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Caption: Terence Blanchard, Credit: Cedric Angeles
In this podcast Terence Blanchard talks about bringing the sounds of blues and jazz to his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, his long collaboration w...

Bought by WILL, RADIOLEX, KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Angel Blue, Credit: Jack Hill
Meet soprano Angel Blue who is opening the new season at the Metropolitan Opera's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones." Composed by Terence Blanchard, it's t...

Bought by WMPG, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Maestro W. H. Curry
Composer, Conductor, and Music Director of the Durham Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Curry has inspired generations of musicians and audiences with hi...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sonny Rollins, Credit: john Abbott
We revisit a 2017 conversation with the legendary tenor saxophonist.

Bought by WCNY and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Robin Barnes
Robin Barnes was born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward, shuttling between her parents’ and grandparents’ houses and singing the songs they liked to...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2018
  • Length: 52:00
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Jazz from Gallery 41 Host/Producer Ron Pelletier shares a conversation with Jazz legend Don Cherry recorded in Los Angeles, CA in January, 1982.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
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McBride’s latest book looks to understand what shaped James Brown-- one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.

Bought by WABE and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Soloman Howard as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the company of Appomattox at Washington National Opera , Credit: Scott Suchman
Tazewell Thompson may be wowing critics and audiences with his direction of the opera Appomattox, but he’s an equally brilliant theater director an...

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


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Tameka Norris, Credit: courtesy Tameka Norris
Tameka Norris talks about her first feature-length film—she plays a version of herself in Meka Jean: How She Got Good. The film debuted during Pros...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 12:07
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Marc Steiner Show producer Mark Gunnery shares an appreciation and review of the latest John Coltrane release, Offering: Live at Temple University....

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Anthony Braxton, Credit: Photo by Michael G. Stewart
Anthony Braxton may be considered avant garde but he embraces all musical traditions

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 40:46
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Twelve dancers -- men and women all dressed in black rehearsal clothes -- move with fierce and graceful undulations through the space. They dance t...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Langston Hughes, an enduring icon of the Harlem Renaissance, is best-known for his written work, which wedded his fierce dedication to social justi...

Bought by WVIK, WVPE, WXPR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 76
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2010 NEA Opera Honoree and legendary soprano Martina Arroyo talks about her career in opera, including working with such luminaries as Leonard Bern...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:18
  • Purchases: 2
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Operatic tenor Everett McCorvey talks about how he was drawn into the music, how he helped build the opera program at University of Kentucky, and t...

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 26:18
  • Purchases: 1
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In the 1970?s, dancer Gail Lyons and drummer Emile Latimer discovered love in Buffalo, New York through West African music. After all these years,...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Chuck Close and the Gee's Bend Quilters create works of art from tiny pieces

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2006
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1