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Caption: Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips, Credit: Shefik
Birds - In 2012, Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips founded J-Bird Music for the Arts, with the vision of reviving arts programs by providing much needed equ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 03:28
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In the conclusion of his four-part interview with Tony Arata, Ty Hager talks with the hit songwriter ("The Dance") about the craft of songwriting a...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 08:44
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The third in a four-part series of interviews with songwriter Tony Arata ("The Dance"). Hosted by Ty Hager, recorded in Nashville.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 09:26
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In the second of a four-part interview, songwriter, humorist and broadcaster Ty Hager talks with his old friend Tony Arata about writing "The Dance."

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:49
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Hit songwriter Steve Dean talks with songwriter, humorist, and broadcaster Ty Hager about his number-one smash for Rodney Atkins, "Watching You".

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:25
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The first of songwriter and humorist Ty Hager's interview with Steve Dean, writer of hits for Alabama, Joe Nichols, and the number one smash "Watch...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:08
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In the conclusion of Ty Hager's three-part interview with famed songwriter, producer, and music professor Walt Aldridge tells the story of how a $6...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 11:25
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Hit songwriter Walt Aldridge talks with Ty Hager about his comeback hit for Travis Tritt, his approach to demo recording, and the rewards of mentor...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:35
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Ty Hager's interview with multi-hit songwriter, producer, and engineer Walt Aldridge.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:08
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NEA Jazz Master and owner of the NEW Keystone Korner in Baltimore, Todd Barkan talks about starting Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at JALC, his latin jazz ...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Assemble Sound
Listen in as Romy interviews Garret Koehler about newly launched Assemble Sound in Detroit. Garret and his founder team share how they began to cat...

  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 35:38
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Austin-based entrepeneur Barton Knaggs recounts the first days of the ACL festival, when everything was on the line and nothing was certain.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 04:38
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The economy of popular music has shifted. With so many ways to listen to music for free, artists have had to develop other ways to make money. The...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:29
Caption: Jordan Corey
Not many aspirational musicians can claim their songs rated alongside groups like Maroon 5 and Gwen Stefani. But, Jordan Corey can! And, she did ...

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:00
Caption: natural gas well, Credit: long haul productions
Producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister traveled to Arkansas to talk to people about what's going on under their feet ... both the extraction ...

Bought by HowSound, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 10:55
  • Purchases: 3
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Interviews with five musical instrument makers who describe their journeys.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 12:27
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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
Caption: Dahlia Gallin Ramirez and Bill Rousseau, Credit: Gabriela Hasbun
What's an unknown band to do after pouring blood, sweat, tears, and its own money into making the most awesome record ever?

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 20:45
  • Purchases: 2
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Have you ever eaten Fried Rabbit? Barbecued Rabbit? Rice with Rabbit Gravy? They were standard fare at the Venz Rabbit Hutch Restaurant in Logan, ...

Bought by WBHM, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 3
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A documentary I made for my Mass Communications class, Documentary Theory and Criticism.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2009
  • Length: 06:40

  • Added: Aug 06, 2008
  • Length: 03:03
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Producer Frank Browning visits an Irish town where economic prosperity has locals wondering how to move forward while keeping their traditions intact.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2006
  • Length: 10:36
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A profile of Empire Discs

  • Added: Mar 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:55
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Foklorist Hal Cannon reports on the business of Mariachi in Los Angeles.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:06
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Joel Eckhaus makes and plays ukuleles in South Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG and WBHM


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 2