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This bonus episode is offered in celebration of the final day of Opera Week, 2018. It is also special because the conversation is also on YouTube u...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2018
  • Length: 32:13
Caption: "In the metal community, there's a fascination with the tangible aspect of things," says Albert Mudrian, editor of metal magazine Decibel., Credit: Bruno Guerreiro /Courtesy of Decibel
In the digital era, brick-and-mortar record stores' stock in trade has increasingly become vinyl sales. But within that niche of an increasingly fr...

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Billy Mack got a house, and then got 95 people to play a song about it.

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Have you noticed how the way a space feels really depends on how it sounds? Take the California Academy of Sciences for example. With all the hundr...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 09:46
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Molly Herron discusses New Music For New Instruments; Molly Thompson talks about her program featuring music from her song cycles at Spectrum.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:17:04
Caption: ‘Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records’ at the Oakland Museum of California is open now until July 19th., Credit: Ashleyanne Krigbaum
Walking into ‘Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records,’ one of the newest exhibits at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), feels like hanging o...

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  • Added: Jul 14, 2014
  • Length: 09:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: San Francisco Mixtape Society mix exchange at the Make Out Room., Credit: Annie Lin San Francisco Mixtape Society
The San Francisco Mixtape Society hosts mix exchanges at the Make Out Room in the Mission District. Music lovers meet, mingle and exchange mixes th...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:54
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100-second module, from our readings for May. An early computer composed classical music!

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Jacob J. Podber
Based on oral history interviews, this 29-minute radio documentary examines the effects early radio had on rural America. The program includes inte...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Take a one-hour journey through the world of music blogs. On this episode, we look at the artists getting the most attention online right now, incl...

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  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Take a one-hour journey through the world of music blogs. On this episode, we look at the artists getting the most attention online right now, incl...

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Take a one-hour journey through the world of music blogs. On this episode, we look at the artists getting the most attention online right now, incl...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Can new, globalized cultural traditions that cross national boundaries be created with the aid of social media? "Album in a Day" is a community-d...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 04:16
Caption: Mike Doughty, Credit: Deborah Lopez
Producer Rebecca Lavoie talks with singer-songwriter Mike Doughty about his unusually interactive presence on social media sites, the new narrative...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:06
Caption: Lyle Ritz "Father of Jazz Ukulele", Credit: Courtesy: Lyle Ritz
Ever since Lyle Ritz recorded the world's first jazz ukulele album in 1957, he earned the title, "Father of Jazz Ukulele." He was also a bass play...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 3
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EMI engineers gather at book launch party

  • Added: May 31, 2007
  • Length: 26:23
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Mick Pratt, youth reporter, filed this vox-pop, featuring teen opinions on file sharing.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 04:13