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When it comes to interpreting the Goldberg Variations, many view the 1955 Glenn Gould recording as the gold standard. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein h...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: :21
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Finding ways to keep music fresh is a performing musician's ongoing challenge, especially with a work they've played hundreds of times. Cellist Yo...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :28
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It's a long road to establish a career in music, much less going on to become a major player. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma offers these guidelines for what mu...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :27
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Two years ago, 166 Hurricane Katrina evacuees from New Orleans ended up in Omaha, Nebraska. Two years out, one man is trying hard--perhaps too hard...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUT-HD


  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 2
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3 Generations discuss homosexuality from their perspectives

Bought by WRNC-LP


  • Added: Oct 20, 2007
  • Length: 24:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The Finnish Four Seasons are a magnificent gift of nature, according to Finnish pianist Olli Mustonnen. He says that makes him well suited to play...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :23
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Life on Mississippi Porches

Bought by KUT and The Story


  • Added: Sep 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 2
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One-hundred thousand Chinese immigrated to America during the second half of the nineteenth century. They first came as miners during the Californi...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:12
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Pianist Stephen Hough talks about his approach to making transcriptions of well known music. It's a long-standing tradition that often got out of ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 2
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Eight in a 13 part series focussing on culture in the San Luis Valley, this is part 2 in looking at La Sierra or Taylor Ranch which was illegaly cl...

Bought by KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM and KWCW


  • Added: Nov 05, 2006
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 2
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Cultural Program focussing on the Chicano Movement in the San Luis Valley, CO.

Bought by KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 2
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2005 Van Ciburn Piano Competition Gold Medalist, Alexander Kobrin describes vocal and linguistic requirements to play Chopin. Use this 16 second c...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: :16
  • Purchases: 2