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The Hip-Hop Gospel of Tupac Shakur: Daniel White Hodge
From: Sandburg Media
Series: Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith [Standard Clock]
Caption: Daniel White-Hodge
Our guest Daniel White Hodge returns to Things Not Seen to discuss his recent book, Baptized in Dirty Water: Reimagining the Gospel According to Tu...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
William Goldstein: A Very Special Piece of Music
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: William Goldstein, Credit: Shefik
Hanukkah - William Goldstein was previously a recording artist for Motown Records and CBS Masterworks. He has over 50 albums currently available. H...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
NL 19-52: Sacred Blue: Jazz Goes to Church in the 1960s, 12/23/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the 1960s, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, and some other jazz artists began to write religious or so-called “sacred jazz,” to be performed i...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
The Big Pond #14: St. Hildegard of Bingen
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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St. Hildegard of Bingen was a twelfth-century German nun – a writer, composer of chants, mystic and visionary. You might be asking yourself, what o...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 06, 2019
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Group Monroe Crossing Blazes a Trail Combining Formal and Traditional Music
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Monroe Crossing, Credit: Jamey Guy
Monroe Crossing from Minneapolis has been playing traditional and original bluegrass music for decades. The group’s talent and perseverance led to...

  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 08:02
Here We Come A-Caroling (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Holiday Specials
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A cappela group Note-Riety on challenging social pressures - Flory Jagoda on keeping Sephardic singing alive - A big night for bagpipes and a milit...

Bought by Raven Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Here We Come A-Caroling (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Holiday Specials
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A cappela group Note-Riety on challenging social pressures - Flory Jagoda on keeping Sephardic singing alive - A big night for bagpipes and a milit...

Bought by KSLU, RadioStPete Florida, KTOO, KEDT, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Here We Come A-Caroling (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Holiday Specials
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A cappela vocal group Note-Riety on challenging social pressures - Flory Jagoda on keeping Sephardic singing alive - A big night for bagpipes and a...

Bought by WUTC, Raven Radio, KMUN, WUGA (part of GPB), KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shaped Note Singers Introduce a New Shaped Note Tradition Locally
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Local Shaped Note Singers hold Copies of Shenandoah Harmony, Credit: Nathan Berry
Singing shaped notes is a long American tradition of singing, mostly based on Christian scriptures. As a folk tradition, it evolves with reference ...

Bought by KSRQ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
An African-American musical tradition older than the blues
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: The Singing and Praying Bands
Rev Jerry Colbert shares one of the oldest African-American music traditions. He's the leader of The Singing and Praying Bands of Maryland and Dela...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KPIP-LP, and WABE


  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
#1224- The Abraham Jam: David LaMotte
From: Sandburg Media
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David LaMotte on music and faith; Katy Scrogin on Toward a True Kinship of Faiths.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 49:00
#1301- Religious Environmentalism, Part 1
From: Sandburg Media
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Fletcher Harper on religious environmentalism; Katy Scrogin on Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists.

Bought by 'The Sea' and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 33:32
  • Purchases: 2
What's What: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning?
From: Paul McCarthy
Series: What's What Radio
Caption: Bertie Pearson, Credit: Rama Hughes
Bertie Pearson is an Episcopal priest in San Francisco. Before becoming a priest, he led two lives: one as a churchgoer, one as a rocker. So he w...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 46:31
A Musician's Life: Jace Everett
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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You may not know his name but if you're a fan of HBO's "True Blood" you know Jace Everett's baritone. Each week Jace's song "Bad Things" accompanie...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Martin Sexton
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Musician Martin Sexton is a pretty happy guy. After years of struggling, he seems to have it all.

Bought by WGDR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3