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On this episode, we talked about the book "Dissonant Landscapes," which explores how Icelandic musicians are often discussed in relationship to the...
- Added: Nov 11, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we discussed the book "Sound Actions," which reduces musical activity down to its most essential components so that we can re-conc...
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Nov 06, 2023
- Length: 28:27
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we talked about "Beneath Missouri Skies," a biography of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny's early years growing up in Lee's Summit, Miss...
- Added: Oct 28, 2023
- Length: 28:31
We all know that dreams can galvanize your creativity. Today we meet an author who has published three dream-inspired fantasy novels which seek to ...
- Added: Oct 09, 2023
- Length: 53:20
This week we pair women's music with women's poetry. It's a chance to sit back and enjoy the artistry, without a lot of description or background....
- Added: Oct 06, 2023
- Length: 58:30
The presence of birds in our lives and birds as metaphors for life events.
- Added: Sep 16, 2023
- Length: 59:35
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about a couple of recent books that explore the ways that the black metal genre has evo...
- Added: Sep 16, 2023
- Length: 27:19
Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik talk about their new book "Blood in the Tracks"
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 13:41
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill's new autobiography "Easily S...
- Added: Aug 26, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...
- Added: Aug 12, 2023
- Length: 28:30
Singer songwriter Jeffrey Foucault returns to Musician's Spotlight to visit with host John Floridis and discuss his most recent release "Deadstock....
Bought by WMUU-LP and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Aug 08, 2023
- Length: 58:32
- Purchases: 2
On this episode, we talked about "The Names of Minimalism," a new music history book that approaches the genre from the perspective of rivalries an...
- Added: Aug 05, 2023
- Length: 28:00
On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...
- Added: Jul 29, 2023
- Length: 28:19
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost
Welcome to another edition of melodically challenged whe...
- Added: Jul 27, 2023
- Length: 01:00:06
On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about "Beautiful Dreamer," the first biography of guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, ...
- Added: Jul 01, 2023
- Length: 28:30
Together we can change the world, just one random act of kindness at a time. Ron Hall
Welcome to this week’s melodically challenged when we will ...
- Added: Jun 26, 2023
- Length: 01:00:04
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...
- Added: Jun 24, 2023
- Length: 27:30
Insightful and whimsical poetry about summer vacations .
- Added: Jun 11, 2023
- Length: 59:21
On this episode, we discussed the new book "Dance-Punk," part of a new series of "Genre" books from 33 1/3. We discussed the history of dance-punk ...
- Added: May 20, 2023
- Length: 28:29
It's National Poetry Month in the USA, and we are celebrating with a Poetry Palooza on The Children's Hour!
Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KRSC, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WUTC and more
- Added: Apr 03, 2023
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 8
It's National Poetry Month in the USA, and we are celebrating with a Poetry Palooza on The Children's Hour!
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 58:00
We continue Black History Month with the Past American Voice of Al Young, the two-time American Book Award winner, who passed away in 2021 at age 8...
- Added: Feb 24, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Patti Frye Meredith is a Southern fiction, Galax, VA born and raised novelist, currently residing in Chapel Hill, NC. She discusses her latest nove...
- Added: Feb 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Bonaventure Balla is a translator from Cameroon who speaks seven languages, although his favorite is his home dialect called Fang.
Bought by WTJU, KEDT, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more
- Added: Sep 16, 2022
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 7
Bonaventure Balla’s favorite word in any language is “cornucopia.” And that’s saying something, because he’s a translator from Cameroon who speaks ...
Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWIT, and Royalton Community Radio
- Added: Sep 16, 2022
- Length: 52:00
- Purchases: 5
