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Bob Moog
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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
The Names of Minimalism
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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
The music of Toby Driver
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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
The Big Three
From: melodically challenged
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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
Gil Rose--A Voice for Contemporary Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Gil Rose, Credit: Kevin Condon
A conversation with Gil Rose who founded and heads three organizations-- the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), Odyssey Opera and BMOP/Sound—t...

Bought by WSLR, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WRGY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Power of One
From: melodically challenged
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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
The Mandorla Letters
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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
Up Close And Acoustic with Jann Klose
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Jann Klose at Sellersville Theater, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
Cosmopolitan singer/songwriter and Pop-rocker Jann Klose drops by Up Close And Acoustic to talk about a plethora of topics! A new release, 'Surrend...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:20
2023-01-13 REWIND: Coping with Climate Through Music
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
20230113: REWIND: Coping with Climate Through Music , 1/13/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
2019 National Heritage Fellow Folklorist and Naturalist Bobby Fulcher
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bobby Fulcher, Credit: Sarah Terpstra Hanson
State Park Manager Bobby Fulcher has spent 40 years uncovering the local culture of the Tennessee Cumberlands.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
Piping Up For Community (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Brian Donaldson is one of the most accomplished pipers in the world - winning many of the major awards and even performing in front of the queen of...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Piping Up For Community (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Brian Donaldson is one of the most accomplished pipers in the world - winning many of the major awards and even performing in front of the queen of...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, CHSR-FM 97.9, WFHB, WJCU and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Piping Up For Community (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Brian Donaldson is one of the most accomplished pipers in the world - winning many of the major awards and even performing in front of the queen of...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, KHEN-LP, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Piping Up For Community (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Brian Donaldson is one of the most accomplished pipers in the world - winning many of the major awards and even performing in front of the queen of...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRGY, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Up Close And Acoustic with Robin Armstrong of Cosmograf 2022 Part 1
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Cosmograf Heroic Materials, Credit: Cosmograf Facebook
Robin Armstrong's music project, Cosmograf, has released a new album entitled 'Heroic Materials'. It's a song cycle based on the life of a World Wa...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 57:02
A Look at Leonard Bernstein's Broadway Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Leonard Bernstein at the Opening of West Side Story, Washington DC, Aug. 1957, Credit: Library of Congress Archives
Composer, conductor, and commentator Rob Kapilow takes us on a musical journey through Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway career.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMPG, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 5
Full Moon Hacksaw #1866 (Hour 1 & 2) - 11/03/2022
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Our opening musician is no amateur, Lou Donaldson is today a 95-year old seasoned alto sax player! He is followed by Bobby Watson, also an alto sax...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WOUB, KHNS, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 8
Remembering Lakota Tradition-Bearer Kevin Locke
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kevin Locke, Credit: Courtesy of Kevin Locke
The late Kevin Locke talks about learning, performing, and teaching Lakota culture and traditions around the world.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and KZUM


  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
David Serkin Ludwig: Expanding the Language of Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: David Serkin Ludwig
David Serkin Ludwig talks about his life in music both as a composer and as an educator dedicated to new music and expanding the music community

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 3
Appalachian Vibes featuring Dr. Bacon
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
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My guest this week is the funky, grass, soul and blues 6 piece from Asheville NC, Dr. Bacon. I’m speaking with Myles Dunder, original member, vocal...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Full Moon Hacksaw #1857 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/01/2022
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Our voice activation and metadata is when we crack the mike and back announce a record. B3 organ starts this tour, all the pleasures of life hittin...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, WOUB, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 8
Full Moon Hacksaw #1856 (Hour 1 & 2) - 08/25/2022
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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In the beginning, music is intense and up-tempo for saxophonist Walt Weiskopf (with drummer Anders Mogensen), and torrid tempos continue from as fa...

Bought by KHNS, WKAR, WOUB, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 6
Full Moon Hacksaw #1853 (Hour 1 & 2) - 08/04/2022
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Character of action, freedom of spirit characterizes our mood this day. Starting in the collector’s corner, with Monk’s “Brilliant Corners,” worth ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, KRZA, WOUB, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
Full Moon Hacksaw #1851 (Hour 1 & 2) - 07/21/2022
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Deep grooves and stimulating jams mark our age, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra feature soloists Gilbert Castellanos trumpet and George Bohanon...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMXT, WMOT, KRZA, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 10