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Does Good Music Rise to the Top?
From: Kill Rock Stars
Series: The Future of What
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People often say that if you make good music, the fans will follow. So does good music rise to the top? And what is the top? Hear from Bandcamp's J...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:57
Bob Seger's Greatest Hits on Vinyl: All Access
From: Dan Neer
Series: All Access World Premieres
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A one hour music and interview show where the Michigan icon takes you through 9 of his greatest hits, telling you stories of his childhood and insp...

Bought by Prairie Public, WLPR , Prairie Public, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 59:23
  • Purchases: 4
Blue Dimensions F18: Jazz from the South Side, rising star jazz pianist Alexis Lombre
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music and conversation with Chicago jazz pianist Alexis Lombre whose debut album "Southside Sounds" came out this year.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.5 WSNC, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
George Harrison The Vinyl Collection: All Access
From: Dan Neer
Series: All Access World Premieres
Caption: George Harrison - The Vinyl Collection
The Harrison Family is releasing all 12 of George's solo studio albums plus the "Live in Japan" record together in a beautiful box set for the firs...

Bought by KGLT and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:50
  • Purchases: 2
The Band 40th Anniversary of "The Last Waltz:" All Access
From: Dan Neer
Series: All Access World Premieres
Caption: The 40th Anniversary of the Band's "The Last Waltz:" All Access
Robbie Robertson shares insights looking back from 40 years on at one of, if not THE best rock and roll concerts and films, The Last Waltz. Interv...

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLP, Prairie Public, KSRQ, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 11
Pop Sonnets
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
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Erik Didriksen takes hit songs from artists like Taylor Swift and Coldplay and rewrites them as Elizabethan-style sonnets.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2017
  • Length: 23:31
Episode #39: Marketing 101 with Sub Pop, Warp, Mass Appeal and The Syndicate
From: Kill Rock Stars
Series: The Future of What
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A band is ready to release new music, but how can they grab people s attention in such a crowded market?

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:20
Episode #35: Music 101 - Life as a Career Musician
From: Kill Rock Stars
Series: The Future of What
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Every kid dreams of being a rock star, but what does the job actually take?

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #33: All Ages Revival
From: Kill Rock Stars
Series: The Future of What
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We discuss the importance of all ages music venues and scenes this week!

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 1
Artaria String Quartet in Grand Rapids
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Ray Shows is the first violinist of Artaria String Quartet, a Twin Cities based ensemble. The group centers on two missions: performance and educat...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 16:17
Episode #28: Niche Markets
From: Kill Rock Stars
Series: The Future of What
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In an industry where it’s difficult to make a living, musicians have had to become more and more creative to survive, especially with shrinking roy...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 57:14
Episode #24: The Re-Issue Revolution
From: Kill Rock Stars
Series: The Future of What
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Independent labels have long been at the forefront of bringing great music to the public, especially lost gems and overlooked greats that went out ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 1
Todd Rundgren - The Moral Imperative for Music Education
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Todd Rundgren shares his thoughts on his own music educational experience as well as the strong need to bring back a dynamic music educational prog...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
Current Classics Episode 7
From: Jim Villanueva
Series: Current Classics
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Your source for new music from Current AND Classic artists.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 53:11
Bob Dylan and the Band - Complete Basement Tapes
From: Joyride Media
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The complete story behind Bob Dylan and The Band's 1967 recordings in Woodstock, NY, now known as the Basement Tapes

Bought by Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Radio Catskill, KOSU and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 35
Mood Indigo - Boris Vian, Surrealist (Short Version)
From: Pod Academy
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The new film 'Mood Indigo' is based on a novel by Boris Vian - so who was Vian? One of France's most popular authors of the 20th Century, musician,...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 14:45
Ethnomusicology
From: Pod Academy
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The term ‘ethnomusicology’ was coined in 1959 by Dutch academic, Jaap Kunst. Put simply, it is the social and cultural study of music. Jo Barratt ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 21:33
Sound Ideas #25 - Steve Allen Interviews
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Sound Ideas (Jazz & Blues)
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Welcome to an hour of creative thought with Steve Allen. Thanks for dropping in and putting on your thinking cap.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KTXK, WLPR , KSRQ, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 56:27
  • Purchases: 6
WorldCanvass: The Crossroads Project (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Art and science meet at the crossroads in this program focused on climate change, sustainability, and the future of our planet and ourselves. This...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 25:07
Poet Laureate of Missouri (2010-2012), David Clewell
From: New Letters on the Air
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David Clewell, former Poet Laureate of Missouri (2010-12), whose new work is featured in the current issue of NEW LETTERS magazine, draws upon a mi...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Music For Nothing
From: Kim Hornak
Series: Common Air
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Is there a sustainable business model for independent musicians?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 25:03
Your Brain on Music
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a two part, 2006 conversation with Dr. Daniel Levitin about the relationship between music and the brain. Dr. Levitan is au...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
Jazz and Civil Rights (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
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How the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane were tied to the struggle for racial e...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KHSU, WRIR, WVAS and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 14
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - That's It!
From: Joyride Media
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Inside the making of Preservation Hall Jazz Band's new album, featuring interviews with the band and co-producer Jim James (My Morning Jacket)

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KPVL and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14