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Folktale of Workloads
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Workloads, Credit: Julia Meek
Grab the elbow grease and clock in--this week's Folktale is riding the wheels of production around the globe!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, WLPR , WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 12
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1535 (Hour 1 & 2) - 06/30/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Starting with a double play the first hour as tribute to late jazz giant Horace silver, we then cook with recent bebop and Chicago vibraphonist Jim...

Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WOUB, WKAR, WJSU and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 8
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1534 (Hour 1 & 2) - 06/23/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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It's got to be "Prez, Bird, Shearing or the Basie" according to top hipsters King Pleasure and Symphony Sid, singer and radio DJ respectively. The ...

Bought by WMOT, WJSU, WOUB, KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 7
The Live Feed Presents: Space Monster
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed KQAL’s Mohammed El-Rous talks with Minneapolis-based jam band Space Monster about their musical inspirations, jour...

  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 35:10
Folktale of Grace
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Grace, Credit: Julia Meek
Ah, grace...it's a state we'd all like to be in, and a trait we can't ever get enough of--this week on Folktales, we're translating that sentiment ...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KCMJ Community Radio, WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 9
Folktale of Animal Instinct
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Animal Instinct, Credit: Julia Meek
As Dr. Doolittle notes: "If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it..."--that's the conversation this folktale proposes--and to be sure, they...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Aeolus the Wind
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Aeolus the Wind, Credit: Julia Meek
"Always be in readiness for favorable winds"--that's an ancient Chinese proverb, and it fills the sails of this week's folktale w/ 'musical air cur...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
Folktale of Fashion Statements
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Fashion Statements, Credit: Julia Meek
As Isaac Bashevis Singer observed: "What a strange power there is in clothing." Hear for yourself this week on the Folktale of Fashion Statements.

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 8
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1496 (Hour 1 & 2) - 10/01/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Old-timey ensemble playing from Al Grey's trombone sounds first then Kathy Kosins sings her territory's music of Detroit. Milt Jackson demonstrate...

Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 4
Sarah Porwoll-Lee Leads a Concert of New Music at Studio
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Sarah Porwoll-Lee, Credit: Ellie Peterson
Sarah Porwoll-Lee plays the clarinet. Her concert Saturday night October 3 features not only her and two bandmates, but premieres of newly commissi...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Folktale of Illumination
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Illumination, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a "ray of thought" we're focused on this week, in a golden glow of musical customs from folkworlds old and new--so grab the Ray-bans, and get ...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1484 (Hour 1 & 2) - 07/09/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The late Red Holloway inspires the opening of this swinging session with Ray Brown, Jack McDuff and Geo Benson as his sidemen, so you know it's rig...

Bought by KPVL, WVBI-LP, and WOUB


  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 3
Folktale of Star Shine
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: The Folktale of Star Shine, Credit: Julia Meek
As novelist Richelle Goodrich wonders: “Why only gaze at the stars? Catch one!” Musical opportunities abound this week on our Folktale of Star Shine.

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
Jitterbug Vipers
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Austin based quartet the Jitterbug Vipers play 1930s-style viper Jazz - the intoxicating underground take on swing classics by Duke Ellington, Coun...

Bought by KUOW, KISU, and KUOW


  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Folktale of Unity
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Unity, Credit: Julia Meek
“All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.” A stock reminder via Alexandre Dumas for our rally round the radio this week on th...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
Pat O'Keefe Showcases the Bass Clarinet in his CD Release Concert
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Pat O'Keefe with bass clarinet, Credit: Scott Miller
Pat O’Keefe plays an instrument that is not well known to the general public, the bass clarinet. But Pat shows us that the instrument expresses a v...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of The Wind
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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From gentle breezes to nor'easters, squalls and unrelenting gales, it’s these air currents that carry us to every corner of the musical world this ...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 9
Day Job 2: Pi Day
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Pi Day at Pies and Pints, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Kennith Darling played bass with Seattle band The Trouble Starts. That is, he used to, until the band broke up. "I feel like I lost three really cl...

Bought by KUOW and Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 2
Making Fans (Hour 1)
From: D. Grant Smith
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Hit songs don’t make people fans of particular artists. Music curators like D Grant spend time each week sifting through an assortment of great sou...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
Sumunar Gamelan and Dance Ensemble performs at Macalester College. Piece for week beginning April 28, 2014
From: KBEM
Caption: Joko Suttrisno at home, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
We talk to Joko Sutrisno, leader of the Sumunar Gamelan and Dance Ensemble since 1995. He tells us a little about gamelan music, getting us ready f...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
7th Anniversary: Best Seller by State
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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A tour of the 50 states featuring the best selling rockers from each.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KSKQ, KSRQ, and WOUB


  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Minneapolis Jug Band Competition Returns to the Nomad and the Cabooze Feb 8-9, 2014
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: MJ Mueller and Papa John Kolstad, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
The 32nd holding of the event makes its annual return to Minneapolis' west bank. It's an event for music making for musicians and non-musicians, ol...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 25, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
All Mixed Up with The Everly Brothers
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: The Everly Brothers
Celebrating The Everly Brothers-a tribute to Don & Phil Everly with classic tracks from their entire career including rare interviews, demos, alter...

Bought by Prairie Public and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 01:58:34
  • Purchases: 2
Folktale of Home Sweet Home
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Home Sweet Home, Credit: Julia Meek
We all agree there's no place like it! And this week's edition of Folktales is visiting favorite homes and habitats of all ages -- around the music...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 9
Lil B (Music Fundamental)
From: Mitch Skinner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mitch Skinner examines the career of rapper extraordinaire Lil B.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:13