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Chino Latino Plays Serious Latin Dance and Listening Music at Jazz Central in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Today there is a wave of interest in Ballroom Dance. Chino Latino gives these social dance specialists the music they need to dance to distinctive ...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
This Week in Blues History #9 - May 27-June 2
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Eddie Boyd, who recorded the only national chart hit for Chicago's J.O.B. label, this week in 1952.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #4 - April 22-28
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Sleepy John Estes, who ran into a little difficulty making his way to a recording session in New York City, this week in 1938.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #005 - The Emergence of Otis Redding (Hour 1)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour One of a lively ride through the story of the soul star’s all-too-brief career but long-enduring legacy. We’ll hear from other musicians, musi...

Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, KMUW, KUHF, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
Musician's Spotlight - John Lenti - 663
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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John Lenti's playing on theorbo, lute, archlute, and baroque guitar has been described as “a joy to behold” (Seattle Times) and praised for its “nu...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight Promo- Ellis Marsalis - 662
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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Ellis Marsalis is regarded by many as the premier modern jazz pianist in New Orleans. His legacy as a music educator and as the father of several w...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: :45
Musician's Spotlight - Ellis Marsalis - 662
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Ellis Marsalis is regarded by many as the premier modern jazz pianist in New Orleans. His legacy as a music educator and as the father of several w...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMXT, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
HIS BLUE HEAVEN: A FATS DOMINO APPRECIATION
From: Paul Ingles
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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
Pavel Jany Combines Multiple Influences On Acoustic Jazz CD and Performances
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Pavel Jany, Credit: Andrea Canter
Pavel Jany (Yanny) is known as one of the Twin Cities’ leading jazz guitarists. His most recent recorded project is called Acoustic Condition. On t...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Pavel Jany Combines Multiple Influences on Acoustic Jazz CD and In Concert
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Pavel Jany, Credit: Andrea Canter
Pavel Jany (Yanny) is known as one of the Twin Cities’ leading jazz guitarists. His most recent recorded project is called Acoustic Condition, and ...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Charanga Tropical Brings Cuban Charanga to the Ice house in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Charanga Tropical, Credit: Walter Horishnyk
Charanga Tropical is led by Twin Cities sax and flute player, Doug Little. Doug began studying Cuban music in 2002, and founded Charanga Tropical i...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Charanga Tropical Brings Cuban Charanga to the Upper Midwest
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Charanga Tropical, Credit: Walter Horishnyk
Charanga Tropical is led by Twin Cities sax and flute player, Doug Little. Doug began studying Cuban music in 2002, and founded Charanga Tropical i...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Room At The Top: A Tom Petty Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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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 WUTC, KRCB 104.9, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 19
Musician's Spotlight Promo- Cowboy Junkies 2017- 658
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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The Canadian folk-rock legends return for their second visit to Musician’s Spotlight. This time Michael Timmins sits down to talk shop with host Jo...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: :45
Monday Music Special Crown Guitar Festival 2017 Part 1
From: John Floridis
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A Monday Music special highlighting the 2017 Crown Guitar Workshop and Festival set in Bigfork, Montana. This year’s lineup includes Jerry Douglas,...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Massed Mandolins Make for Great Performance and Community Involvement
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra, Credit: Steve Rouch
The Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra has 25 mandolins and plays a combination of specially composed mandolin music and tunes everybody has heard. Lon H...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 07:59
A Moment from Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 5
From: Will Duchon
Series: Musical Moments
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A moment of transformation from the Passacaglia movement of Symphony No. 5 in D Major by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1938).

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 10:20
Thelonious Monk: From Myth to Man (Part 2)
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, presenting the second of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special gue...

Bought by KMUW, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Thelonious Monk: From Man to Myth (Part 1)
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hourlong program of classic jazz, presenting the first of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special guest...

Bought by KMUW, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Portraits of Harlem
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring musical tributes to the so-called “Black Metropolis,” including Duke Ellington’s “Harlem,” Roy Eldr...

Bought by Radio New Zealand, 90.5 WSNC, WUCF, and WCPN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Introducing Bob Shohet, Broadcaster
From: Will Duchon
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It is my pleasure to share this demo created by Bob Shohet, a prospective WMNR broadcaster. I admire Bob's personable delivery and his genuine enth...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2017
  • Length: 31:42
A Moment in Schumann's Piano Quartet, Op. 47
From: Will Duchon
Series: Musical Moments
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The closing strains of the third movement of Schumann's Piano Quartet express introspection.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 07:54
Baptism of Solitude: Paul Bowles's Morocco Tapes
From: The Organist
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Driving around Morocco in the late 1950s with counterculture icon Paul Bowles at the wheel, with a case of hot Pepsi, a brick of hash, and a massiv...

Bought by KMUN and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 2
Sleeping Jesus
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
Caption: Sleeping Jesus
On this episode, we bring you Sleeping Jesus and their performance during the Midwest Music Festival 2017. Nick Elsted, the lead vocalist of this W...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 32:41
A Moment in Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58
From: Will Duchon
Series: Musical Moments
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Chopin guides us back home through a tender harmonic progression in the third movement of this masterpiece.

  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 07:43

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