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NPR's All Songs Considered: Guest DJ Anoushka Shankar
From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
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Host Bob Boilen talks with sitar master Anoushka Shankar. She shares some of the musicians that have inspired her.

Bought by KTRL, KISU, WFSU, and WUKY


  • Added: Aug 30, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
My Rwanda: The Mighty Popo
From: Sarah Elzas
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Singing about the reconstruction of Rwanda

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 28, 2007
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1
Compact Discoveries 46: Music for Insomniacs
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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Pieces selected to help people fall asleep.

Bought by KENW, Eclectic 89.1 WBCX, KENW, KAMU, WXEL and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 17
WWOZ Street Talk-Silent Second Line
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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The musicians Union will organize a march on Aug. 26 to address many of the issues facing working musicians in New Orleans

  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 08:20
NPR's All Songs Considered: From Stars to Maps
From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
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New music from Stars, Anoushka Shankar, Iron and Wine, Floratone, Rilo Kiley, Animal Collective and Maps

Bought by KTRL, WFSU, and WUKY


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Compact Discoveries 55: James Brooks-Bruzzese
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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The Symphony of the Americas conductor's recordings as guest conductor.

Bought by KTRL, KAMU, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, KUCO, KAMU and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 14
MusiConversations on Jazz w/Tom Schuman of Spyro Gyra - Show Promo - Not For Broadcast
From: MuSyNetwork
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MusiConversations on Jazz with Tom Schuman of Spyro Gyra - Promo for Station Evaluation - Not For Broadcast

  • Added: Aug 26, 2007
  • Length: 37:30
KERA Commentary: Okkervil River
From: KERA
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Review of the new Okkervil River CD, "The Stage Names"

  • Added: Aug 23, 2007
  • Length: 04:10
Blues File: Sugar Blue's "Code Blue"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Sugar Blue album "Code Blue"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Aug 22, 2007
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - George Bowering
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Canadian poet George Bowering believes human intellect is the closest thing we have to the divine.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Aug 22, 2007
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 3
Compact Discoveries 45: Musical Gardens
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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An hour of music inspired by flowers, butterflies and bees.

Bought by KTRL, Eclectic 89.1 WBCX, KENW, KAMU, KUCO and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2007
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 15
NPR's All Songs Considered: From Vampire Weekend to Tal Wilkenfeld
From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
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Host Bob Boilen chats with the All Songs summer intern, Patrick Frank, about new music from Vampire Weekend, Queens of the Stone Age, Dan Deacon, J...

Bought by KTRL, WFSU, KISU, and WUKY


  • Added: Aug 20, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Endangered Chinese Music
From: Richard Paul
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Chinese music that is disappearing

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
Musical Instruments of China
From: Richard Paul
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The sounds, instruments and structures of the traditional Chinese orchestra.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 09:20
Tan Dun's "The Map"
From: Richard Paul
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Melding the ancient music of China with contemporary Eastern and Western motifs.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 09:44
Billy Taylor - Growing Up
From: Richard Paul
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Life in segregated Washington, DC

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 07:37
Billy Taylor - Mary and James Reese Europe
From: Richard Paul
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The man who brought jazz to Europe

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:40
Billy Taylor - Unsung Jazz Players 2 of 2
From: Richard Paul
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about great musicians who never left town

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 07:36
Billy Taylor - Fats Waller
From: Richard Paul
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about DC's Lincoln Theater and meeting Fats Waller

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 06:30
Billy Taylor - Henry Grant
From: Richard Paul
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about their first music teacher

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 06:50
Billy Taylor - Jelly Roll and Lester Young
From: Richard Paul
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about encounters with Jelly Roll Morton & Lester Young

Bought by Radio Catskill and WCVE


  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:01
  • Purchases: 2
Billy Taylor - Unsung Jazz Players 1 of 2
From: Richard Paul
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about great musicians who never left town

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 07:34
Guardian of the Groove: New Orleans Drummer and Composer James Black
From: David Kunian
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One hour documentary with interviews and music about the life and music of New Orleans drummer and composer James Black

Bought by WNCU, NPR Illinois, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 59:51
  • Purchases: 3
Hidden Kitchens Texas
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
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Hidden Kitchens Texas, a new hour of lively, sound-rich stories from Peabody Award-winning producers, The Kitchen Sisters, KUT Austin, and NPR. Hos...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KOSU, Wisconsin Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Blues File: The Blues of Elvis Presley
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Elvis Presley's blues

Bought by WDNA, KKRN, KKRN, KFOK-LPFM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 7

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