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JazzStories: Bill Frisell
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I had moved to New York and spent a couple of years here scuffling around. I was getting a little discouraged, playing a lot of weddings. It wasn'...

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


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 13:41
  • Purchases: 3
RB 199: Be Great. Go Viral. (Rethinking Music IX)
From: The Berkman Center for Internet and Society
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Friend Of The Show, Assistant Director of Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic, and lecturer at Harvard Law School Chris Bavitz interviewed Dave He...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 39:14
JazzStories: Vijay Iyer
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Vijay Iyer
"I kind of had a revelation once seeing him [Randy Weston] play live. It happened for me in a particular time in my life when I recently made the d...

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


  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 3
Desperately Seeking Steampunk
From: Teresa Chin
Caption: What would Jules Verne do? The Steampunk aesthetic combines elements of victorian fashion, sci-fi, and punk DIY., Credit: Photo by SoulStealer.co.uk
Steampunk is quickly moving from a quirky Victorian sci-fi subculture to a major inspiration for mainstream artists like Panic at the Disco and Rus...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Langston Hughes - I Too Sing America
From: WQXR
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Langston Hughes, an enduring icon of the Harlem Renaissance, is best-known for his written work, which wedded his fierce dedication to social justi...

Bought by WVIK, WVPE, WXPR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 76
Artland: A Pushing Boundaries Special
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Stage and Studio
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Producer Dmae Roberts embarks on a one-hour exploration of what makes Portland, OR a creative haven for artists, performers, writers and media peop...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
The Live Feed Presents: Koo Koo Kanga Roo
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed, KQAL's Teri Tenseth interviews two former St. Mary's University of Minnesota Students who now specialize in music...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 34:11
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Doug Wamble
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“The essential ingredient of jazz is listening. And then the response... and out of that something unexpected comes rather than some fulfillment of...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:29
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Wynton Marsalis
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Wynton Marsalis
"For me I always grew up watching my father and other jazz musicians, they never played for that many people, they were always struggling. They did...

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


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 6
Meet your neighbor: the Salvadoran Idol
From: KALW
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KALW’s Nathanael Johnson lives in San Francisco, near Mission and 30th Street. It’s at the intersection of several different neighborhoods with lot...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Audiophiles: Finding music in the sounds of Antarctica
From: KALW
Caption: Local composer Cheryl Leonard recording the sound of Antarctica in 2009
When we imagine Antarctica, we often think of an empty place: big expanses of ice, almost no other people on the entire continent. It might even se...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Gary Giddins about Duke Ellington
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The great jazz writer Gary Giddins talks about the great jazz legend, Duke Ellington.

Bought by Prairie Public and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 34:39
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Randy Weston
From: National Endowment for the Arts
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Randy Weston talks about the music he loves.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 26:05
A Conversation with Martina Arroyo
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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2010 NEA Opera Honoree and legendary soprano Martina Arroyo talks about her career in opera, including working with such luminaries as Leonard Bern...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:18
  • Purchases: 2
Keeping the Music Playing... After Losing Your Hearing
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Charles Mokotoff spent years hiding his hearing loss, as he performed and taught classical guitar., Credit: Cathy Dyer
Finding out you have hearing loss might not be music to your ears... but it doesn't mean you have to change your tune.

Bought by KVNF, KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Jose James
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Jose James
“Music was unexpected. I always wanted to be a writer and I still do. I was always turned on by words, by the way people could use words and that k...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, PRX Remix, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 5
A Conversation with Tenor, Everett McCorvey
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Operatic tenor Everett McCorvey talks about how he was drawn into the music, how he helped build the opera program at University of Kentucky, and t...

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 26:18
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with NEA Opera Honoree Carlisle Floyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Carlisle Floyd talks about his extensive career in opera, including writing some of his most famous pieces, Susannah, Of Mice and Men, Willie Stark...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 29:55
A Conversation with Actress Rita Moreno
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Star of stage and screen--and winner of just about every performance award--National Medal of the Arts recipient Rita Moreno talks about her life a...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 28:06
JazzStories: Ron Carter
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I was on my way to being a decent bass player, and at that time there were a lot of clubs in New York, a lot of recordings going on....talking to ...

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


  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 8
The Audiophiles: Zoe Keating’s one-woman orchestra
From: KALW
Caption: Cellist Zoe Keating uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of sound. , Credit: Jerry Dodrill
Zoe Keating's unique style of music has gotten her to the top of the iTunes classical and electronic music charts, and all the while she's remained...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 10:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Audiophiles: Take a "listen" to the world around you at the Exploratorium
From: KALW
Caption: The Bicycle Wheel Harp at the “Sound – Hearing” exhibit at the SF Exploratorium., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Exploratorium
So far in KALW News’ series of conversations about sound, we’ve taken you to the planetarium of the California Academy of Sciences, and to the uniq...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 1
Jonathan Cooper -- Violinmaker (Portland, ME)
From: Scott Bliss (wsblissjr)
Caption: Jonathan Cooper
Jonathan Cooper - Violinmaker and fiddle player (Portland, ME)

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
Sound Cave
From: Molly Samuel
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Artist and composer Tyson Ayers builds new instruments out of cast-off pieces of old ones. But his instruments aren’t your usual guitars and drums....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
Gail & Emile
From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
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In the 1970?s, dancer Gail Lyons and drummer Emile Latimer discovered love in Buffalo, New York through West African music. After all these years,...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1

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