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Bonus Edition: Meet Jazz Great Gary Bartz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Gary Bartz, Credit: Alan Nahigian
In this tuneful 59 minute podcast, 2024 NEA Jazz Master Saxophonist Gary Bartz talks about his life and career, touching on his roots, influences, ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
Brandon Victor Dixon--Alicia Keys' Dad in "Hell's Kitchen"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Brandon Victor Dixon, Credit: Dario Calmese
Actor, singer, and producer Brandon Victor Dixon talks about his long and storied career on Broadway.

Bought by KMUN, WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 7
Celebrate the blues with musician Phil Wiggins
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Phil Wiggins, Credit: Bibiana Huang Matheis
We're revisiting 2017 National Heritage Fellow and Blues Harmonica Player Phil Wiggins who brings it all home in this music-rich conversation.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WCPN, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 5/15/23)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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On this week's episode, we are spinning the new single from Queens of the Stone Age, Ocean Alley, and Bombino - plus we chat with Anchorage artist ...

Bought by KMXT, KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, KSTK and more


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 5/1/23)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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New collaborations from Thundercat x Tame Impala & The National x Taylor Swift plus checking out music out of FBX this week and chatting with FBX m...

Bought by KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, and Raven Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Meet Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Louis Hayes, Credit: Janette Beckman
Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes talks about his long and distinguished career as a musician.

Bought by WDCB, KMUW, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 6
Shanta Thake: Bring the Arts to NYC Streets
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Shanta Thake at Summer for the City, Credit: Kevin Yatarola; used courtesy of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Chief Artistic Officer of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) Shanta Thake talks about programming that speaks to the needs of New York C...

Bought by RADIOLEX, Spokane Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Celebrate AAPI Month with Roy and PJ Hirabayashi and guitarist Led Kaapana
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Led Kaapana, Credit: Marsha Forsythe, Cover Look Photo Corps
To kick off our celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are revisiting two interviews with cultural...

Bought by KUT, WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, WVTF and more


  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Meet bassist, composer, and NEA Jazz Master Stanley Clarke
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Stanley Clarke, Credit: Toshi Sakurai
In this tuneful podcast, bassist Stanley Clarke talks about his long and storied career, including his musical partnerships with Chick Corea and th...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, RADIOLEX, KZUM, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Meet Singer and NEA Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cassandra Wilson, Credit: Mark Seliger
Meet Singer, Songwriter, Musician, and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson and hear about her long and rich singing career in this tuneful podcast.

Bought by KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
A wide-ranging talk with 2022 NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Donald Harrison, Credit: Courtesy of Donald Harrison
Saxophonist, cultural activist, educator and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison talks about jazz's rich diversity and its roots in New Orleans' ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
005 Tony Luisi - Electronic music, NFL Films, and all that jazz
From: Tim Ayres
Series: Off The Beaten Soundtrack
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A tribute to to jazz pianist, composer and Philadelphia studio owner Tony Luisi.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:31
Black Kings of Swing
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fletcher Henderson Orchestra
More than a decade before the Big Band Era of 1936, there was big band jazz, and they brought swing to their music. Fletcher Henderson, Duke Elling...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Richard Pender
It comes in at just over 650 pages, and weighs-in at just under three-and-a-half pounds. It’s also worth every word. Why? Because, if there’s anyth...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Meet percussionist and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Albert “Tootie” Heath
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Albert "Tootie" Heath, Credit: Ghylian Bell and Mychal Watts
Percussionist Tootie Heath shares the rhythms of a Jazz Master.

Bought by KMUW and KZUM


  • Added: Apr 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
Here's 2021 NEA Jazz Master Phil Schaap!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Phil Schaap, Credit: Jazz at Lincoln Center
For jazz radio host, educator, producer and archivist Phil Schaap, the music has been a life-long passion and joy.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:03
The Junot Files: Kenneth Womack
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Kenneth Womack, author of "John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life"

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 26:11
2020 National Puppetry Conference with Ronnie Burkett – Under The Puppet #46
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
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
The Junot Files: Dylan Howard
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Dylan Howard, author of "Bad" and "Royals at War"

  • Added: Jul 25, 2020
  • Length: 22:23
001 Tom Pierson - Jazz Composer and Film Scores for Robert Altman
From: Tim Ayres
Series: Off The Beaten Soundtrack
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A candid conversation with outspoken pianist and composer Tom Pierson, who talks about his early days as a classical prodigy and his work in jazz, ...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 31, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Legendary singer/songwriter on Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
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Legendary singer/songwriter Don McLean is a huge fan of bluegrass folk, music.He joins Steve to share his experience and some of the bluegrass sing...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:41
Stephen Mougin joins Unreal Bluegrass
From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Caption: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass, Credit: Steve Martin
Stephen Mougin is an award winning musician ,producer in Nashville.

Bought by Southern Branch Bluegrass


  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Gabriel's Horn
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jabbo Smith
This is a feature of those unsung heroes on trumpet and cornet in early jazz. They received little notice because there were two, at that time, who...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
John McEuen ,founding member of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,John talks of new projects , the resurgence of the Will the Circle Be Unbroken.
From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Caption: John McEuen , the String Wizard
John McEuen ,founding member of The Nitty Gitty Band and a frequent contributor to Unreal Bluegrass, returns to update about new projects of The St...

Bought by Southern Branch Bluegrass


  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:07
  • Purchases: 1
Master Dobroist Jerry Douglas on Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Caption: Flux ...Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas, acknowledged master of the dobro returns to Unreal Bluegrass

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 57:11