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EP148 Blues for 2020
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A collection of Blues songs that have relevance to current issues in 2020

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:13
Centerstage Minnesota: A "Minnesota Song of the Week" feature about Rex Daisy, Newly Reissued Music from Podipto, and more.
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Podipto: Lineup - 1970 - 1973: Steve Rundquist, Jack Sundrud, John Collins, Dan Lund, Karen Lund
In this edition of Centerstage Minnesota we hear a "Minnesota Song of the Week," feature on Rex Daisy, newly reissued music from 70's Minnesota ban...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:50:33
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: A Primer from Charlie Pulkrabek on Funk and Soul Singer Sonny Knight
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Funk and Soul Musician: Sonny Knight, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek - 10/25/14
Sonny Knight considers himself blessed. If that's true, he is being rewarded for his positive attitude, and incredible amount of patience. It began...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: A Charmin Michelle Feature, Sam Miltich & Clearwater Hot Club, Erik Koskinen, Barbara Jean, and More.
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Jazz Vocalist Charmin Michelle, Credit: Tom Corcoran
This edition of Centerstage Minnesota includes a feature on Jazz Vocalist Charmin Michelle. Music also from Sam Miltich & Clearwater Hot Club, Chas...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 01:47:35
  • Purchases: 2
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Reina del Cid
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Reina del Cid and the Cidizens, Credit: Desiree Forget
Reina del Cid is one of those people that would be wildly successful in whatever she chose to do with her life. Lucky for music fans she's chosen p...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: Sean Daley, AKA MC Slug of Atmosphere and Rhymesayers Entertainment talks to Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Atmosphere
Sean Daley, AKA MC Slug from Minneapolis hip-hop group Atmosphere and record label Rhymesayers Entertainment talks with Charlie Pulkrabek about the...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
This Week in Texas Music History: Erbie Bowser
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the first week of May (5/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the journey one musician made from the fields of west ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
JazzStories: Frank Foster
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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He said don’t have too many pregnant 19ths in there. Keep it simple…..Basie was as much as an arranger as any of the arrangers who actually wrote d...

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


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 6
Virtuoso Voices: Produced Funders - Yolanda Kondonassis (Scalpel, Sutures, Strings)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm): Funders
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For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...

Bought by WSMC, KVNO, WMNR, Kansas Public Radio, South Carolina Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: :58
  • Purchases: 7
Virtuoso Voices - Yuja Wang (Music in Between the Notes)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Caption: Yuja Wang
When pianist Yuja Wang plays the Paganini Variations by Brahms, she gives plenty of attention to the music’s frequent technical challenges. But sh...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: :26
Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (Freaky)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Hilary Hahn
Violinist Hilary Hahn is one of many musicians who consider Bach’s music to be timeless. She says Bach’s music “doesn’t necessarily belong in one ...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Lorin Maazel (Don't Play for Me)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Lorin Maazel
How does a conductor get the orchestra to play for him or her? Conductor Lorin Maazel says that's the wrong question to ask if you want to get a g...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (Hears Dead People)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Joshua Bell
Violinist Joshua Bell's CD "At Home with Friends" includes an appearance by composer and pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff actually died ...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Michael Tilson Thomas ("Keeping Score": Universal Experiences)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas
"Keeping Score" is the incredible PBS music series that redefines everything we ever knew about "music education" and "music appreciation." The se...

Bought by PRX Demo Station


  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Michael Tilson Thomas ("Keeping Score": Writing in Code)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas
The PBS Series, "Keeping Score" returned with a series of three programs, each devoted to a single composer and one of their pivotal pieces of musi...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :34
Virtuoso Voices - Michael Tilson Thomas ("Keeping Score": Ives' Soundstew)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas
The PBS Series, "Keeping Score" returned with a series of three programs, each devoted to a single composer and one of their pivotal pieces of musi...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :28
Virtuoso Voices - Michael Tilson Thomas ("Keeping Score": I Feel, Therefore)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas
The PBS Series, "Keeping Score" returned with a series of three programs, each devoted to a single composer and one of their pivotal pieces of musi...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Thomas Stacy (Conducting the NY Phil)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
As the long time English horn player with the New York Philharmonic, Thomas Stacy has seen and heard just about everything. From his seat in the o...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Sharon Isbin (Solo Duet)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Sharon Isbin
Recording duets with yourself, meaning recording both parts of a duet, is not a new invention. You record the first part, and then record the seco...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Sharon Isbin (Perfect Match)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Sharon Isbin
On her "Journey to the New World" CD, guitarist Sharon Isbin plays both parts on some Renaissance duets, with the help of modern recording technolo...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :21
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Paavo Jarvi (Same Old Same Old)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Paavo Järvi, Credit: Photo by Lang Photography
You may have heard the saying, "familiarity breeds contempt." In the classical music world, conductor Paavo Jarvi says familiarity can sometimes b...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Paavo Jarvi (Authenticity)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Paavo Järvi, Credit: Photo by Lang Photography
"Authenticity" became the buzz word for playing Baroque music in the 80's and 90's and the "Authentic Instrument" movement changed the way we now p...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Yefim Bronfman (Don’t Tell Anybody)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Yefim Bronfman
One of Brahms best known orchestral works is his "Variations on a Theme by Haydn." Although it's best known in its orchestral version, Brahms firs...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :21
Virtuoso Voices - Julia Fischer (Plays Well Without Others)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Julia Fischer
When violinist Julia Fischer performs with other musicians, she likes that opportunity to make personal connections on stage. When she plays the S...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :26