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Caption: Goodbye Village Voice
A look back at the last twelve months, a retrospective of a truly transitional year with a disturbing loss of morals, constitution values and major...

Bought by 'The Sea', Indie3 Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KDUR, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2017
  • Length: 59:22
  • Purchases: 13
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After Fats Domino and Little Richard records completely changed the recording industry. New Orleans music was "gold" and the equivalent of the Cal...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 04:36:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Helen Gillet performs in WNIJ's Studio A, Credit: Carl Nelson/WNIJ
Helen Gillet is a classically-trained cellist that melds world music influence with New Orleans jazz and funk, while using looping and other effect...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 51:59
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Sound clips from the 2009 comedic movie starring Will Ferrell and Danny McBride... and the full Tales of Topographic Oceans played for your underwa...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:51:09
Caption: G-Men Under Fire!~
A musical trip to Washington, D.C. with Senate Intel leaders, former directors, acting politicians and Russian spies mixed into an exciting hour of...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 59:23
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The popular notion that Jamaica developed its early ska and reggae musics by listening to high powered New Orleans radio stations doesn't give cred...

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 43:39
Caption: George Harrison & Patti Boyd 1967
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Summer of Love as we travel back to 1967 with LBJ, Mick Jagger, Frank Zappa, Julie Christie, John Cage, Timot...

Bought by KRZA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 30:36
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Chuck Berry
Celebrating Chuck Berry-One of founding fathers of Rock & Roll with tributes from Keith Richards, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Carl...

Bought by Prairie Public and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:55
  • Purchases: 2
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We’ve got a spotlite on the Calvanes – one of the finest R&B groups that you may have never heard; unless, of course, you’re a regular listener. T...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:39:20
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We’ve got a spotlite on the Sensations – a Philly based mixed gender quartet featuring Yvonne Mills Baker on the lead microphone.

  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:39:20
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Eddie’s Caravan has a spotlight on James “Shep” Sheppard; frontman and songwriter for the Heartbeats in the 1950’s as well as Shep & the Limelites ...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:39:20
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A Doo Wop extravaganza done in its purest form -- a cappella that is – originating on the street corners, school bathrooms, and subways all across ...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:39:20
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In our Spotlite segment we’ll feature bass singers on the lead microphone. They epitomize the Doo Wop genre when standing out in front of their vo...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:39:20
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Eddie’s Caravan – toolin’ around in the mid 20th century; it’s a doo wop extravaganza. We’ll feature songs with “Desire” in the title in our Spotli...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:39:20
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Enjoy this favorite kids-friendly holiday with Michael Jackson! Scooby Doo, and the Doobie Brothers...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2016
  • Length: 03:35:11
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Another chance to learn about possible presidential candidates "True Colors" with locker room remixes of words from Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, ...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 01:56:55
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Stormy Weather, Credit: Julia Meek
It's clouding up this week on Folktales, and the silver lining we're seeking is a world of good music devoted to Stormy Weather!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 8
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Listen to Philippine hits from the last thirty years of the last millenium...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:35:32
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Refugees and the trouble they're running from... Mark Twain... and Cloudy Days...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:59:06
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Space tribute to Ziggy Stardust, the State of Jefferson is declared from the West steps of California's capitol and elongated skulls found by arche...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:20:36
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Multiple Grammy Award-winning artist Howard Levy is an extraordinary pianist and gifted composer, but is perhaps most known because of his revoluti...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Jan 07, 2016
  • Length: 56:59
  • 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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Kristopher Ohlendorf is a Media Studies grad student and ponderer of big questions. Like, why is that bicycle horn honking in the Beach Boys “You ...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:08
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If you play this piece twice, it'll haunt you -- your leg won't stop rockin' no matter how many times you slap it -- and those wireless speakers be...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:55