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On this week’s program, we celebrate the artistic legacy of Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, who died May 13, 2022 at the age of 89. Joining ...
Bought by KSJE, KVNO, WRTI, WXXI Rochester, WCQS and more
- Added: Mar 17, 2024
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 15
When Queen and David Bowie met in Switzerland to record their iconic collaboration ‘Under Pressure’ on 26th October, 1981, *quite a lot* of drugs a...
- Added: Oct 30, 2023
- Length: 10:06
‘Disco Demolition Night’, the brainchild of 24 year-old shock jock Steve Dahl, caused mass hysteria at Comiskey Park, Chicago on 12th July, 1979 – ...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 09:43
This is a Veterans Day program.
"Veterans Day [Honoring Those Who Served]" is a musical program containing Patriotic Songs and music praising the ...
- Added: Jun 04, 2022
- Length: 01:00:48
Using "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" film now out on Netflix, we look at how she influenced the blues with selections from her, Sterling Brown, Bessie...
- Added: Feb 12, 2021
- Length: 56:40
Synesthete Joyce Yang describes the colors of Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 31 as she plays.
- Added: Dec 14, 2020
- Length: 02:37
In Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony No. 3, his intention was to shock his audience.
- Added: Dec 14, 2020
- Length: 03:13
He wanted larger and louder. The stage was set for Beethoven, but being on the cusp of change had its challenges.
Bought by WHRV
- Added: Dec 14, 2020
- Length: 03:22
- Purchases: 1
Cómo Ludwig van Beethoven proyectó una gran sombra sobre Haydn y Brahms, dos gigantes de la música que vinieron antes y después de él.
- Added: Dec 14, 2020
- Length: 03:14
Beethoven’s teacher, Franz Josef Haydn, was eclipsed by the genius of his young student. Later, a young Johannes Brahms spent decades writing his f...
Bought by WHRV
- Added: Dec 14, 2020
- Length: 02:45
- Purchases: 1
Woody Guthrie looked up to Will Rogers, and took a lot of his early stage presence from Will's influence.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Jul 14, 2020
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Jeremy Garrett visits Unreal Bluegrass to discuss his new solo CD Circles and and the latest from The Infamous Stringdusters, Rise Sun.Jeremy is a ...
- Added: Mar 28, 2020
- Length: 01:02:54
Music executive, Danny Goldberg, discusses 1967 and the counterculture.
Bought by KPIP-LP, WETS, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm
- Added: Jul 28, 2017
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 3
From: Valerie Hamilton
A teenaged photographer took a road trip to the Summer of Love and captured a piece of rock and roll history. TRT 4:00; remainder is optional music.
Bought by WOUB
- Added: Jun 09, 2017
- Length: 04:28
- Purchases: 1
Bluegrass is American. Bluegrass and America are obviously connected. But there are few songs about the connections. The strongest connections lie ...
- Added: Jun 06, 2017
- Length: 07:07
From: Qotita del Sol
Long-form feature piece on the 25th anniversary of The Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness album, including interviews with k...
- Added: Jun 07, 2016
- Length: 18:07
Jory Debenham explores the work Jewish composer Viktor Ullmann created in the Terezin concentration camp.
- Added: Apr 12, 2015
- Length: 06:53
There are things you think you know about the Star-Spangled Banner. Most of them are wrong.
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WABE
- Added: Apr 10, 2014
- Length: 15:11
- Purchases: 2
Anita Monga and Timothy Brock talk the difference between live and recorded music, the surprises lurking in archives, and why being fired by Chapli...
- Added: Jan 10, 2014
- Length: 19:41
If you want a truly unique, refreshing, approach to the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination, then please check this out. White House photogr...
- Added: Nov 08, 2013
- Length: 57:55
It's not surprising to see a re-release or a fancy tour when an artist reaches a milestone with a classic record. For Matthew Sweet, the 20th anniv...
- Added: Nov 08, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Love of music prompted Homer Parce to sign up for an army band. Military service whisked the small town South Dakota boy across the Pacific just a...
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 06:18
Here's a program that features George Harrison's best-loved music, some hidden gems, and thoughtful reflections from Harrison fans that help defin...
Bought by KZYX, KGLT, Prairie Public, North State Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more
- Added: Aug 23, 2011
- Length: 01:57:59
- Purchases: 13
A memorial and celebration of John Lennon: Oct 9 1940-Dec 8 1980.
Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KZYX, KISU, KSUT, KSFR and more
- Added: Sep 22, 2010
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 42
PERFORMANCE ARTIST, KANENE HOLDER, WAS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SPONTANEOUSLY GATHERED OUTSIDE OF HARLEM’S FAMED APOLLO THEATERN FOR AN IMPRO...
- Added: Jun 22, 2010
- Length: 57:43
