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Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
"Sounds Jewish" commemorates Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass on Nov. 9-10, 1938, with music reflecting on the horrors of that time as ...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In Millennial History, we relive recent history through the eyes of millennials who were there when it happened. The murder of anti-mafia judge Fal...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:39:06
Caption: Volodymyr Zelensky
A retrospective featuring the major events of each passing year, Shortcuts features no narration, it's message evolves from the careful juxtaposit...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KRCB 104.9, Raven Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Betty White
An extra hour of celebration of those who've left us this year, with music and events that broke too late to be included in A Shortcut Through 2021

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 is a force to reckon with. Known as the "Resurrection" symphony, it features both tender moments and apocalyptic one...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:58
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The first in a three part series celebrating the music and legacy of Chick Corea. This week, the focus is on his work on the acoustic piano, from N...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Musica Ficta
Carl Nielsen wrote symphonies, concertos, chamber music, sacred music, two operas and – over three hundred songs, of which you'll hear several in t...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:58
Caption: Corona Virus Kit
A full hour of viral containment, mixed with your safety in mind, available for private home enjoyment. Featuring the latest response to our curre...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 1
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Max Richter, Credit: instagram.com/maxrichtermusic/
We’ll hear from a composer who wrote a work with the express intention for the audience to sleep! Ahead Max Richter’s Sleep, plus more of his music...

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, KWAX, WETS and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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This episode of Art Beat, we take a look at Cloud Cult from the Frozen River Film Festival in Winona, Minnesota. The film deals with the Cloud Cult...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 18:19
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This episode we’re heavy on tropical rhythms, especially Brazilian. Canhoto da Paraiba doesn’t care about fame, just guitar. Reflective substantive...

Bought by WMOT, WJSU, WVBI-LP, WYAP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Part of the broadcast comes live off a Halloween overnight, polyrhythmic Sonido Global plays Herbie Hancock, Coltrane meditates with a certain East...

Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WKAR


  • Added: Nov 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Muhammad Ali, Credit: Gordon Parks
"Float like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee...". This is my tribute to Muhammad Ali. An impressionistic mix of sound and music dedicated to "The Grea...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Moment of Zen 2015
A unique retrospective of the past year, including audio of the major events of 2015--the cultural highs and lows, mixed with music of the year and...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Talking Information Center, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:39
  • Purchases: 7
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Binary bop begins the journey of spins and needles, drummer Stockton Helbing sounds pristine alongside veterans Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie. D...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 5
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Blues and swing precede post bop for openers, Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock. Bop then and now, the Bird and Germany's ja...

Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 5
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Patrick Dorey sends us his Song Story about a time in his life when, with the loss of his Mom, he began to question who he was.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2015
  • Length: 05:19
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In our 2nd hour, Smith brings us into the soundtrack story of love, this time with a few indie artists who have experienced the journey with him li...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:04
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Pure and uncompromising, devoid of gloss and fakery, Sturgill Simpson brings his Bonafide mountain hillbilly soul to the Live From The Divide stage.

Bought by KISU, Panhandle Community Radio, KSUT, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
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This special program was produced during Hurricane Sandy's collision with the east coast, in my studio on the upper west side which luckily had po...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:47
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A young man takes his girlfriend to a cherry orchard. They ascend a ladder together. Thus starts a magnificent love song about young love, writte...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
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A unique audio retrospective...A Shortcut Back through the 20th Century is an impressionistic glance back at the last one hundred years, featuring ...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:36
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One boy's unlikely connection with the music of northwest feminists

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KFAI Minneapolis, WGDR, KUOW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2008
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 6
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An hour-long retrospective of the year 2006

Bought by KGLT, KUT, KVMR, North Country Public Radio, and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Dec 22, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Sounds and Emotions of 9/11

Bought by 'The Sea', KMXT, KISU, WAMU, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 11