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Nicholas Rodriguez brings classic American musical theater into
the 21st century
- Added: Dec 09, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 3
With Presidential Suite,Ted Nash transforms iconic political speeches into an inventive jazz composition.
- Added: Nov 08, 2016
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 2
Season 2: Playground Detroit with Paulina Petkoski
Romy interviews dynamo Paulina Petkowski, co-owner and co-founder of Playground Detroit! Learn...
- Added: Oct 21, 2016
- Length: 36:21
Penelope Freeh co-created Test Pilot with composer Jocelyn Hagen... Their original, live chamber orchestra, dance opera brings the history of aviat...
- Added: Sep 15, 2016
- Length: 07:08
Button accordionist and 2016 National Heritage fellow billy McComiskey plays beautifully and builds a community for irish music.
- Added: Jul 06, 2016
- Length: 29:23
- Purchases: 2
McBride’s latest book looks to understand what shaped James Brown-- one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
- Added: May 18, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
Composer John Adams reflects on his creating American music that’s intense, sensual and meaningful.
Bought by WABE, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WMUU-LP
- Added: Jan 27, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
Tazewell Thompson may be wowing critics and audiences with his direction of the opera Appomattox, but he’s an equally brilliant theater director an...
Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Nov 24, 2015
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 3
Doug Storm talks to singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Zac Little of Saintseneca, an American folk rock band from Columbus, Ohio, about Ap...
- Added: Oct 22, 2015
- Length: 47:34
Italian artist Marinella Senatore talks about the performances she's producing for the 13th Lyon Biennial exhibition, La Vie Moderne.
- Added: Oct 02, 2015
- Length: 12:03
The newly reunited Veruca Salt talks with Kyle Meredith about what it took to bury the hatchet and put the band back together, and what the band me...
Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9
- Added: Sep 21, 2015
- Length: 07:01
- Purchases: 4
He helped develop the Folk Arts program at the National Endowment for the Arts and he's been head of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Now, Dan Shee...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WABE, KPVL, and WNJR
- Added: Sep 11, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 4
Violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions.
- Added: Aug 14, 2015
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
Find out about the artistic exuberance that is Squonk Opera with artistic directors and founders, Jackie Dempsey and Steve O'Hearn.
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNJR, KPVL, WABE, and KPIP-LP
- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 5
Luthier, guitarist and 1995 national Heritage Fellow Wayne Henderson discusses his distinctive guitars and his distinctive sound.
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WABE, WNJR, KPVL, and KPIP-LP
- Added: Jul 09, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 5
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
2001 National Heritage Fellow Joe Wilson weaves his storytelling spell into the history of Blue Ridge Mountain culture.
- Added: May 29, 2015
- Length: 28:31
- Purchases: 4
Carla Bley is a prolific and agile composer and jazz pianist. She talks about her career--from Birdland to Montreux.
Bought by KPIP-LP, Harford Community Radio, WABE, and WNJR
- Added: Apr 17, 2015
- Length: 29:29
- Purchases: 4
Over his fifty-plus year career, John Williams has written many of the most famous scores in Hollywood film history.
- Added: Jan 01, 2015
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 3
The NEA's recently retired Director of Folk and Traditional Arts Barry Bergey shares some memories about a lifetime immersed in folk and tradition...
- Added: Dec 19, 2014
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
2014 NEA National Heritage Fellow Kevin Doyle talks about his passion for Irish Step Dancing.
- Added: Sep 11, 2014
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 2
Why do books so often turn to music? Richard Powers, author of a new, music-filled novel Orfeo, speaks to the strength of songs and symphonies, inc...
Bought by KICI Iowa City, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 12:57
- Purchases: 3
Believing that music is a unifying force, the string quartet ETHEL has joined forces with musicians across genres and regions. The result is musica...
- Added: Aug 07, 2014
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 2
Bora Yoon talks about building the sonic design of her album Sunken Cathedral.
- Added: Jul 17, 2014
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 2
Where is jazz headed in a new century? With the pianist Vijay Iyer as guide, newly tenured as a professor at Harvard, it tends toward the experimen...
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 58:36
- Purchases: 2
