance, and how it connects and reminds her of her culture and homeland of Hondur...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 05:48
Caption: Charles Mokotoff spent years hiding his hearing loss, as he performed and taught classical guitar., Credit: Cathy Dyer
Finding out you have hearing loss might not be music to your ears... but it doesn't mean you have to change your tune.

Bought by KVNF, KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Piotr Anderszewski
Piotr Anderszewski’s association with Beethoven’s music goes back a long way. It’s a connection he cherishes, but like all relationships, they’ve ...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: :25
Caption: Piotr Anderszewski
Like most of his countrymen and women, Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski is proud of Chopin's Polish connection, but he says Chopin has other conne...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:13
Caption: Yefim Bronfman
There are a couple of myths about Russian piano players – one of them is that they only play Russian music. Yefim Bronfman was born in Tashkent, U...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :17
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Performers, their teachers and their audience demand perfection. Since perfection really can't be achieved, that puts musicians in a compromising ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2008
  • Length: :26
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Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich spent most of his entire creative life worrying about whether his government was going to send him to jail or...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 02, 2006
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 2