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DLR Book
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we speak with author Darren Paltrowitz about his new work, DLR Book, How David Lee Roth Changed the World.

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KECG, KWIT, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Banned In School
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Back in 1992 this week, the principal of a school in New Jersey banned We Are the Champions because Freddy Mercury had died of AIDS. Of course peo...

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, KWIT, KSRQ and more


  • Added: May 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
2023 Anniversaries Part 2
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is the second of a pair of shows where we look at what musical event anniversaries 2023 will bring. It's a good many.

Bought by WMTNradio, KHNS, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, KTRL and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Keep Calm and Carillon
From: WFIU
Caption: The Wells Metz Carillon, Credit: Alex Chambers
Producer Alex Chambers investigates the new bell tower outside the radio station windows, learning the history of carillons, and reflecting with th...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 18:41
  • Purchases: 1
EP185 Mark Hummel
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Mark Hummel has been a carrier of the Harmonica Blues torch for over 50 years.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 1
EP77 Sonny Boy Williamsin II
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
Caption: Sonny Boy II
Rice Miller is probably the more known "Sonny Boy Williamson" although there was previously to his time an actual Blues harmonica player who's went...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:19
The Big Pond #48: Legacies of the Berlin Wall
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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“It was chaos, it was total chaos.” When the Berlin Wall unexpectedly fell in 1989, it triggered a time of massive flux for the newly reunited capi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Oct 02, 2019
  • Length: 19:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #45: The Passion of Chris Strachwitz
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Chris Strachwitz is a man possessed. A “songcatcher,” capturing and recording the traditional, regional, down-home music of the US, his adopted hom...

Bought by WDCB, KICI Iowa City, WNYO, and KWMR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 4
Wunderbar Together - AFN and it's huge impact on Germany
From: Arndt Peltner
Series: Wunderbar Together
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American Forces Network (AFN) was the radio station for the US military personnel in Germany. But it had a huge shadow audience - Germans. AFN beca...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
RDD: A Man And His Bass (part 1)
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Haley gets acquainted with one of Toledo's Jazz Icons, Clifford Murphy. Clifford is known for playing i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Beatles 1965 Visit to Minneapolis
From: Susan Gray
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Bill Carlson was a 17-year-old photographer and member of the press pool when the Beatles visited Minneapolis in 1965. His photographs documenting...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 03, 2016
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
KVSC's Undercurrents Punk Rock Show with Xakk Asphodel Has Been Flippin' Off THE MAN for over 20 Years
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Today, the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota once again visits the world of local music in St. Cloud as Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Ca...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 30:21
Around The Bend E28
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Around The Bend
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The first of the post-college series, this episode brings you Max's roots reggae picks along with exclusive, unreleased material from Stick Figure ...

  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 58:53
The Armadillo (*DISCLAIMER* contains elicit content)
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
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Rebecca McInroy welcomes guest host Jody Denberg to talk with Michael Priest, Eddie Wilson, Jim Franklin, Joe Nick Patoski, Danny Garret, and Guy J...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:25:18
George Gershwin and The Art of America
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
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Rebecca McInroy and Rabbi Neil Blumofe discuss Gerwin's music and legacy.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:26:08
Yell From the Stage
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This weeks episode of Rock School talks about rude audience members at concerts and what they do to make people so angry, including the musicians t...

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, KSRQ, and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Francis Scott Key: Lawyer, Layman, Tone-Deaf Lyricist?
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Francis Scott Key (shown here in a portrait by Theodor Horydczak) was far more than just the author of what would become our national anthem., Credit: Library of Congress
Turns out the author of our national anthem could very well have been nicknamed "Francis Scott Off-Key."

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
You Know Them Through Others
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Do you know who wrote "That '70s Show" theme song, "In the Street"? Cheap Trick, maybe? Wrong: Big Star. Today's episode of Rock School will discus...

Bought by KSKQ, KFOK-LPFM, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
08: Goldmines & Gum Boots (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
The Dave Holland Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London. One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:46
The Taj Mahal Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
Pee Wee
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Pee Wee Russell
Although he hailed from St. Louis, Charles Ellsworth “Pee Wee” Russell took his clarinet cues from New Orleans. Only now is he beginning to be reco...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz-O-Rama #11: "Jumpin, Rockin Jazz"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev plays early Rock 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Tuiti Fruiti," "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Good Rockin; Tonight" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 11th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Ram...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:15
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #8: "Phorgotten Pioneers"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of rare Jazz 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of rare 78 RPM recordings of early, forgotten Jazz pioneers.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 58:38
  • Purchases: 3
08: Gold Mines & Gum Boots
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:53
  • Purchases: 1