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Caption: Bridget Quigg, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Bridget Quigg talks about her approach to writing songs inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
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You butter believe I ain't muffin around this morning!

  • Added: Oct 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:52:40
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New one-hour radio special traces how Hank Williams’ “lost notebook” of unrecorded songs were found and set to music for new recordings by Bob Dyla...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Harford Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Caption: Blind Pilot, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include: radio talk show host Adam Klugman, award-winning poet Anis Mojgani, musical guests Blind Pilot.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Sep 15, 2011
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
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An engaging radio program with the theme of songs that feature cities.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
Caption: AGESANDAGES, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include writer and filmmaker Jon Raymond, the Third Angle Ensemble with composer Eve Beglarian and 7 piece band AGESANDAGES.

Bought by KUOW and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: John Roderick, Jonathan Coulton, John Hodgeman
Guests include: Chuck Barris, Dave Frishberg, Bruce Campbell, John Hodgman, Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick, Alison Bechdel and Lynda Barry and...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Michael Curry
Best of 2010 Show - guests include: Puppeteer Michael Curry, author Steve Almond, musical guest John Roderick.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 58:57
Caption: Lizz Winstead, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire
Guests include: comedian Lizz Winstead, singer/songwriter Bobby Bare, Jr., and The Portland Opera.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2011
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Todd Levin, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include: writer & comedian Todd Levin, essayist Justin Hocking and musical guest Laura Veirs.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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guests include rising star filmmaker Andy Blubaugh, Food Critic Karen Brooks and singer/songwriter Erin McKeown

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Credit: Wendy Peyton for Live Wire! Radio
Guests include Congressman Earl Blumenauer, storyteller Nathanial Boggess and musical guest The Upsidedown with special guest REM's Peter Buck

  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Author/Singer-Songwriter Willy Vlautin, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire! Radio
Guests include Willy Vlautin, novelist and frontman for Americana band Richmond Fontaine, Authors Jamie Ford and Jennie Shortridge from Novel:Live ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Musician and Memorist Kristin Hersh, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire! Radio
Writer/comedian Paul Provenza, poet/performer Derrick Brown and musican and memoirist Kristin Hersh

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 21, 2010
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
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One-hour special traces how Bob Dylan hastened the end of Tin Pan Alley.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, WVIA and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 35
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Just about the time you think you've really got something it hits you - you're chord progressions aren't original...

  • Added: May 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:24
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Erik Brandt and the Urban Hillbilly Quartet are a St. Paul based Americana roots-rock band who just released their 7th album, "Bring in the Sails,"...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 26:52
  • Purchases: 1
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You may not know his name but if you're a fan of HBO's "True Blood" you know Jace Everett's baritone. Each week Jace's song "Bad Things" accompanie...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Dec 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:54:00
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Spencer Day adds a young twist to the old standards

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
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The Kerville Folk Festival is often thought of as a place for old hippies, however Devin Prikryl-Martin explores the festival as a teen hangout!

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Ron Davis describes his first lessons in ballroom dance.

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Sep 19, 2006
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Former Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant tells a delightful tale of pledging to a public radio station that promises never to play the overplay...

Bought by KFCF FM, WHQR, Spokane Public Radio, KHNS, KVMR and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2005
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 26
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Leon Cippini wanted to be a great drummer; he became a great cymbal tester instead.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Apr 20, 2004
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Legendary cartoonist R. Crumb shares his love for early blues recordings.

Bought by KMUW, KRCB 104.9, KGLT, KMUN, WYSO and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2003
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12