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Election Day
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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On this segment of Stay Human, I'm celebrating Tuesday's vote, and gearing up for surviving Wednesday: the accusations, recriminations, recounts an...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 59:24
Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos - Amy Ray - 685
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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Singer songwriter Amy Ray has always been toward the “rockier” side of the folk-rock description that usually follows her work as one half of the G...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: :45
18-29 When Politics and Music Collide! Music from Elizabeth's England, Franco's Spain, Castro's Cuba/Interviews: Paul O'Dette, Ronn McFarlane, Pepe Romero, Manuel Barrueco
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Queen Elizabeth I playing a lute
Think today’s political intrigues are unusual? Think again! This week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features a look at how political strife ...

Bought by KXIQ , KGHI, KTXK, WICR, WETS and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 40
Punk Rock 101 with Paul Mahern
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Zero Boys
This is a special 90-minute program detailing some of the greatest rock bands of the last 50 years. We’ll travel from Indianapolis, Indiana to Lima...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Sudden Winter
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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In this segment of Stay Human, Michael Goldberg shares the surprise of winter which has fallen upon us.

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:21
  • Purchases: 1
Political Classical
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Mrs. President the opera, Credit: Kevin Patterson
We'll hear music with a political slant by Steven Stucky (August 4, 1964), Michael Daugherty (Jackie-O), and Victoria Bond (Mrs. President). A land...

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Ani DiFranco: Binary
From: Joyride Media
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Singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco returns with songs that are Political with a capital P and where "the feminist diatribes are turned up high"

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KALW and more


  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Becoming African in America: The Radical Politics of Fela Kuti
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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This is a special 90-minute show, live from The Atlas Bar, featuring the music and protest politics of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian multi-instrumentalis...

  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 01:32:39
Entertainment Inaction: The Liberal Use of the Cause
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Phil Ochs
Interviews with Thomas Frank and Rasul Mowatt--Meritocracy dissected and the politics of popular protest songs: "Entertainment Inaction."

  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:29:36
The Douglas Coleman Show w_ Mat Best
From: Douglas Coleman
Series: The Douglas Coleman Show
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Interview with Veteran, Actor and business entrepreneur Mat Best

  • Added: Apr 04, 2017
  • Length: 59:40
Looking for Inspiration? Listen to composer Ted Nash's Presidential Suite.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ted Nash
With Presidential Suite,Ted Nash transforms iconic political speeches into an inventive jazz composition.

Bought by KMUW and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
The DoJ Songwriter Ruling
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Everything you need to know about the Department of Justice's ruling in August on how songwriters and performers are paid.

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, KSRQ, WYAP, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
16-36 Music and Politics, Interviews: O'Dette, McFarlane, Romero, Barrueco
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Pepe Romero, Credit: Pepe Romero
This week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features a look at how political events have shaped music history from the 16th Century to 20th Cent...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KXIQ , KTXK, KPRG, WETS and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 37
EAT THAT QUESTION: FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS -- Thorsten Schütte Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Thorsten Schütte, San Francisco, CA 6/17/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Thorsten Schütte talks unconventional English lessons, black market tickets, and being mesmerized by cacophony.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 26:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Speed of Sound: Lissie
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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My Wild West may be Lissie’s third album, but she’s been on the scene for well over 10 years in various projects. Still, this new album finds her a...

Bought by KUCB, KSRQ, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Speed of Sound: Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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The Smashing Pumpkins released their most recently celebrated album, Monuments To An Elegy, in 2014. Kyle Meredith caught some microphone time wit...

Bought by WLPR , KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: St. Vincent
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Ask me who the greatest artist to come out of the past decade and I’ll tell you St. Vincent without a doubt. She’s not only produced some of the mo...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, KHNS, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
The MiMu Gloves: In the Studio
From: Robin Valk
Caption: Kris Halpin In The Studio, Credit: Robin Valk
Imagine electronic music onstage without being welded to a keyboard. Imagine if a gesture could trigger a string section, a melody, a drum riff. No...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 58:55
Episode 1: Ike Reilly
From: Jim Villanueva
Series: Current Classics Conversations
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Singer-songwriter Ike Reilly fights ire with fire on acerbic seventh studio album, Born On Fire.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2015
  • Length: 37:25
The Speed of Sound: Speedy Ortiz
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Sadie Dupuis talks with Kyle Meredith about writing about feminism and politics on the latest Speedy Ortiz album, Foil Deer.

Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4
Oud-player and composer Rahim AlHaj prisoner, exile, and brilliant musician
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Rahim AlHaj, Credit: Dan Merlo
Rahim AlHaj is quite simply one of the best oud players in the world. In this broadcast, Rahim performs and shares his story of leaving Iraq and c...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WABE, WMMT, WNJR, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Muzica Populara
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students
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Ben Dumbauld explores Sunnyside, Queens and Muzica Populara, a Romanian genre where "the politics was never as important as the dancing."

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
#1224- The Abraham Jam: David LaMotte
From: Sandburg Media
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David LaMotte on music and faith; Katy Scrogin on Toward a True Kinship of Faiths.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 49:00
Song and conversation with "Chunky" Sanchez
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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For forty years, Chunky Sanchez has playing and singing the stories of the Chicano people.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Local Production of I Am Harvey Milk at the Ted Mann Concert Hall this Weekend
From: KBEM
Caption: Ben Riggs, Credit: Paul Nixdorf
Harvey Milk, first gay elected official in San Francisco, was assassinated in 1978. The Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus, which has been performing for...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:02