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Powell biographer Peter Pullman joins us again to help chronicle the up-and-down final years of a bebop piano legend.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
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Bud Powell revolutionized jazz piano for the bebop generation and beyond. For this centennial tribute, we focus on his early years and talk with Po...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
Caption: Ann Powers, Author of TRAVELING ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL
DESCRIPTION: Part 2 of a 2-part deep dive into the creative and personal path of revered musician Joni Mitchell with NPR Music Critic Ann Powers, a...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WHRV, WXXI Rochester, KCUR, North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Bob Costas
With host Paul Ingles, veteran broadcaster Bob Costas re-visits some of his favorite interviews with music greats during his 6 years as host of NBC...

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Bob Costas on LATER set, Credit: Bob Costas
With host Paul Ingles, veteran broadcaster Bob Costas re-visits some of his favorite interviews with music greats during his 6 years as host of NBC...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Paul McCartney with Bob Costas, Credit: Bob Costas
With host Paul Ingles, veteran broadcaster Bob Costas re-visits some of his favorite interviews with music greats during his 6 years as host of NB...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KUNM, WGZS, KUPR low power FM, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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Music specials host Paul Ingles talks with music author Peter Neff, whose 2019 biography of under-appreciated singer/songwriter Fred Neil, tells th...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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A deep look inside the process of music discovery.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
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Our age-old response to this life on earth: yours, theirs, all of ours.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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A deeper look inside the art of using fewer words to say more.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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A look at the nature of performance, and its effect on performer and audience alike.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
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A celebration of bands, in story and song.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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The hours around dawn, reflected upon in story and song.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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One of the greats of early rock 'n' roll, remembered in story and song.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
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Music specials host Paul Ingles talks with film director Denny Tedesco about his 2015 film release called THE WRECKING CREW, about the Los Angeles ...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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In the 1980s a new generation of women jazz musicians emerged who expanded their predecessors' push against the patriarchal boundaries of the jazz ...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
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Indianapolis' Indiana Avenue neighborhood produced several of the most influential jazz artists to appear on the post-World War II jazz scene, incl...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
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In this optional second hour, book editor Holly Gleason and 3 other contributors to the 2023 book release called PRINE ON PRINE: INTERVIEWS AND ENC...

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik talk about their new book "Blood in the Tracks"

  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 13:41
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A program featuring the 1970s music of alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, including commentary from Desmond friend and biographer Doug Ramsey.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Exploring the emergence of a kinetic jazz scene in 1920s Indiana, with commentary from historian James Madison and others.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi joins us to discuss a vital and often-overlooked period of the trumpeter’s career.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: "GOOD ONLY KNOWS:  The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles continues his talk with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS...

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  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: "GOD ONLY KNOWS:  The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles talks with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story o...

Bought by KFSK, KAAD-LP, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10