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Missing Music
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about producer Ian Brennan's new book "Missing Music," in which he discusses his latest song collecting activities durin...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2024
  • Length: 28:31
Lana Del Rey Artist Profile by Kenzie
From: KXCI
Series: Bonus Tracks
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In this episode of Bonus Tracks, Kenzie shares her favorite Artist with us, Lana Del Ray.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 03:18
Musician's Spotlight - Sona Jobarteh - 865
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Singer, songwriter, composer Kora virtuoso Sona Jobarteh visits with host John Floridis on this edition of Musician's Spotlight. Sona is a master...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WVTF, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 06, 2024
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 3
Musician's Spotlight - Kerson Leong - 864
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Acclaimed concert violinist Kerson Leong visits with host John Floridis to talk about his career and recordings ahead of an appearance in Montana i...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 1
Subcontinental Synthesis
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Subcontinental Synthesis," a collection of essays that document a brief period where a Moog Synthesizer ...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
American Women Composers
From: Brent Johnson
Series: King of Instruments
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This week, we turn our focus to home and bring you an hour of music penned by American women, some familiar, and some that may be new to you. We'll...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Squeeze This! A Cutural History of the Accordion in America
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we discussed the book "Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America," which investigates the rise, fall, and retur...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 1
Well of Souls: The Hidden History of the Banjo
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Well of Souls," which dives further into the earliest history of the banjo than anyone has gone befo...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2024
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
Suite History - Four Jazz Composers and the African-American Odyssey
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WSLR, KCSM, Morehead State Public Radio, WLRH and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 20
Spaceships Over Glasgow
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we looked at the autobiography of Stuart Braithwaite, founder of the long-running post-rock band Mogwai. We listened to some of th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
WITNESS THE GENIUS: RAY CHARLES (An Appreciation) [Optional Part 2]
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Ray Charles
An optional second hour of a deep dive into the remarkable career of RAY CHARLES, one of the formative forces in 20th century music whose impact is...

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


  • Added: Jan 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Concert Movies
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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With Beyonce and Taylor Swift setting records with their two new concert films, we decided to offer up some other concert films for you to enjoy th...

Bought by KHNS, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KWIT, KSRQ, KECG and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Two Peace Books by David LaMotte & J. Lawrence Graham
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: David LaMotte
On today's episode, correspondent Priyanka Shankar talks to songwriter, speaker and author David LaMotte, who wrote WORLD-CHANGING 101: CHALLENGING...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Music Archive Showcase #158 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: DENNY TEDESCO, director, THE WRECKING CREW
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Music specials host Paul Ingles talks with film director Denny Tedesco about his 2015 film release called THE WRECKING CREW, about the Los Angeles ...

Bought by KFSK, WRVO Public Media, KSJE, WRGY, KUHF and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Aphex Twin
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we discussed a new book that delves into the discography of Aphex Twin, a pioneer in IDM and dril...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2023
  • Length: 27:47
Folk Salad airing 9-17-2023
From: SCOTT Aycock
Series: Folk Salad- Certified Organic Music
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Folk Salad looks at First Nations Artists like Joy Harjo, Callie Bennett, Redbone, Samantha Crain, Kalyn Fay, Raye Zargozza, Robbie Robertson, Jess...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
005 Peter Kirtley
From: Tim Ayres
Series: Borderland Jukebox
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On this program we talk with British guitarist and songwriter Peter Kirtley, who has recorded and toured with artists including Sonny Boy Williamso...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
HARM 23-29: Juan del Encina: King of the Cancioneros, 7/10/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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This week on Harmonia, another nod to the program’s 30th anniversary, with a program inspired by an episode from 1992 featuring the music of Spanis...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Music Archive Showcase #155 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author David Leaf on Brian Wilson + The Beach Boys - Part 2 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: "GOOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles continues his talk with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KAAD-LP, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Music Archive Showcase #154 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author David Leaf on Brian Wilson + The Beach Boys - Part 1 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: "GOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles talks with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story o...

Bought by KAAD-LP, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Mystic by Rick Sowash
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: 3C's: Cincinnati Contemporary Composer
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Rick Sowash is an author, composer, publisher, filmmaker and storyteller.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 08:36
Faith No More in the 1990s
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about a new book in the "Decades" series that documents the band Faith No More and thei...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 27:59
NL 23-17: Made In Detroit: Jazz From The Motor City, (Part 2), 4/17/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Mark Stryker, author of the new book Jazz From Detroit, joins us again to discuss the city’s jazz legacy.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
NL 23-16: Made In Detroit: Jazz From The Motor City” (Part 1), 4/10/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Bloomington native and longtime Detroit Free Press music writer Mark Stryker joins us to talk about his new book Jazz From Detroit and the musician...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
Jazz Women of the 1940s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring women instrumentalists who thrived in the upside-down jazz world of wartime America.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WJCT, WGBH Radio Boston, High Plains Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15

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