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Caption: Stephen Sondheim, Credit: Al Hirschfeld
A retrospective of the entire year, including the major political, cultural and emotional events, with music and celebrations of those who've left us.

Bought by The Pulse--Messiah College Radio, KAAD-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KVSC, Hawaii Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Stephen Sondheim, Credit: Richard Avedon
A celebration of composer Stephen Sondheim with interviews, music and performances from his entire career

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 56:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bob Dylan, Credit: 1961
Join us for a celebration of Bob Dylan's Birthday with Bob Fass, Big Joe Turner, Al Kooper, Les Crane, The Band, Richard Ashcroft, John Hammond, Em...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Page Wilson
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2021
  • Length: 27:53
Caption: Page Wilson
Page Wilson ten years ago this month, and the Richmond music scene will never be quite the same. Page was a player and host of the most popular “re...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2021
  • Length: 25:55
Caption: Brooke Ullman, author of Bellevue Porchella., Credit: Charles McGuigan
COVID-19 cancelled Richmond's premier music event--the Richmond Folk Festival, which annually attracts a couple hundred thousand people to three da...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 26:59
Caption: Ronnie Burkett, Credit: Ronnie Burkett
I talk to master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett, who is teaching a Master Class at the 2020 National Puppetry Conference, about his thoughts on the Confe...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 24:37
Caption: Little Richard
Celebrating one of the founders of Rock ‘n Roll, Richard Penniman, better known as Little Richard with a mix of his music, interviews, covers and ...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, and KHNS


  • Added: May 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Johnny Tucker
Johnny Tucker was a sideman for many bands over the years beofre goinf solo. Now he has another album of his own to share with us today.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:08
Caption: Hal Prince & Stephen Sondheim
A short tribute to the late Prince of Broadway with music from many of the shows he produced and directed with interview clips and memories of a tr...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:15
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Carlos Samaniego created Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Ángeles, or Mariachi Rainbow, back in 2000 for a pride event. Almost two decades later, the group...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 06:53
Caption: Laura Ann Singh, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Laura Ann Singh, as her very name suggests, seemed destined to sing. In the Kingsport, Tennessee home where she grew up music was ever-present. Her...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 26:21
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A veteran UK folk guitarist plays, beautifully... and tells stories of UK folk from 50 years ago.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Length: 56:40
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Small town boy heads to make it big in Nashville.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
Caption: JFK & Promising Student
Join George Carlin, Barack Obama, JFK, James Taylor, Sarah Palin, Bernie Mac, Bill Maher, and Donald Trump in the Billion Dollar Mix of "Just Words...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2017
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Albert Einstein-Refugee, Credit: David Art
Hear the sounds of The Resistance, from airports, border crossings, street protests and refugees from around the globe mixed with new music, powerf...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:55:59
Caption: Muhammad Ali
An immersive retrospective of one of the most turbulent years in history, with political upheavals, worldwide economic meltdowns, racist confrontat...

Bought by KVSC, KSRQ, KUNM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Gloria Rhoden, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Billed as the world's smallest woman, Gloria Rhoden of St. Mary Jamaica understands the nature of true beauty.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 23:02
Caption: Erin Frye and Charles, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Live Art, sponsored for the past three years by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), is the only program of its kin...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 27:38
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A Song Story is a mini-history of a time, a place, an individual and a song. It's a personal experience, rising from memory every time we hear a ce...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2016
  • Length: 06:50
Caption: Moment of Zen 2015
A unique retrospective of the past year, including audio of the major events of 2015--the cultural highs and lows, mixed with music of the year and...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Talking Information Center, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:39
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Singer/songwriter Susan Greenbaum. , Credit: Charles McGuigan
Live Art,sponsored by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), is the only program of its kind in the country. It’s the...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 25:54
Caption: Students at Live Art., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Live Art, sponsored by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), is the only program of its kind in the country. It’s th...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 25:38
Caption: Soul Sound, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Live Art is the only program of its kind in the country, if not the world. It’s the brainchild of Erin Thomas Foley and what it manages to do is as...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 25:59
Caption: Gloria Rhoden, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Gloria Rhoden hails from Saint Mary, Jamaica. She has traveled the United States, up and down the East Coast for years. She knew Bob Marley and san...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 24:17