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Caption: Wilkinson James, Credit: David Tanner
Local band Wilkinson James has had quite an evolution over its 10 years together. The group celebrates its decade of music making together 9-11 Fri...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
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It’s important to remember the chamber sound the Modern Jazz Quartet, MJQ, brought us. Then three new releases in a row, pianist Aaron Goldberg reu...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, WVBI-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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If you're a musician and want to make money you need to listen to today's episode all about the book on the subject.

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ, WYAP, WSGE and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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We continue Joe's book club with Dennis Dunnaway's, "Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group."

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ, WYAP, KRSC and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Ted Leo discusses his love for "The Lord of the Rings," growing up as a punk kid, and his complicated relationship with Catholicism. This episode a...

Bought by KWIT, KOSU, KWIT, KRSC, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Justin Pierre broke up his band Motion City Soundtrack in 2016. After laying low for a while, Justin's back with his solo debut. Today he talks abo...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, KRSC, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Last week we talked about the worst songs and this week we're going to take it a step further with the worst songs.

Bought by KTRL, KSRQ, KWIT, WOUB, KRSC and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Musician and producer Ethan Johns discusses the unique perspective he gained from growing up in the music industry and how it feels to experience s...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KWIT, KWIT, WLPR , and KRSC


  • Added: Jul 27, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Deltron 3030's Del the Funky Homosapien and Dan the Automator discuss authenticity in hip hop, how Mega Man inspired their last record, and resisti...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, WLPR , and KRSC


  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Renowned jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington discusses the subtle difference between being an "amateur" musician and a "professional." Friend of the...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, WLPR , and KRSC


  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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In 2017, Bonnie "Prince" Billy released a collection of Merle Haggard covers called "Best Troubador." To celebrate it, he recorded an hourlong radi...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, KRSC, and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff talks about how identity and artifice inform music — and why you need to just dance sometimes. We pay tribute to...

Bought by KWIT, KBBI Alaska, KRSC, WLPR , and KWIT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Many people believe musicians can make their money from tours, and Rock School challenges the idea in this weeks discussion.

Bought by Goat Radio, WOUB, KSRQ, WYAP, KRSC and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: 1920s Prohabitionists
During prohibition train fare to Canada was considerably cheaper than dealing with the mob syndicate that controlled liquor distribution. Not only ...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Musician Damien Jurado discusses a spiritual awakening that took hold on a beach in Florida and how that affected his music. Actor Jesse Eisenberg ...

Bought by KWIT, WLPR , KWIT, KRSC, WLPR and more


  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the seminal Zombies album "Odessey and Oracle." We'll chat with Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent of The Zom...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, KRSC, and WLPR


  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Gene Austin
In the latter 1920s the art of crooning became very popular. Male vocalists began performing their songs in a romantic, intimate, just-for-you styl...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A 1920s Broken Heart
Poets and troubadours have been writing and singing about it for centuries. The music of the 1920s is no different. This program features a selecti...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Silverback Trio, Credit: Sara Horishnyk
With its strong emphasis on improvisation, the Silverback Trio of Minneapolis does “outside” well. But it also plays with a strong group feeling. Y...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
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David Bazan and Damien Jurado have been close friends since high school. That said, they hadn't seen each other in years when they just so happened...

Bought by KWIT, WLPR , and KWIT


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
With its strong emphasis on improvisation, the Silverback Trio of Minneapolis does “outside” well. But it also plays with a strong group feeling. P...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: 1920s Entertainment
Since there were no rules about where jazz fit into the scheme of popular music in the 1920s, every imaginable fell into the grand experiment. Basi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joe Tarto
He was known as "The Titan of the Tuba," and by any measure he was beyond the standard rhythm section player.

Bought by KMUW, KCBX, and KCBX


  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Offered a date to play for a celebrity wedding, the Hot Rocks get more than expected.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: 12:07
Caption: Prohibition raid
Many jazz enthusiasts feel that Prohibition jump-started “The Jazz Age.”

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1