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What music is most conducive to writing - the answer might surprise you
- Added: Apr 15, 2007
- Length: 02:52
Will Sheff, passionate and political songwriter from Okkervil River, talks about a kooky album that changed his whole approach to music: The Incred...
- Added: Apr 11, 2007
- Length: 09:51
Singer/songwriter Trish Murphy talks about an album that changed her life: Emmylou Harris' "Blue Kentucky Girl."
- Added: Mar 29, 2007
- Length: 05:32
Jimmie Dale Gilmore talks about an album that changed his life - at the same time it was changing music as we now know it: `The Sun Sessions of Elv...
- Added: Mar 07, 2007
- Length: 03:35
Frank Black, legendary front man of the Pixies, talks about the album that had the biggest impact on him - Iggy Pop's 1977 release "Lust for Life."
- Added: Feb 27, 2007
- Length: 06:14
Rock musician Wayne Coyne believes happiness isn't coincidence, but something we make within ourselves.
- Added: Feb 22, 2007
- Length: 03:09
- Purchases: 4
Singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin talks about one of her "desert island discs" - Richard and Linda Thompson's "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 06:57
ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons shares an album that's still on his playlist, "Girls Go Wild" by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Swirling guitars, up-tem...
- Added: Feb 13, 2007
- Length: 04:24
Jazz bassist Christian McBride believes being cool leads to a longer, happier and more productive life.
- Added: Feb 02, 2007
- Length: 03:15
- Purchases: 4
Composer Joan Tower believes music nourishes us, encourages us to feel, and connects us to one another.
- Added: Jan 31, 2007
- Length: 03:38
- Purchases: 5
In life and in music, banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck believes in figuring out his own way of doing things.
- Added: Jan 30, 2007
- Length: 02:53
- Purchases: 3
David Barber-Callaghan grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, listening to his parents and their friends play old-time music on sticky summer nights. Thes...
Bought by WMMT, PRX Remix, Troy Public Radio, WMPG, Remix Radio and more
- Added: Jan 23, 2007
- Length: 04:09
- Purchases: 10
- Added: Dec 23, 2006
- Length: 27:21
- Purchases: 1
Singer/Songwriter Jared Rehberg is perhaps the only transracial and international adoptee who sings about being an adoptee.
Bought by KCUR
- Added: Nov 07, 2006
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 1
Alejandro Escovedo music is an eclectic mix of his life experiences--from his childhood in Texas to his exposure to New York and San Francisco's pu...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, and KUT
- Added: Oct 19, 2006
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 3
The music business may have toughened Aimee Mann, but her songwriting remains compassionate and sensitive.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, and Musicians' Radio
- Added: Oct 18, 2006
- Length: 05:26
- Purchases: 3
Singer songerwriter Rodney Crowell says his songwriting has gotten more personal with age. He also talks about working on the song "I Walk the Lin...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Oct 18, 2006
- Length: 06:28
- Purchases: 1
Musician Billy Bragg reflects on writing songs about politics and love.
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUT
- Added: Oct 17, 2006
- Length: 04:17
- Purchases: 3
Seattle based musician Laura Veirs says she had to appreciate the little victories in her quest to become a full-time performer.
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, and KUT
- Added: Oct 17, 2006
- Length: 04:48
- Purchases: 3
Amy Rigby sees herself as a mild mannered woman unless of course, she's writing a song or performing in front of an audience.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Oct 16, 2006
- Length: 05:05
- Purchases: 1
Singer, songwriter and activist Michael Franti reflects changes in his approach to music making over the years.
- Added: Oct 16, 2006
- Length: 04:38
- Purchases: 2
Songwriter Dave Alvin reflects on performing with his brother in the band the Blasters and his first bad review.
- Added: Oct 12, 2006
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 3
The musician and record producer talks about his addiction to sound and his work on the film "Oh Brother Where Art Thou"?
- Added: Oct 11, 2006
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 2
Musician Loudon Wainwright III believes the joy in writing a song comes from the mystery of its creation.
- Added: Oct 06, 2006
- Length: 03:04
- Purchases: 3
NPR listener Colleen Shaddox believes jazz music has united her family across the generations.
Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)
- Added: Jun 12, 2006
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 1
