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GVP40 Book Review - Musicianship
From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Three stories about that elusive quality - musicianship.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:13
Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Tell 'Em I'm Gone - Part 1
From: Joyride Media
Series: Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Tell 'Em I'm Gone - Shorts
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First of four short segments featuring Yusuf/Cat Stevens with excerpts of new songs from Tell 'Em I'm Gone as featured on NPR First Listen.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and KPVL


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 2
Tupac Shakur on Life and Death
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play" - Tupac Shakur in 1994. From an unheard interview recorded by Benjamin Svetkey, then a writer for...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVNF, KJZZ, PRX Remix, and KALW


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 5
Liner Notes: Rudy Van Gelder
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is a recording engineer who loved jazz and is most notably associated with the sound of Blue Note Records. He recorded many legenda...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Liner Notes: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Known as "Nica" or "The Baroness" Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a jazz patron who supported artists such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, bo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
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In Duke Ellington's Eulogy to Billy Strayhorn he wrote, "His greatest virtue, I think, was his honesty--not only to others, but to himself." As we ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lena Horne
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Lena Horne
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe talks about the revolutionary life and work of Lena Horne.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
Stan Getz
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Stan Getz
“My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Benny Goodman
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Benny Goodman
In the 1930’s, the clarinetist and bandleader, Benny Goodman, brought jazz stylings to mainstream America. With this short feature jazz historian a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Love the French Way 12 - Know that I
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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"I love you", three short words, full of sweetness, but there are undercurrents and a darker side, as Jean-Jacques Goldman tells us in his song "Kn...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:56
Love the French Way 11 - To Dare
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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We have crossed swords, we have suffered sleepless nights. Do we dare reach out to each other with open arms?

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:02
Native Sounds: Quese Imc
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Quese Imc
Tobias Grant (Omaha) speaks with Native Hip Hop artist Quese Imc.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 2
A Musician's Life: Jace Everett
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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You may not know his name but if you're a fan of HBO's "True Blood" you know Jace Everett's baritone. Each week Jace's song "Bad Things" accompanie...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Tim Easton
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Singer-songwriter Tim Easton doesn't drink much anymore but he still writes about people who do. His latest album called "Porcupine" is a raucous ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2009
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Kevin Hearn of the Barenaked Ladies
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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On this edition of "A Musician's Life" Tracey Tanenbaum speaks with Kevin Hearn. The Canadian Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter makes crowd-ple...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2009
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Moby
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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On this edition of A Musician’s Life, Tracey Tanenbaum speaks with Moby. Some hail the electronic artist as an innovative genius while others call...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
KUT's On the Record: Craig Finn of The Hold Steady
From: KUT
Series: KUT's On the Record
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Craig Finn of The Hold Steady discusses the album that meant the most to him growing up: The Replacements' 'Let It Be.'

  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 07:30
KUT's On the Record: Conrad Keeley of Trail Of Dead
From: KUT
Series: KUT's On the Record
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Conrad Keeley of Austin indie rockers ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail Of Dead talks about the album that means the most to him: 'Hounds of Lov...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 08:47
KUT's On the Record: Rhett Miller of The Old 97's
From: KUT
Series: KUT's On the Record
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Dallas' Rhett Miller, solo artist and the frontman for alt-country stalwarts the Old 97's, gives an interesting choice for the album that changed h...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 07:49
KUT's On the Record: Carolyn Wonderland
From: KUT
Series: KUT's On the Record
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Austin blues musician Carolyn Wonderland talks about an album that changed her life: ZZ Top's 'Tres Hombres.'

  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:28
A Musician's Life: Squeeze founding member Glenn Tilbrook
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Tracey Tanenbaum speaks with Squeeze's founding member Glenn Tilbrook. In the early 1980's critics were comparing Tilbrook and his collaborator Ch...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bach Mix "Bach on the Inside"
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Classical Music in 60 Seconds(tm)
Caption: JS Bach
Three musical giants reflect on what they feel when they play and hear Bach. For any format, the 60 second drop-in is ideal for Bach's Birthday (Ma...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Ben Taylor
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Ben Taylor resisted becoming a musician for a lot of reasons, beginning with the pressure of his lineage. Taylor is the son of James Taylor and Ca...

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


  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: Liam Finn
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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In New Zealand Liam Finn's dad Neil Finn (of Split Enz and Crowded House) is royalty. Both in the U.S. and at home Liam is trying to establish him...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
A Musician's Life: Martin Sexton
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Musician Martin Sexton is a pretty happy guy. After years of struggling, he seems to have it all.

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


  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3