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871: Saving the Malawi Tapes, 4/25/2024
From: Afropop Worldwide
Series: Afropop Worldwide
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The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation recorded a goldmine of local music in the 1960s and 70s, but the tapes were neglected and close to ruined when ...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
The Spanish Hour 2416: Remembering Guernica
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Detail from Picasso's Gernika (Guernica)
We commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of the Basque village of Guernica (April 26, 1937) with “Guernica” Piano Trio number 1 by Octavio Vá...

Bought by WCQS, WRGY, KVNO, KRZA, KENW and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 39
477: Thomas Mapfumo - The War Years, 4/11/2024
From: Afropop Worldwide
Series: Afropop Worldwide
Caption: Thomas Mapfumo and band
This Hip Deep edition explores the legendary early career of Thomas Mapfumo, a singer, composer and bandleader whose 1970s music set the stage for ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Episode 24-14
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: 2024 Episodes | Tent Show Radio
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First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...

Bought by KFCF FM, KMSU, WRFA-LP, WDSE, KSJE and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
789: Spiritual Journeys: Randy Weston, A Jazz Life with the African Ancestors , 12/28/2023
From: Afropop Worldwide
Series: Afropop Worldwide
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More than any contemporary jazz artist, Randy Weston understood, honored and explored the roots of American music in Africa.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
424: Spiritual Journeys: Tarab, The Art of Ecstasy in Arab Music, 12/21/2023
From: Afropop Worldwide
Series: Afropop Worldwide
Caption: AJ Racy
In this program, we explore tarab with special guest UCLA ethnomusicology professor A.J. Racy.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
327: Spiritual Journeys: The Soul of Mbira, 12/14/2023
From: Afropop Worldwide
Series: Afropop Worldwide
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The Shona mbira is one of the most entrancing musical sounds out of Africa.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
580: Spiritual Journeys: Traveling Spirit Masters, The Gnawa of Morocco, 12/7/2023
From: Afropop Worldwide
Series: Afropop Worldwide
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In this program, author and scholar Deborah Kapchan guides us through the history, practices, music, lore and unique contemporary stature of the Gn...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
African Legends: Remembering Oliver Mtukudzi
From: Afropop Worldwide
Series: African Legends
Caption: Oliver Mtukutzi
In this program, we look back at our conversations with Tuku going back to our first visit to Zimbabwe in 1988, and hear his wonderful music at var...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Carlos
From: Joyride Media
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One hour special celebrates the life of legendary guitarist Carlos Santana for Hispanic Heritage Month

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WBGO, Harford Community Radio, KRVS, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
Songs of Earth
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the book "Songs of Earth," which is an updated version of song collector/folklori...

  • Added: May 13, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
Dividing Lines (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 1990s South Africa, there were violent clashes between Xhosa and Zulu people. And the main way they understood how to define the other group–lan...

Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, and KCHW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
Dividing Lines (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In 1990s South Africa, there were violent clashes between Xhosa and Zulu people. And the main way they understood how to define the other group–lan...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, KVSC, WRMU, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Dividing Lines (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 1990s South Africa, there were violent clashes between Xhosa and Zulu people. And the main way they understood how to define the other group–lan...

Bought by WTJU, KXCV, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KEDT and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Dividing Lines (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In 1990s South Africa, there were violent clashes between Xhosa and Zulu people. And the main way they understood how to define the other group–lan...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
861: Never Grow Old - A Salute to Toots and the Maytals, 9/29/2022
From: Afropop Worldwide
Series: Afropop Worldwide
Caption: Maytals debut LP
Toots Hibbert was a titan of Jamaican popular music. This episode is an homage to Toots, whose incredible career only ended when he tragically died...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
The Big Ponder #31: Winterreise
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In the endless sunshine of Dubai, Bilal Qureshi revisits Franz Schubert’s acclaimed song cycle “Winterreise.” The lyrics of a heartbroken man’s jou...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
REPLAY Music and Democracy (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The evolution of social change in America can be traced through popular songs by the likes of Nat King Cole, Percy Mayfield, Lena Horne, and the Im...

Bought by WCNY, Royalton Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KHEN-LP


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
REPLAY Music and Democracy (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The evolution of social change in America can be traced through popular songs by the likes of Nat King Cole, Percy Mayfield, Lena Horne, and the Im...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 11
REPLAY Music and Democracy (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The evolution of social change in America can be traced through popular songs by the likes of Nat King Cole, Percy Mayfield, Lena Horne, and the Im...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WEHC 90.7FM, WJCT, WJCU and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
REPLAY Music and Democracy (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The evolution of social change in America can be traced through popular songs by the likes of Nat King Cole, Percy Mayfield, Lena Horne, and the Im...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, WNED Buffalo, WNMU-FM, and WUGA (part of GPB)


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
One Night Only: The Beatles in Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: The Beatles arrived at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, August 1965, Credit: Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society
August 21, 1965, the Beatles invaded Metropolitan Stadium for their first ever Minnesota concert, bringing together a high school photographer with...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 2
João Gilberto: The Father of Bossa Nova
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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In Brazil, singer and guitarist João Gilberto was known as “O Mito” ("The Legend") and the man who invented the bossa nova sound. On this Afterglow...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Jun 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
20-10 Musical Revisions Through Time: Narvaez, Weiss, Sor, Ponce, Warlock, Beatles
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Roland Dyens, Credit: Roland Dyens
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features musical revisions: works by one composer than have been changed, adapted, completed, or rev...

Bought by KXIQ , WVIA, KWAX, RadioFreePalmer, WHQR and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 52
Lenny At The Gate
From: Israel Story
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What happens when an internationally renowned artist stands in front of their inspiring muse? In 1957, Leonard Bernstein travelled to Israel to see...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 11:03