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NL 24-15: The Jazz Monk: Thomas Merton, 4/8/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Thomas Merton was one of the most influential spiritual writers of the 20th century—and he was also a passionate jazz fan. We’ll talk with jazz mu...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
The Year was 1947
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish takes a deep dive into the Jewish music of 1947.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Get Right With The Universe
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
We're approaching Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, your official opportunity to get right with the universe.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating Pride Month
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish celebrates Pride Month with an eclectic hour of music written and performed by LGBTQ+ Jews.

Bought by WGTE Public Media, WCQS, and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Take Me To The River: New Orleans - a celebration of music history and legacy
From: World Footprints LLC
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Music is a powerful universal language where white musicians and black musicians come together, protect and stand by each other to create something...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2022
  • Length: 34:06
Memorial in Song with John Brancy and Peter Dugan
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Holiday Specials from WFMT
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A program for Memorial Day/Veteran’s Day to honor those whose lives have been forever changed by war, including songs written by composers and poet...

Bought by WVIA, KMFA, Troy Public Radio, KWAX, WGUC/ WVXU and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 26
In Praise of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune in to the next "Sounds Jewish" for Jewish music in praise of the late civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Bought by KFCF FM and WLPR


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Welcome Hunukkah
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish welcomes Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, with songs from around the Jewish world.

Bought by KBEM, WNIJ, KMXT, and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 26, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
S06 Ep13: In Olden Times, 11/27/2021
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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It’s a trip through the centuries, as we hear music composed by women In Olden Days. From 16th century convents, to the court of a king, and Victo...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
A MEDITATION ON AMERICA Music Mix - Hour 3
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Great for on or near the Fourth of July...or other patriotic holidays. Third of 4 music mix hours featuring a host of performers expressing the c...

Bought by KHNS, KXCV, WXXI Rochester, WHYY, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
TALK MUSIC WITH ME: The Music and Philanthropy of Harry Chapin- Hour 2 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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Part 2 of 2 spotlighting a 2020 documentary called HARRY CHAPIN: WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING. Music host Paul Ingles talks about the late singer/so...

Bought by WHRV and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Pete Seeger Sampler
From: David Dunaway
Series: Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing?
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This 9-minute sampler offers a glimpse at the 3-hour radio documentary series Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep from Singing? produced by David King Duna...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 09:02
Mysterium
From: Wind & Rhythm
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Seeing wrapped gifts under the tree for days or weeks before being allowed to open them adds to the anticipation, suspense, and ultimately the joy ...

Bought by KRPS, KRPS, KTXK, WUAL, and KMFA


  • Added: Nov 26, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Freedom Jazz!
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Perfect for the Fourth of July or other celebratory national holidays! “Freedom Jazz!” offers an hour-long, uniquely jazzy tribute to the spirit o...

Bought by WNMU-FM, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSLU, WITF, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 35
Folktale of Patriotism & Remembrance
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Patriotism & Remembrance, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a time of military memorials in our world, and that's the hallowed path we walk on this week's edition, with musical reflections on battles--a...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WVIA, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 17
Gunther Schuller, RIP: A Life Inside Music
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Schuller, who died last week at 89, was a prodigious, captivated, sometimes cantankerous prisoner of every kind of modern music: between Beethoven ...

Bought by KMUW and WFMT Station Account


  • Added: Jul 04, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 2
Anita O'Day
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Anita O'Day
Anita O'Day was known for her counter-culture approach to performance. Breaking the molds of the stereotypical "girl singer" with her dress, her st...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
The Top Ten Peace Songs of All Time (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Peace Talks Radio Hosts Carol Boss, Paul Ingles and Suzanne Kryder
The hosts of Peace Talks Radio present a special program counting down the Top 10 Peace Songs since the late 1960's.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WNMU-FM, Aspen Public Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Stan Getz
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Stan Getz
“My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dizzy Gillespie
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Dizzy Gillespie
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe explores what Gillespie's legacy can teach us about the revolutionary aspect of humor, and how we can live...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Clifford Brown
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Clifford Brown
Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown is known for his precise and captivatingly smooth technique yet his life was tragically cut short in a car accident w...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
Benny Goodman
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Benny Goodman
In the 1930’s, the clarinetist and bandleader, Benny Goodman, brought jazz stylings to mainstream America. With this short feature jazz historian a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
KUT's Views and Brews: Billie Holiday and The Art of Persona
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." In a recent Views and Brews f...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and WJSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Messiah Comes to Town
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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A behind-the-scenes look at how a community choral society in a small town prepares for its own grand holiday performance of Handel's Messiah.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 51:53