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Boats and Bluegrass 2022: Last Revel
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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This week on the Live Feed we return to Boats and Bluegrass 2022 for a live performance from The Last Revel. After a 5 year hiatus, the original La...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:19
WWII RADIO XMAS
From: Mike Flanagan
Caption: Tune in and pass the ammunition!
A montage of news, music, and humor from the World War II holiday seasons as heard on the almighty radio.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 1
Alt 50's Christmas
From: Mike Flanagan
Series: Professor Mikey's Old School
Caption: ALT 50S CHRISTMAS: Satire, Rarities, Oddities, the music of the Cold War Christmas
Sure, Christmas in the 1950s was the stomping ground for Rudolph and Frosty. But underneath the marshmallow world of perfect conformity was anothe...

Bought by KDUR, WDCB, WRVO Public Media, WTIP, KUCB and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 27
OLD SCHOOL: Mistletoe Jam
From: Mike Flanagan
Caption: “It felt like a kiss...”
Professor Mikey's Old School Christmas special presents a detention hall you may not remember but you will never forget!

Bought by KDUR and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 2
A Feast of Booths?
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune in to the next "Sounds Jewish" for a musical celebration of the many sides of Sukkos.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Living in America!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month with an eclectic playlist of quintessentially Jewish American music.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Island City Block Party 2021: Sprig of That
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Tonight on The Live Feed we went to the Island City Block Party to hear more from Sprig of That, a Minneapolis band who creates a unique sound with...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 50:27
Folktale of Magic
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Magic, Credit: Julia Meek
Abracadabra! This week on Folktales, we're tracking supernatural phenomena around the musical worlds they mesmerize. A frightfully fun show--hope y...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, KFOK-LPFM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 4
Folktale of Irish Backroads
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Irish Backroads, Credit: j
Sure and 'tis a fine road we travel this week--off the beaten path, and around a world of musical customs & collaborations, all hailing from the Em...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 30
Futurecast Encore
From: Wind & Rhythm
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New Year’s resolutions are a tool for “futurecasting”, to look forward and consider what could happen. Musicians know if they don’t practice they c...

Bought by KMFA and WUAL


  • Added: Dec 25, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Holiday Mash-up
From: Wind & Rhythm
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On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we take a fresh listen at traditional Holiday music with a set of mash-up compositions and arrangements from two w...

Bought by KRPS, KRPS, KRPS, KRZA, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2017
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 9
A Soulful Christmas Comes to the Black Dog in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
It’ll be familiar Christmas songs, but not the same old way as Cedric Fuller leads Global Sound into the Black Dog in Saint Paul. Cedric told Phil ...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
The Voice of the Casals Cello
From: David Schulman
Caption: Amit Peled + the Casals cello.
Time machine? Try this cello: The stories swirling around Pablo Casals's instrument — now almost 300 years old — are full of time-warp coincidence,...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WFSU, KENW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 09, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Non-Boring Christmas Music Special
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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We've all heard the same 30 Christmas songs, year in and year out. Whereas most Christmas music is boring, repetitious stuff heard every year, we'r...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WVRU, WSGE, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Tunes from the Crypt - Lucky 13
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Listeners and trick-or-treaters alike will enjoy a mix of music and mayhem perfect for Halloween.

Bought by KNAU, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:55:51
  • Purchases: 5
Kareem Salama - Muslim Country & Western Singer
From: Kyle Gassiott
Caption: Kareem Salama
Born and raised in Ponca City, OK to Egyptian parents Kareem Salama had one dream to become a country and western singing star. If you've ever won...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 4
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Getting to Carnegie)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: The Canadian Brass
For the Canadian Brass, their dream to play in Carnegie Hall came true in part because the players happily did something most musicians avoid, or d...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: :22
"A Valentine From Graham Nash's MAC"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Valentine Programming
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A perfect piece for Valentine's Day! The true story of how Joe Bevilacqua met his wife because of Graham Nash's laptop

Bought by KUT and Public Interactive


  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 10:07
  • Purchases: 2
A Rockabilly Christmas
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: A Rockabilly Christmas, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
the story of underground rockabilly guitarist Ray Campi

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 2
The Sound of Young America Holiday Special 2007
From: Jesse Thorn
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Music and comedy for the holidays.

Bought by KMXT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KUNM, Spokane Public Radio, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
La Nona Kanta ("The Grandmother Sings")
From: Julie Subrin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Profile of Flory Jagoda, an 83-year old Sephardic folk singer from Sarajevo

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, KZYX, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 14:22
  • Purchases: 11
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah Twist)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Recycling one's own music was a common practice in Handel's day. Interestingly, or strangely, one of the best known choruses from Handel's Messiah...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah 360)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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There's a longstanding debate over the appropriate time of year to perform Handel's "Messiah." With its Christmas and Easter messages, is it more ...

Bought by WKYU, WITF, New England Public Media, KISU, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 5