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Rolling Stone writer Anthony DeCurtis and Esquire Magazine's Jeff Slate join Paul Ingles for a thoughtful and heart-felt review of the special qual...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KUHF, WRVO Public Media, KSJE, North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Hour 2 of a two-hour special that chronologically follows The Beatles through 1969 and 1970 as they record their final tracks, struggle with their ...

Bought by KFSK, KUPR low power FM, KSJE, North State Public Radio, KUHF and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 9
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Aretha Franklin's over 6 decade career is recalled by music documentarian Paul Ingles and a panel of music writers and commentators.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, High Plains Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WABE and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 61
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Part 2 of 3. Beatle fans and musicians gather to re-experience The Beatles' top-selling album, which came to be known as The White Album.

Bought by KFSK, KUPR low power FM, KUPR low power FM, Maine Public Radio, and KSJE


  • Added: Aug 08, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Sherry Ladig, Credit:  Karyn Wrenshall
Sherry Ladig is a keyboardist and singer who performs and composes in many traditions. Her musical breadth comes from two sources. One is that she ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2018
  • Length: 16:00
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Hour 2 of 2. Musicians, writers and fans explore the lore and speak their minds on the Beatles' landmark album SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND.

Bought by KFSK, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2018
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 8
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From the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s a five-story building in the heart of Manhattan served as a gathering place for jazz musicians and other a...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
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The collaboration of American jazz artists such as Miles Davis and Art Blakey with French filmmakers in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Film schola...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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Hour two of a two-hour exploration of the seminal work of heralded songwriter Paul Simon as revealed by musicians, writers and fans and archival in...

Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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The remarkable and varied performing career of Linda Ronstadt is explored by a panel of her friends, music writers, musicians and fans.

Bought by WPVM 103.7, KFSK, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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FATS DOMINO, the pioneering rock 'n' roll legend, passed away October 24, 2017 of natural causes at the age of 89. Music historian and documentari...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUW, WHRV, KUNM, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 19
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A program about Louis Armstrong’s mid-career years, in which he led the small-group All-Stars, scored chart hits with pop ballads, and became a Col...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
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Music historian Paul Ingles hosts a panel of other music writers and fans remembering the musical legacy of Gregg Allman, who died May 27, 2017 at ...

Bought by KFSK, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KMSU, WXXI Rochester, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Cropper talks with Paul Ingles about his collaborations with Otis Redding and other highlights from his career as...

Bought by WHRV, KMUW, and KGLT


  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh, singer, fiddle player and founding member of the legendary Irish group Altan visits with host John Floridis and reviews the g...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh, singer, fiddle player and founding member of the legendary Irish group Altan visits with host John Floridis and reviews the g...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and multiple Grammy winner Bonnie Raitt talks with Paul Ingles about her life and career in this full extended intervie...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WJCT, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSUT, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Archie Shepp: I  Hear the Sound, Credit: Created by WOZNIAK
Archie Shepp shares his musical biography—and his thoughts about the legacy of African-American music.

Bought by KMUW, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
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In this Arts Interchange, Carmen as Other, we’ll hear some of these well-known songs, sung by well-known performers, while we speak with two studen...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:07
Caption: marian-anderson-the-lincoln-memorial-concert-1939, Credit: courtesy of national film preservation foundation
Raymond Arsenault's book The Sound of Freedom examines the 30 minute concert that helped move a nation forward.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Jazz pianist Vijay Iyer discusses Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, and John Coltrane.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:09
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, exploring the orgins of "hip."

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KHNS, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry produced what some consider the greatest era of popular music. We look at the s...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 2
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How the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane were tied to the struggle for racial e...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KHSU, WRIR, WVAS and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." In a recent Views and Brews f...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and WJSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2