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JazzGrass ~ Wildflower Wander
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Celebrating the floral time of year with bluegrass, jazz and other music from that slippery sonic continuum in between.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:57:40
A Change of Tune
From: Ellery Lamm
Caption: Sarah Swain, Credit: Organic Photography
Sarah Swain was about to make it big in LA…playing music she didn’t like. So she quit. It wasn’t until she came to Cape Cod that she really found h...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 842: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and Coaltown Dixie
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Bluegrass icon Doyle Lawson returns to the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes one of the lion's of bluegrass Doyle Lawson plus all female Kentucky blue...

Bought by KENW, KENW, WETS, RadioFreePalmer, WLIW and more


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 8
WoodSongs 833F: Joan Osborne
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Joan Osborne on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes powerful vocalist and songwriter Joan Osborne.

Bought by KBRW, WOUB, KJJF, WLPR , KSRQ and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
Remembering Allen Toussaint (1938-2015)
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Allen Toussaint
Gwen Thompkins revisits past conversations with Allen Toussaint in celebration of his life and music.

Bought by Prairie Public and WYSO


  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 2
'New Electric Music For The Twenty-First Century' Program 90
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: New Electric Music For The Twenty-First Century
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'New Electric Music For The Twenty-First Century' Program 90 presents two hours of modern and original Sound along with some selections of influent...

Bought by KEOS and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 2
Poets Off the Page: Music & Poetry
From: New Letters on the Air
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POETS OFF THE PAGE: POETRY & MUSIC features an interesting look at the works of three different poets who have recently merged their poetry with mu...

Bought by KWMR, WNJR, WNMU-FM, and WJCU


  • Added: Jul 15, 2015
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 4
NEA Jazz Moments with Jazz Advocate and Presenter, Joe Segal
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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2015 NEA Jazz Master Joe Segal lives and breathes for jazz and it shows. For nearly 70 years, he's been presenting incredible musicians, many of wh...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 13
WoodSongs 793: Minton Sparks and Dale Watson
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Dale Watson plays his authentic Texas county music on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes southern poet and storyteller Minton Sparks plus country music maverick D...

Bought by KENW, RadioFreePalmer, KJJF, WLPR , WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 7
WoodSongs 786: Roni & Donna Stoneman and Doug Seegers
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Fiddlin John Maupin is only 8 years old and our WoodSongs Kid of week.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes one of the great banjo masters of our time Roni Stoneman plus brilliant 6...

Bought by KENW, RadioFreePalmer, WOUB, WLIW, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 5
Kathleen’s Encore: Former Opera Singer Says 'Having It All Is Highly Overrated'
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: Kathleen Gillette and her family in the mid-1990s., Credit: Credit Courtesy of Kathleen Gillette
Kathleen Gillette has had a passion for singing for as long as she can remember. But after spending 15 years as an opera singer, her career began t...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:15
'New Electric Music For The Twenty-First Century' Program 40
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: New Electric Music For The Twenty-First Century
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'New Electric Music For The Twenty-First Century' Program 40 presents audacious new Sound that needs to be heard...It is designed for all audiences...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Composer, Robert Ward
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Toward the end of his life, Robert Ward discussed his remarkable career in music. [29:15]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1
Sonny Newman, Tango Master
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: Sonny teaches tango
Not many of us get to live our dream and do what we love for work. Sonny Newman is the exception. He charted his own course and along the way, disc...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 07:53
Howard Smith interviews John Lennon & Yoko Ono 12/19/1969
From: Ezra Bookstein
Series: The Smith Tapes
Caption: Collection 2 - Aquarian Theatre, Credit: Masaki Koike
Howard Smith's interview with John Lennon & Yoko Ono on Dec. 19th, 1969 at Ronnie Hawkin's ranch outside of Toronto.

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
35: The Grand Guitar
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: Photo by: Emile Klein
A guitar-shaped building in Bristol, TN gives a glimpse into the roots of country and bluegrass in the region.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 20:18
NEA Jazz Moments with Lorraine Gordon [second installment]
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three more short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, LORRAINE GORDON. In this batch, we learn about when Lorraine met Monk, her early days in...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, KBEM, WRTI, KCSM and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 12
Love the French Way 16 - One Day You Will See
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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Marcel Mouloudji, theater and movie actor, painter and songwriter, daydreams about meeting the one he'll love in the song "One Day You Will See"

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:14
Guy Clark on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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We sat down with Guy in his Nashville studio to talk about songwriting and creativity

Bought by KPIP-LP, KUAF Public Radio, Prairie Public, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
NEA Jazz Moments wirth Lorraine Gordon
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, LORRAINE GORDON. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn abou...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
NEA Jazz Moments with Lou Donaldson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring alto saxophonist and 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Lou Donaldson. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Siriu...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
The Beat of His Own Drum
From: Eric Drachman
Caption: Ryan and his djembe in his RV.
Cape Cod heating and air conditioning installer, Ryan Fletcher, discovers a creative outlet when he finds his way to his first drum circle.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
Flip, Skip, Guitar
From: Emma de Campo
Caption: Flip Scipio and wife Mitzi Pratt, in their Martha's Vineyard studio., Credit: Emma de Campo
Flip Scipio has been described as a “guitar repairer to the gods.” And with customers including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, it's a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Rehearsal of the Brussels Choral Society
From: Alison Turner
Caption: Rehearsal of the Brussels Choral Society
The Brussels Choral Society has over 120 members from 26 nationalities, and has been performing since 1979. In this feature, reporter Alison Turner...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 12:50
The Needle Drop: 10-16-12
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Godspeed You! Black Emeperor and Tame Impala.

Bought by WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 4