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The Day the Music Died
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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The Winter Dance Party -- Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:55:28
17th Anniversary Extravaganza (JazzGrass Is Old Enough for a Driver's License)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Seventeen years on the air, now reaching 18 terrestrial stations and also globalcommunityradio.org, this is a celebration of what it means to be Ja...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:56
Happy 5783!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish for a global Rosh Hashanah playlist inspired by the holiday liturgy and our sincere hopes for a good a sweet year.

Bought by WVTF and WLPR


  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
American Bandstand
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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Salute to the iconic TV dance show!

  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 01:55:41
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
ClassicalWorks (Episode ID2)
From: WFIU
Series: ClassicalWorks Supplemental
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ClassicalWorks - Independence Day - 2 (Episode ID2)

  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
ClassicalWorks (Episode ID1)
From: WFIU
Series: ClassicalWorks Supplemental
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ClassicalWorks - Independence Day - 1 (Episode ID1)

  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Veterans Day [Honoring Those Who Served]
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: https://unsplash.com/photos/2x-dj_r0H9Y, Credit: Jeremy Bezanger
This is a Veterans Day program. "Veterans Day [Honoring Those Who Served]" is a musical program containing Patriotic Songs and music praising the ...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:48
EP201 Reflecting Back
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A look back at the past 200 episodes of "Cruising the Blues With Mr. Jack".

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:28
  • Purchases: 1
Yom Hashoah
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Just after Passover, we mark Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish for songs of sadness and resolve.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating Black History Month
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” marks Black History Month with songs of solidarity and celebration featuring African-Americans and Jewish-Americans.

Bought by KSTK and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Say It Loud: Black-Pride Soul Jazz
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Black History Special A one-hour program of jazz music, exploring the black-pride movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Perfect for Black Hi...

Bought by WNMU-FM, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WMOT and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Las Cantigas de Santa Maria 2021
From: Convivial Productions
Caption: Medieval Baseball Featured in CSM #42, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
All new for 2021, come explore a glimpse of the vast repertoire of poetry, songs stories and recitations about the "Blessed Virgin Mary" and the mu...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Mid West Music Fest 2021: Land At Last
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed we went to the Midwest Music Fest here in Winona, MN for a live performance from Land at Last. Land at Last is a f...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 40:52
Jeff Brandt on the music of 1971
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week at MTPR, we’re celebrating music and stories from 1971 to commemorate 50 years of National Public Radio. To celebrate this history, we’re...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:25
  • Purchases: 3
9/11 music specials - September 11th remembrance - 1 or 2 hours
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: MTPR Music Specials
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2 one hour music specials - for broadcast on or around September 11th. / Patriot Day - Hour one features Singers/Songwriters. Hour two features Roc...

Bought by KAAD-LP, RadioFreePalmer, WORT, RadioStPete Florida, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:50
  • Purchases: 5
S06 Ep02: In Memoriam, 9/11/2021
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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This week, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, music written in memory of those days and the effects it had on so ma...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
Elvis Presley-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Elvis Presley
Extended Tribute to Elvis Presley who left the building this week back in 1977 (August 16th)

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Aug 11, 2021
  • Length: 01:56:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Lost and the Living: Composers Respond to 9/11
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Caption: WTC Lights, September 11, 2010, Credit: Karl Stanton
A number of composers reacted to the events of 9/11 in their music, and on this program, we listen to just a few examples of how composers responde...

Bought by WRTI, RADIOLEX, WWFM, WDPR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 19
Program #6: Tanglewood, 1946
From: WMNR
Series: Best of the BSO
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We take the wayback machine to the summer of 1946, 75 years ago, and enjoy the repertoire, and a couple of the recordings that took place at Tangle...

Bought by KWAX, WXXI Rochester, WDPR, WQED, WUKY and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 6
Ma Rainey-a Celebration of the Blues and African American Performance
From: Don McIver
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Using "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" film now out on Netflix, we look at how she influenced the blues with selections from her, Sterling Brown, Bessie...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 56:40
210103 The Covid Christmas
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: I purchased this Corona when I first read about the Corona Virus making it to the USA. My mom was inoculated with the Covid vaccine on December 31st, 2021. I will drink this Corona after I'm inoculated.
A touch of retrospection and melancholy as we live out our pandemic. Audio postcards of the first and hopefully the last Covid Christmas. (And...

Bought by KFCF FM and Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 02:57:51
  • Purchases: 2
Pianist Joyce Yang Sees Colors When She Plays Music
From: Colorado Public Radio
Series: Beethoven 250
Caption: Joyce Yang, Credit: KT Kim
Synesthete Joyce Yang describes the colors of Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 31 as she plays.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:37
The Two Beethoven Chords That Stopped Me In My Tracks
From: Colorado Public Radio
Series: Beethoven 250
Caption: The New York Philharmonic performs at Bravo! Vail in 2019., Credit: Chris Lee
In Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony No. 3, his intention was to shock his audience.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:13
The Pianos Of Beethoven’s Time Weren’t Enough For Him
From: Colorado Public Radio
Series: Beethoven 250
Caption: Dr. David Korevaar, Credit: Manfred Fuss
He wanted larger and louder. The stage was set for Beethoven, but being on the cusp of change had its challenges.

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 1

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