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Grace Pettis is a singer/songwriter and rocker, based out of Austin.
Her latest album, 'Working Woman' is completely created and assembled by an al...
Bought by KTNA
- Added: Oct 03, 2021
- Length: 57:22
- Purchases: 1
The Old Farmer's Ball is a regional folk dance organization in Asheville, North Carolina that is best known for its lively Thursday night contra da...
- Added: Feb 22, 2021
- Length: 49:50
NEA Jazz Master Joanne Brackeen is the only female to join Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and talks working with Stan Getz.
Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more
- Added: Apr 23, 2019
- Length: 02:58
- Purchases: 8
In honor of Bernstein’s 100th birthday (August 25), we turn to Ted Libbey, a music scholar who knew the American icon well. Since there’s so much g...
- Added: Sep 17, 2018
- Length: 13:47
Bryson Alexander is a Contemporary Classical music composer. At 16 years old, he’s composed nearly 40 pieces...all without knowing how to read or ...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 09, 2014
- Length: 04:32
- Purchases: 2
Halifax based artist Will Robinson is trying to play a library like a record.
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 06:04
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...
- Added: Jul 28, 2013
- Length: 01:00:00
Secret Awesome defies categories. But if you press the founder, Zak Kirwin, he describes them as a D.I.Y. artists collective. They are definitely a...
- Added: Jun 02, 2013
- Length: 04:45
Learn about lost films, the National Jukebox, IRENE, how big a petabyte is, and much more on a tour of the Library of Congress Packard Campus featu...
- Added: May 23, 2013
- Length: 28:10
Most people know Sufism as the religion practiced by the whirling dervishes. But this mystical form of Islam has taken root in America, too.
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 06:41
Bluegrass music is a combination of the Scots-Irish heritage of many of the first generation of bluegrass player, with the blues woven through the ...
- Added: Feb 04, 2013
- Length: 06:33
Tish Jones is the Community Engagement Director for the St Paul Almanac, and Executive Director of TruArtSpeaks. She began performing at age 14, an...
- Added: Apr 11, 2012
- Length: 04:47
Ron Carter is an icon of jazz. He has played his bass on more than 2000 albums. His name, however, is most vividly linked with Miles Davis. Carte...
- Added: Mar 16, 2012
- Length: 07:27
- Purchases: 2
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...
- Added: Oct 24, 2011
- Length: 52:46
Lady E tells me that some nights when she’s finished singing and returns to her apartment and is having trouble with the zipper on her dress, she’l...
- Added: Oct 15, 2011
- Length: 56:36
If you hang around with bluegrass people, you’ve heard the concept, “drive.” It is a musical element strong in bluegrass, maybe even unique to blue...
- Added: Sep 13, 2011
- Length: 06:08
They have no band. No backup. No room for error. In a barbershop quartet the only instrument is the vocal chords.
- Added: Jun 07, 2010
- Length: 06:14
Human relations are important even in jobs where you wouldn’t expect them to be. Scott MacDonald may be an internationally renowned guitar builder,...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Jul 13, 2009
- Length: 09:45
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jun 22, 2009
- Length: 06:18
- Purchases: 1
On what would have been his 75th Birthday, we remember Robert Moog, creator of the Moog synthesizer with Roger O’Donnell, former keyboardist with T...
Bought by WMNF
- Added: May 19, 2009
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
A portrait of a man trying to make a difference in kids' lives using music.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMPG, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Mar 05, 2009
- Length: 03:54
- Purchases: 3
Day Job is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent.
- Added: Aug 21, 2008
- Length: 03:45
One of the most stunning comebacks in the history of rock and roll...
- Added: Mar 10, 2008
- Length: 05:44
- Purchases: 2
UPDATED! Two-hour exploration of the seminal work of heralded songwriter Joni Mitchell. Over 50 Mitchell songs are featured in the recommended tw...
Bought by WABE, WXXI Rochester, KNCT FM, WDDE, KLCC and more
- Added: Feb 01, 2008
- Length: 01:58:58
- Purchases: 44
A short documentary featuring pianist Art Neville and bassist George Porter Jr. about the Mardi Gras standard "Indian Red."
Bought by KSLU, WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KREV-LP
- Added: Jan 18, 2008
- Length: 05:50
- Purchases: 4
