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LOVE & MERCY -- Bill Pohlad Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Bill Pohlad, San Francisco, CA 5/1/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Bill Pohlad talks audience interpretations, casting two actors in one role, and how truth is stranger than fiction.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 13:05
Songs of the Old North Woods from Irish Loggers at the Eden Prairie Librarie
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Brian Miller and Randy Gosa, Credit: Darin Black
In the old days of the northern Minnesota and Wisconsin lumber camps, many of the shanty boys had emigrated from Ireland. Of course, they brought t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
After 7 Years Playing Together, Jazz Group Celebrates its First CD
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: JaAnn Funk and Jeff Brueske, Credit: Laurenb Photography
JoAnn Funk and Jeff Brueske. Jazz for voice, piano and bass. They’ve been holding forth Friday and Saturday nights at the St Paul hotel lobby for 7...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
International Performing Group the Ancia Saxophone Quartet Plays Locally
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Ancia Saxophone Quartet, Credit: Daniel Soderstrom
The Ancia Saxophone Quartet specializes in contemporary American Saxophone quartet music. It’s a field that bridges formal music and jazz. The ense...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 03, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cuban Charanga Music Comes to Studio Z in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Charanga Tropical, Credit: Walter Horishnyk
Doug Little leads Minnesota’s great Charanga Band, Charanga Tropical. Charanga is a substyle of salsa, one that adds three violins to the mix. The ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota's Professional Balkan Band Brings its act to the St Louis Park Library
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Orkesta Bez ime, Credit: Stefan Iwaskewycz
Orkestar Bez Ime, Bulgarian for orchestra with out a name, or OBI for short, has been performing in our town and more widely for well over a decade...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION -- Seymour Bernstein Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Sydney Bernstein talks synchronicity, metaphysics, and why the universe may be resonating in b-flat.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 18:32
Fresh New Organ Trio at Jazz Central in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: JT Bates at the drums in his Minneapolis studio, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Three experienced players have formed a new organ trio that is one of the more promising groups on the scene, the JT Bates Organ Trio. In the piece...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bluegrass Review 1450. Program for Dec 6 - 12, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Recent bluegrass opens our show. Then we present two lighthearted looks at aging; one instrumental and one an old time song. The Gem of Bluegrass f...

Bought by WEZU, KSKQ, WOUB, KRZA, KPVL and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Right on Target, So Direct: Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" (2 hour and 1 hour non-newscast versions)
From: Paul Ingles
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A celebration and exploration of "Blood on the Tracks," the Bob Dylan album voted his best in a Rolling Stone magazine fan survey. Music writers, ...

Bought by KZYX, KRCB 104.9, WYSO, KGLT, KSUT and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1449. Program for Nov 29 - Dec 5, 2014
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Each week, the show presents current and historical bluegrass music, as well as interviews, produced segments and commentary. The result is in-dept...

Bought by KRPS, WOUB, KSKQ, KRZA, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
North Indian and Persian Cultures Combine in a New Twin Cities Production
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
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Rita Mustaphi has lead Kathak Dance Theater for decades. Maryam Yusafzadeh has led the Persian-based musical group, Robayat for a similar duration,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
RUDDERLESS -- Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison talk chartreuse pants, staying in Oklahoma, and why William H. Macy is a prince.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 16:54
Live at KDHX: Laura Cantrell 9/21/14
From: KDHX
Series: KDHX's Collector's Edition
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Laura Cantrell performs live in the studios of KDHX in St. Louis on September 21st, 2014.

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 26:21
WHIPLASH -- Damien Chazelle Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Damien Chazelle, San Francisco, CA 10/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Damien Chazelle talks primal myths, subjective reality, and making Miles Teller bleed.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 16:41
  • Purchases: 1
Twin Cities Saxophone Icon David Karr at Jazz Central in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Mac Santiago, Managing Director of Jazz Central Studios, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
We talk to Mac Santiago, managing director of Jazz Central about David Karr’s music, and about what it is like to play with David Karr. Karr's next...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with ETHEL founding members Dorothy Lawson and Ralph Farris
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: ETHEL, Credit: James Ewing
Believing that music is a unifying force, the string quartet ETHEL has joined forces with musicians across genres and regions. The result is musica...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE


  • Added: Aug 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Irish Fiddler Seamus Connolly
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Seamus Connolly, Credit: Lee Pellegrini, Boston College
It's a tuneful podcast as we go to the heart of Irish music with 2013 National Heritage Fellow Seamus Connolly.

Bought by Prairie Public and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
To Dig Or Not To Dig: Jazz And Hip With Phil Ford
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, exploring the orgins of "hip."

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KHNS, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Jennifer Pickering-Founder and director of Lake Eden Arts Festival
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Boukman Eksperyans, Credit: Courtesy of LEAF
For Jennifer Pickering, all art is both local and global and LEAF is that philosophy in action.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
FADING GIGOLO -- John Turturro Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: John Turturro, San Francisco, CA 4/7/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
John Turturro talks comedy, lying, and the truth of being human.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 18:15
A conversation with Keith Jarrett
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Keith Jarrett, Credit: Rose Anne Colavito
Pianist Keith Jarrett - letting the music happen.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 34:27
Christmas Music and Memories (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Whether it’s a traditional hymn or a holiday song from our childhood, many people say Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the music that m...

Bought by WJCT, WVAS, KRPS, KUAC, KNAU and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US -- Morgan Spurlock Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Morgan Spurlock, San Francisco, CA 8/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Director Morgan Spurlock talks the ferocity of fourteen-year-old girls, the innocence of young pop stars, and the logistics of camping in the Swedi...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 15:58
What's What: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning?
From: Paul McCarthy
Series: What's What Radio
Caption: Bertie Pearson, Credit: Rama Hughes
Bertie Pearson is an Episcopal priest in San Francisco. Before becoming a priest, he led two lives: one as a churchgoer, one as a rocker. So he w...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 46:31