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Major Glenn Miller: The Man, the Band and the Training Command
From: Matt Mitchell
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A musical journey showcasing bandleader Glenn Miller's transformation from the nation's most popular recording artist into the greatest morale boos...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 11:12
  • Purchases: 1
Baptism of Solitude: Paul Bowles's Morocco Tapes
From: The Organist
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Driving around Morocco in the late 1950s with counterculture icon Paul Bowles at the wheel, with a case of hot Pepsi, a brick of hash, and a massiv...

Bought by KMUN and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 2
The Working Tapes: Piano Player
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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In 1972, Studs Terkel interviewed hotel piano player Norman "Hots" Michels for his book "Working." Hots was the last live entertainment at the Sher...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 3
Leonard Cohen: Evolution From Poet to Songwriter and Singer
From: David Tarnow
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Leonard Cohen: How a shy, sensitive poet from Canada became a major recording artist. This one-hour radio show documents Leonard Cohen's very firs...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 57:30
1920's
From: George Harter
Series: A Night on the Town
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Likely the most historic decade in launching the Musical Comedy as an American art form; Showboat; The Gershwins & Cole Porter

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUPR low power FM, and WRR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 3
Real Country Time Episode 3
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Real Country Time
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Real Country Time showcases the roots of classic country music.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2015
  • Length: 08:20
Indie Influentials (Hour 1)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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We as a culture and as humans spend a lot of time with technology, all focused on the newest, latest and most updated this, that and the other. We ...

  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
Space, Stars and Satellites (Version One)
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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Songs related to Space, Stars and Satellites

  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Summertime Songs
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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This episode is about songs that reference summer.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Birds (in Music) Version One - EXPANDED EDITION
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte (EXPANDED EDITION)
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This episode deals with songs about birds or have bird(s) in the title or subject

  • Added: Sep 20, 2014
  • Length: 26:57
Fireworks (Version One) EXPANDED EDITION
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte (EXPANDED EDITION)
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This is the LONG version of the 10 Min Sound Byte - Songs about Fireworks

  • Added: Sep 20, 2014
  • Length: 25:22
Fireworks (Version One)
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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In this episode, we explore songs about fireworks.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 09:58
Ethnomusicology
From: Pod Academy
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The term ‘ethnomusicology’ was coined in 1959 by Dutch academic, Jaap Kunst. Put simply, it is the social and cultural study of music. Jo Barratt ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 21:33
Michael L-5
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: New Artists
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Steven Bickell hosts New Artists: Featuring Mn Artist/Musician Michael L-5 Leitheiser

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 35:18
  • Purchases: 1
Doug Henderson Jr.
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
Caption: Former WDAS disc jockey Doug Henderson Jr., Credit: Yowei Shaw
Jocko Henderson was one of the most imitated Black personality disc jockeys of all time. He's known as the godfather of rap, the “Ace from Outer Sp...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUCB, WFHB, WDSE, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 7
AICHO Powwow
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Powwow Trail
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1st Annual American Indian Community Housing Powwow in Duluth, MN November 2, 2013 1PM & 6PM

Bought by WGZS, KSRQ, and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 19:41
  • Purchases: 3
Harry Nilsson Special Schmecial
From: Joyride Media
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Friends and family talk about the life and music of Harry Nilsson

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Prairie Public, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
JazzStories: Mulgrew Miller
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“I think of a lot of things when I’m playing the piano and one of the last things I think about is the piano…you try to somehow think and feel li...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
  • Purchases: 3
Liberace & His Spectacular Crystal Closet
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: One of Liberace's incredible feather capes, Credit: Glen Rutter
A half-hour music-rich documentary on Liberace and the former Liberace Museum. His story is told using historical clips from Liberace himself in pe...

Bought by WORT, KFAI Minneapolis, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Freddie Hubbard
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"When people get two trumpet players it becomes very competitive...It was [Booker Little], Lee Morgan and myself at the time. We we're the young ...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 11:41
  • Purchases: 4
The Gospel Ranger
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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One of the last songs that Johnny Cash recorded before he died was called, “There Ain’t No Grave (Gonna Hold My Body Down).”

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WABE, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 6
A Guitar, A Cello, and The Day That Changed Music
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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November 23, 1936 was a good day for recorded music. Two men – an ocean apart – sat before a microphone and began to play.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, WABE, KALW and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 14:40
  • Purchases: 8
A Shortcut through 2012: Tributes
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Russell Means
Additional tribute mix of more incredible people who left us in 2012--legacies that will continue to inspire...part two of A Shortcut through 2012

  • Added: Dec 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:26
Elvis Presley: Prince From Another Planet
From: Joyride Media
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Highlights from Elvis' one and only appearance in New York City.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KMXT, KPVL and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
All Mixed Up-Thanksgiving
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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The Holiday classic: "A Shortcut Back Home" plus music from Charlie Chaplin, Neil Young, the Avett Brothers, Laura Nyro, Ray Davies, Kronos Quartet...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KUCB, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 41