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Eli talks about the reactions she gets when traveling with her cello.

  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 01:25
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Michael tells a story about his cello -- part instrument and part travel companion -- at the Birdfoot Festival.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sarah Porwoll-Lee, Credit: Ellie Peterson
Sarah Porwoll-Lee plays the clarinet. Her concert Saturday night October 3 features not only her and two bandmates, but premieres of newly commissi...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
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Country classics and Opry favorites featuring Big Top's Blue Canvas Orchestra and special guests.

Bought by WTIP, KPIP-LP, KMSU, KALH, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
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Producer Eric Lamb's story starts, "My friend always tells me this story about the day he broke his brain on acid." At the time, a guy we'll call R...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:17
Caption: Peter Richardson lecturing about the legacy of the Grateful Dead., Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
Peter Richardson, a lecturer at San Francisco State, was teaching a course on the Grateful Dead at a school for adults over 50. A cultural history ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pat O'Keefe with bass clarinet, Credit: Scott Miller
Pat O’Keefe plays an instrument that is not well known to the general public, the bass clarinet. But Pat shows us that the instrument expresses a v...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A trapeze student, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Kari Kirkland stands on a narrow platform high above the ground. As a trapeze instructor, her job is to convince students to jump off that platform...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, and KUOW


  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 16:18
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Pi Day at Pies and Pints, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Kennith Darling played bass with Seattle band The Trouble Starts. That is, he used to, until the band broke up. "I feel like I lost three really cl...

Bought by KUOW and Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Matt "Spek" Watson at The Station, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Seattle's Matt Watson performs as a rapper and producer under the name Spekulation. He used to hate his day job serving espresso. After being outed...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Delmarva Public Media, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Joko Suttrisno at home, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
We talk to Joko Sutrisno, leader of the Sumunar Gamelan and Dance Ensemble since 1995. He tells us a little about gamelan music, getting us ready f...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: The Eddies, Credit: The Eddies
The Eddies sings songs of work, love and death, including old sea shanties and reworked modern songs. The group brings its 5-part vocal harmonies t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: MJ Mueller and Papa John Kolstad, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
The 32nd holding of the event makes its annual return to Minneapolis' west bank. It's an event for music making for musicians and non-musicians, ol...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 25, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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From Paradise City to Death Valley, Lisa Lipton drummed her way around North America in search of the Impossible Blue Rose

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:59
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Strangers on a train, partners in crime - the two great art forms of the twentieth century meet. As film composers incorporated new sounds into th...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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Noah Magen used to be a member of Alaska Teen Media Institute.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:35
Caption: Lady J Griot, Credit: KFAI publicity shot
The Selby Avenue Jazz Fest: a local institution with great local acts and a national one, community activities, and a location for teaching about A...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Exploring the world of lathe-cut records - a cost-effective and unique way for struggling musicians the opportunity to get their music on vinyl.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 08:27
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Washington. D.C. boasts every kind of social sport league imaginable. There are the standards — kickball, dodgeball and softball, to name a few. Th...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 06:43
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There’s a place in San Francisco that brings together the sounds of the world. From Ethiopian Jazz to Brazilian tropicalia to Norwegian thrash meta...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2012
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Do I go to a rock show, or out to the theater? Figuring out the best way to support your local arts scene can sometimes be tough. But fear not, Cul...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 04:57
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This episode has NO "conventional" wisdom, but you'll hear music with more about life's realities than anything heard at both political convention...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 58:28
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For the last week of December (12/28): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a self-proclaimed white trash musician who helpe...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the third week of January (1/19): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a woman who played auto harp and sang folksongs b...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the third week of January (1/16): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a pioneering female R&B artist who is a triple th...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40