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Missing Music
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about producer Ian Brennan's new book "Missing Music," in which he discusses his latest song collecting activities durin...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2024
  • Length: 28:31
Subcontinental Synthesis
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Subcontinental Synthesis," a collection of essays that document a brief period where a Moog Synthesizer ...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
Byzantine Chant
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "The Past is Always Present," which documents Orthodox chant practices among the monasteries of Mount Ath...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2024
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 1
Squeeze This! A Cutural History of the Accordion in America
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we discussed the book "Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America," which investigates the rise, fall, and retur...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 1
Well of Souls: The Hidden History of the Banjo
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Well of Souls," which dives further into the earliest history of the banjo than anyone has gone befo...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2024
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
Earth, Wind & Fire
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music imbued with Earth, wind, and fire, in actuality or metaphorically.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:19
Spaceships Over Glasgow
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we looked at the autobiography of Stuart Braithwaite, founder of the long-running post-rock band Mogwai. We listened to some of th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
Brian Eno's Diary
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about ambient and pop music polymath Brian Eno's Diary, which was recently re-published in a special 25th anniversary ed...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Sound Actions
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we discussed the book "Sound Actions," which reduces musical activity down to its most essential components so that we can re-conc...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Aphex Twin
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we discussed a new book that delves into the discography of Aphex Twin, a pioneer in IDM and dril...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2023
  • Length: 27:47
Remembering Harry
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: An old Harry Belafonte album cover in Kolkata., Credit: Photo by Bishan Samaddar
Harry Belafonte's death provoked an outpouring of mourning in India though many learned about his civil rights activism only through his obituaries.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Overtone Singing
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "Overtone Singing," a comprehensive tome that addresses the physics ...

  • Added: May 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
Faith No More in the 1990s
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about a new book in the "Decades" series that documents the band Faith No More and thei...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 27:59
The Grapes of Wrath
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A short book review

  • Added: Apr 11, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
Frontier Music
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard about westerns and western scores.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
After Rachmaninoff
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Music serves as a poignant metaphor in this set of poetry.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:57
  • Purchases: 1
Music When Soft Voices Die
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry inspired by music and musicians.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:15
Pessoa & Cavafy
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Excerpts from Rachel Cohen's essay "Lost Cities" and segments of poetry by Fernando Pessoa and Constantine Cavafy examine the allure of one's home ...

  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 53:20
Spirit (EDITED 2023)
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music that explores the spiritual dimensions of being alive.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 53:46
TSR16-10 Melissa Ethridge
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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Academy Award and GRAMMY winning artist, Melissa Etheridge, will take the stage to perform songs from her new album, This is M.E., as well as some ...

Bought by KMXT, KALH, WTIP, WRNC-LP, KSJE and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 59:22
  • Purchases: 10
Guitar Legends: Paco de Lucía
From: Matthew Cochran
Series: Goes2Eleven
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Goes2Eleven continues its tribute to guitar heroes with flamenco superman Paco de Lucía. We discuss Paco’s traditional flamenco roots and his explo...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Courageous Endeavors CD Release Party
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Courageous Endeavors, Credit: Bryan Belcher
It's the first Courageous Endeavors CD, and they're showcasing songs from the CD at the Ice House in Minneapolis, Friday night May 9 at 11 PM

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
One Human Family (w/Brian Vander Ark
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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The solution to the great problems of the world including racism, begin within; with accepting your own wholeness, accepting that you don't have to...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass #1138 Banjo Sea Change
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
: Folk traditions such as bluegrass evolve over time. But evolution is sometimes hastened by a great idea. When Earl Scruggs unveiled his syncopate...

Bought by WDVX and WAMU


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Show 7: Love Songs Part II
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Dr. Bill King
Extends part 6 by looking at "Visions of Johanna"

Bought by KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 6