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The B-52s
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about "The Story of the B-52s: Neon Side of Town," the first critical biography of "the world's greatest party band," wh...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2024
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
Radio Art Zone
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Radio Art Zone," which is both a survey of what's happening in radio art, and part of a 100-artist radio...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1923 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12/07/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Sometimes unpredictable by design, other times we come more out of the melodic/classic sense. We are proud of NYC tenor saxophonist Lucas Pino who ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape," which explores the many ways that the humble...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
Re-Sisters
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about Cosey Fanni Tutti's new book Re-Sisters, which intertwines her own life and work with that of electronic music pio...

Bought by Raven Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Full Moon Hacksaw #1920 (Hour 1 & 2) - 11/16/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Free to achieve again, hour one: John Coltrane Quartet of 1963, guitarist Denin Slage-Koch (“It Comes In Waves” release), singers Monica Mancini, L...

Bought by KMXT, KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KHNS, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 11
Pat Metheny
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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
Full Moon Hacksaw #1914 (Hour 1 & 2) - 10/05/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Before breakfast but still night-blooming, John Fedchock’s New York Big Band fires one up, then from San Francisco, Cal Tjader’s group lays it in t...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WYAP, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
FMH 1912
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We tend to get cluster-phobic when negotiating our categories, in brand-new big band we feature the Royal New Zealand Air Force Jazz Orchestra and ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WYAP, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:03
  • Purchases: 9
New trends in black metal
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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
Full Moon Hacksaw #1907 (Hour 1 & 2) - 08/24/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Tell the truth, shame the devil: New jazz releases, and artists today, still deliver. We feature a batch from the Origin label, as well as their OA...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WYAP, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 11
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
Devo
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the book "Recombo DNA," an in-depth biography of the band Devo that focuses on th...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:31
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
Full Moon Hacksaw #1896 (Hour 1 & 2) - 06/01/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The main thing is that vinyl be visible (video proof on Facebook Live, YouTube and Instagram Hacksaw Jazz). Musical offerings range from Latin in e...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WEJP-LP 107.1, KHNS, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
Good Health and Wellbeing UN Goal #3
From: melodically challenged
Series: Saving the Planet: The United Nations Sustainability Goals
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Welcome to Melodically Challenged.  Today, we continue our series on the U. N. Sustainable Development Goals with an hour dedicated to Goal number ...

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:06
Full Moon Hacksaw #1884 (Hour 1 & 2) - 03/09/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Herbie Mann is a jazz flute player remembered today, but his cohort also playing flute is Bobby Jaspar on our vintage opening number, continuing in...

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


  • Added: Mar 07, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
Full Moon Hacksaw #1883 (Hour 1 & 2) - 03/02/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We made it to jazz radio show # 2000, sure glad of that. It’s only taken 10, 20, 30 40 + years to do it, how much longer should we go? This episode...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMXT, KRZA, KHNS, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 9
Wax Museum 2/25/23 show #178 hour 2 Monterey Pop and More!
From: Chris Palladino
Series: The Wax Museum
Caption: The Wax Museum, Credit: Tyler Palladino
Monterey Pop and More! We start with a number of artists that played at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and the some classic rock to finish up ho...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:44
In Memoriam 2022
From: WBJB
Series: In Memoriam
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at the musicians we lost in 2022.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:03
Up Close And Acoustic with The Round Window
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: The Round Window album cover, Credit: Richard Lock Facebook
As described by the band, The Round Window is wide-screen rock. And for lyricist Rich Lock, different listeners getting different messages from the...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 57:50
  • Purchases: 1
Youth Broadcaster Album Reviews: Bright Eyes' I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
From: KXCI
Series: Bonus Tracks
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From The Future of Radio at KXCI in Tucson, DJ Electric Landfill Reviews The Classic Bright Eyes Album, I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 03:48
Gustav Mahler: Turmoil and Triumph
From: Charlie Warren
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"To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world," said Mahler. Hear unique historical comment and quotes from biographers, authors, conductor...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WHRV


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 5

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