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The Peter Yarrow Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
Liner Notes: Rudy Van Gelder
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is a recording engineer who loved jazz and is most notably associated with the sound of Blue Note Records. He recorded many legenda...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Liner Notes: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Known as "Nica" or "The Baroness" Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a jazz patron who supported artists such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, bo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
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In Duke Ellington's Eulogy to Billy Strayhorn he wrote, "His greatest virtue, I think, was his honesty--not only to others, but to himself." As we ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Louis Armstrong
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Louis Armstrong
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong is consider one of the most important musicians of the 20th century. With his innovations in ensemble playing and his dis...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Flavor Spectacular Hour 2
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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Music recently picked up in electronica and dance, indie folk rock and alternative, singer-songwriter, reggae-rock and much more. We’ll hear 4 acts...

Bought by KDLG


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A New Year's Celebration
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Happy New Year 1920s
Some of the best music from the 1920s with Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Bix Beiderbecke, and many more to welcome in the New Year.

Bought by KRZA, KHEN-LP, and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 26, 2012
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Toshiko Akiyoshi
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Credit: Amanda Brown
"The fact is my parents lost all of their assets. If I didn't have something (I was) really into, in my case was piano and jazz, I think it would h...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 2
Elvis Presley: Prince From Another Planet
From: Joyride Media
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Highlights from Elvis' one and only appearance in New York City.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KMXT, KPVL and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Apex Club
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Apex Club
The Apex Club was raided by federal agents and closed for selling alcohol during Prohibition in 1930. Just before that fateful day, New Orleans nat...

Bought by WDCB and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
KUT's Views and Brews: Billie Holiday and The Art of Persona
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." In a recent Views and Brews f...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and WJSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
JazzStories: Gretchen Parlato
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Vocalist and songwriter Gretchen Parlato's music is introspective and crafted with a knowing touch. Winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocalis...

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


  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 15:06
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: George Wein
From: Murray Street Productions
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George Wein, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, has created countless festivals worldwide and can be connected to every important jazz musician ...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 15:27
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Henry Threadgill
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“You always have to have boundaries. If you don’t have boundaries, you don’t have art. There has to be controls and boundaries. Otherwise when does...

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


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 12:15
  • Purchases: 3
Elvis Presley: Young Man With The Big Beat
From: Joyride Media
Series: I Am An Elvis Fan
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A look into the year that Elvis became a national star.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 11
Here's to the Vets
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Patterns in Music
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Commemorating Veteran's Day with this edition of Patterns in Music—a fitting musical tribute to those who served.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:40:15
  • Purchases: 2
The Best of Joan Osborne
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An Hour of Music and Interviews with Joan Osborne, recorded live at the 2002 and 2005 at the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival.

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, WGDR, and KGOU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
An Evening with Guy Clark
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An Evening of Music and Interviews with Texas Legend Guy Clark, recorded live in May of 2005 at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, NM.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KSUT, Prairie Public, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 58:18
  • Purchases: 4
An Evening with Gillian Welsh
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An Evening of music with Female Folk Icon Gillian Welsh, recorded live at the 2004 Four Corners Folk Festival in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

Bought by Prairie Public, WNMU-FM, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 3
Greg Ellis - Biomusique
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Together with Lisbeth Scott, Greg has formed Biomusique which offers textured music that mixes Greg's various percussion instruments with Lisbeth S...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:08
Lance Reddick
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Actor who plays Special Agent Phillip Broyes in the Fringe. He has also appeared in Lost and The Wire.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 30:36
James Carroll Booker the Third: The Life, Music, and Mystique of the Bayou Maharajah Part 2.
From: David Kunian
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Part 2 of 2 part radio documentary about the legendary New Orleans pianist James Booker

Bought by Prairie Public, NPR Illinois, and WNCU


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 3
" The Stone Age " Program 26
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: "The Stone Age" with Dan Wargo
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One hour of electric music from the 60's and 70's. This is not an 'oldies' show and is designed for all audiences to enjoy.

Bought by KEOS, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2008
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 25
Willie Nelson - When I've Sung My Last Hillbilly Song (new music)
From: Joyride Media
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Willie Nelson's brand new recording of the first song he ever recorded

Bought by WMMT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WTMD, Prairie Public, and KSUT


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 5
Composers Who Peform
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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Host Sara Fishko considers composers who perform their own work.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 06:53