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The Player Piano and Musical Labor
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "The Player Piano and Musical Labor," which explores the deep history and cultural influence of what ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2024
  • Length: 28:26
Full Moon Hacksaw #1964 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/19/2024
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Ready, set, connect. To mind, brain, spiritually, love, anyone can increase the list. A very forward track from a new release by saxophonist Dick O...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS, KECG, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WKAR and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 7
Show Us Your 45s: Diabolical Records
From: KRCL
Series: Show Us Your 45s
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To celebrate KRCL's 45th anniversary, we are visiting and celebrating local record shops along the Wasatch Front. Tonight: Show Us Your 45s with Ad...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2024
  • Length: 12:21
0407: Reel Music: A Tribute to James Horner, 9/23/2024
From: WDAV Classical Public Radio
Series: Reel Music
Caption: Reel Music logo
Oscar winner James Horner rose from the depths of B-movies to score some of the biggest films of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Hear theme...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
0406: Reel Music: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, 9/16/2024
From: WDAV Classical Public Radio
Series: Reel Music
Caption: Reel Music logo
This time on Reel Music, we’re celebrating the contributions of Hispanic and Latinx film composers who have left their mark on Hollywood: Lalo Schi...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Suffrage Song
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Suffrage Song," a fantastic account of the history of women's suffrage in the US in graphic novel format...

Bought by KECG


  • Added: Sep 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
International Performer Paula Fuga Dreams to Play Red Rocks Amphitheater
From: KRCL
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Twoway interview with Paula Fuga, singer, poet and an accomplished ukulele player and founder of the “Mana Wāhine Productions.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2024
  • Length: 04:23
006 Bert Jansch & Rod Clements
From: Tim Ayres
Series: Borderland Jukebox
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On this program we speak to British musician Rod Clements about his career, focusing on his years recording with lgendary guitarist and songwriter...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:30
Full Moon Hacksaw #1963 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/12/2024
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We reserve the right of musical discovery for you and for us. September is timeless with saxophonist Earl Bostic. Guitarist Dave Stryker and sax ma...

Bought by KRPS, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WVBI-LP, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 12
0405: Reel Music: Honoring Max Steiner, 9/9/2024
From: WDAV Classical Public Radio
Series: Reel Music
Caption: Reel Music logo
Max Steiner is known as “the father of film music.” He wrote some of cinema’s earliest scores, earning 24 Oscar nominations. You’ll hear his themes...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Fear of Music
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Fear of Music" by David Stubbs, which compares the public acceptance of modern art with acceptance of mo...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:31
Full Moon Hacksaw #1962 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/05/2024
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We are still, we are clear, we are connected. Ryan Haynes demonstrates focused big band articulation, Supersax is five saxophones in harmony playin...

Bought by KRPS, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 12
0404: Reel Music: Disney When They're Not Singing, 9/2/2024
From: WDAV Classical Public Radio
Series: Reel Music
Caption: Reel Music logo
Disney films are often famous for their songs, but it’s all of that other music in between that holds the film together. Enjoy incidental music fro...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Alonzo
From: Radio K
Series: Behind the Scenes- MN Musicians Off-Mic & On-Camera
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Local space age pop group Alonzo came into the studio to talk about the process of naming their songs, curating a lounge sound, and how they'd desc...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 16:51
Full Moon Hacksaw #1961 (Hour 1 & 2) - 08/29/2024
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The cycle of life is sacred. For starters a hard, post-bob session with saxophonist Hank Mobley who was known with the 1950s Jazz Messengers. The P...

Bought by KRPS, KMXT, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
Rice
From: Radio K
Series: Behind the Scenes- MN Musicians Off-Mic & On-Camera
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Local experimental/ambient group Rice came into Studio K to discuss various types of art that inspire them, the evolution of their instrumentation,...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2024
  • Length: 15:15
0403: Reel Music: Cinematic Voices, 8/26/2024
From: WDAV Classical Public Radio
Series: Reel Music
Caption: Reel Music logo
Sometimes, the orchestra alone just isn’t enough to convey the drama that the director and composer are reaching for. That’s when the chorus steps ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Full Moon Hacksaw #1960 (Hour 1 & 2) - 08/22/2024
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Freedom in that our time is passing, 50 years sharing the music so far, and for others the time is now. We begin with fusion music by guitarist Pat...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRPS, Raven Radio, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 11
0402: Reel Music: Disaster!, 8/19/2024
From: WDAV Classical Public Radio
Series: Reel Music
Caption: Reel Music logo
We generally try avoiding disasters, except at the movie theater, where natural and man-made catastrophes have always been a big draw. Hear themes ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Dream Machines: Electronic Music in Britain from Doctor Who to Acid House
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Dream Machines" by Matthew Collin, which details the history of electronic music in the UK from its ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:18
Show Us Your 45s: Fountain Records
From: KRCL
Series: Show Us Your 45s
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RadioACTive's Connor Estes shares his visit with Adam Michael Terry of Fountain Records, Utah's first record collective and consignment shop.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2024
  • Length: 13:25
Drey DK
From: Radio K
Series: Behind the Scenes- MN Musicians Off-Mic & On-Camera
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Had Drey DK in Studio K to discuss their songwriting process, favorite artists, and the progression of their sound.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2024
  • Length: 25:02
Finding Beautiful
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "You're beautiful as you feel" the song says., Credit: Susan Cook
Here in Maine, for a short time, local musical theater replenishes .

  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 05:56
Full Moon Hacksaw #1959 (Hour 1 & 2) - 08/15/2024
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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So much relevant music still on vinyl we can’t imagine ever putting our LPs to rest on the shelf. Take for example tenor sax great Joe Henderson wi...

Bought by KRPS, KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KRZA, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 10
Rhythms of Resilience: Bril Barrett on Tap, Tradition, and Resistance
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bril Barrett, Credit: Maia Rosenfeld
2024 National Heritage Fellow Bril Barrett reflects on the enduring power of tap to connect past, present, and future and how his teaching philosop...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WDCB, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5

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