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Rhythms of Resilience: Bril Barrett on Tap, Tradition, and Resistance
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bril Barrett, Credit: Maia Rosenfeld
2024 National Heritage Fellow Bril Barrett reflects on the enduring power of tap to connect past, present, and future and how his teaching philosop...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WDCB, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Creating Conversations Through Art: The Vision of Charleston's Gaillard Center
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Lissa Frenkel CEO of the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, discusses this cultural cornerstone which presents vibrant art, honors loc...

Bought by WSLR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jul 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:37
  • Purchases: 5
Reimagining the Founders: Lin-Manuel Miranda on Creating 'Hamilton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
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We're marking July 4 with this 2016 interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda in which we talk about "Hamilton" and discuss the meticulous process behind t...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
Baxter Briefly
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
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Baxter Briefly is a New Alt Funk slap/tap bassist from Roanoke, VA! We discuss his unique style of playing bass, the breakups that inspired his so...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2024
  • Length: 58:37
Up Close And Acoustic with JM Stevens
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: JM Stevens, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
JM Stevens is a singer/songwriter based out of Austin, Texas. He grew up in West Point, Mississippi fortunate enough to have a mother who was a sin...

  • Added: May 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:05
Bassist Dave Holland and his Life in Jazz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dave Holland, Credit: Ulli Gruber
Bassist and 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dave Holland discusses his career and the collaborative nature of jazz.

Bought by WMPG, KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 5
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Jimmy Heath
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Heath talks about his storied career and some of the jazz greats he’s played with.

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2024
  • Length: 33:05
  • Purchases: 1
Season 1, Episode 26 - 'Harmony Project' feat Maya Barrera
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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Providing free music education to children who have had music education cut from their public schooling.

Bought by WDSE, KTRT RADIO INC, and WOJB


  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 3
Meet the Creator and Host of American Routes: Nick Spitzer
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nick Spitzer, Credit: Ricky Costanza
A conversation with folklife presenter, educator, creator, host and producer of American Routes, and 2023 National Heritage Fellow Nick Spitzer.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 21, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
Brandon Victor Dixon--Alicia Keys' Dad in "Hell's Kitchen"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Brandon Victor Dixon, Credit: Dario Calmese
Actor, singer, and producer Brandon Victor Dixon talks about his long and storied career on Broadway.

Bought by KMUN, WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 7
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month: Meet Manuel Delgado, 3rd Generation Luthier
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Manuel Delgado, Credit: Delgado Guitars
Luthier and Community Activist Manuel Delgado talks about continuing his family’s tradition of hand-crafting stringed instruments while working to ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KFCF FM, KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Gil Rose--A Voice for Contemporary Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Gil Rose, Credit: Kevin Condon
A conversation with Gil Rose who founded and heads three organizations-- the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), Odyssey Opera and BMOP/Sound—t...

Bought by WSLR, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WRGY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Up Close And Acoustic with Jann Klose
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Jann Klose at Sellersville Theater, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
Cosmopolitan singer/songwriter and Pop-rocker Jann Klose drops by Up Close And Acoustic to talk about a plethora of topics! A new release, 'Surrend...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:20
Up Close And Acoustic with Ben de la Cour
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Ben de la Cour, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
I first encountered Ben de la Cour and his songs when he opened a concert in support of Peter Case. To say I was immediately smitten by his songwri...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 57:42
Remembering the Jazz Legend Ahmad Jamal
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ahmad Jamal, Credit: Dl Media
In this 2012 interview, the recently-deceased NEA Jazz Master pianist Ahmad Jamal talks about his celebrated career.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., New England Public Media, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Up Close And Acoustic with James McMurtry
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: James McMurtry, Credit: JamesMcMurtry.com
James McMurtry is a storyteller of the highest order. He is a performer who can guide you to the widest emotional extremes, not just in one concert...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 56:26
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with Peter Case
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Peter Case/Sunset Blvd Records, Credit: Ekevara Kitpowsong the Aperturist
After turning 16 Peter Case left home in Buffalo, New York and headed West to California. He became part of the street musician scene out there and...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 05, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with Prince Bishop
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Prince Bishop 'All Is Due', Credit: Prince Bishop
Ben Trenerry, and his Rock music project Prince Bishop, has created an emotional and intelligent Karmic map to finding inner peace with Prince Bish...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 56:42
  • Purchases: 1
2023-01-13 REWIND: Coping with Climate Through Music
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
20230113: REWIND: Coping with Climate Through Music , 1/13/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
2019 National Heritage Fellow Folklorist and Naturalist Bobby Fulcher
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bobby Fulcher, Credit: Sarah Terpstra Hanson
State Park Manager Bobby Fulcher has spent 40 years uncovering the local culture of the Tennessee Cumberlands.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
Up Close And Acoustic with Robin Armstrong of Cosmograf 2022 Part 2
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Robin Armstrong of Cosmograf, Credit: Cosmograf Facebook
Part 2 of Up Close And Acoustic's interview of Robin Armstrong and Cosmograf 2022. It's a fine return visit by Robin and contains lots of music fro...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 58:12
Up Close And Acoustic with Robin Armstrong of Cosmograf 2022 Part 1
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Cosmograf Heroic Materials, Credit: Cosmograf Facebook
Robin Armstrong's music project, Cosmograf, has released a new album entitled 'Heroic Materials'. It's a song cycle based on the life of a World Wa...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 57:02
A Look at Leonard Bernstein's Broadway Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Leonard Bernstein at the Opening of West Side Story, Washington DC, Aug. 1957, Credit: Library of Congress Archives
Composer, conductor, and commentator Rob Kapilow takes us on a musical journey through Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway career.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMPG, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 5
Up Close And Acoustic with The Round Window
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: The Round Window album cover, Credit: Richard Lock Facebook
As described by the band, The Round Window is wide-screen rock. And for lyricist Rich Lock, different listeners getting different messages from the...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 57:50
  • Purchases: 1