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Caption: Jennifer Choi
The violinist/composer discusses her classical training, mastering improvisation, Korean heritage, and introduces us to musical examples recorded a...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Matthew Shipp
The jazz piano virtuoso and highly praised composer/improviser channels spiritual and emotional musical poetry in concert excerpts from the Roulett...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Myra Melford
The pianist and composer discusses influences,

  • Added: Jul 08, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Ethel Waters
Summer. Those three months are loaded with ups and downs. Along with rising temperatures, there’s a remarkable increase in travel – not to mention ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Can rural, local government actually run smoothly and meet the changing needs of the community? It is slow to happen in Mendocino County, Californi...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Zoh Amba
Admired as a bold saxophonist (and also sometimes guitarist, vocalist, pianist), composer Zoh Amba traces a journey from a difficult Tennessee chil...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Fast Forward
The mysteriously named composer/sound artist investigates sonic properties of traditional drums and percussion “objects”.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Elliott Sharp
The composer/multi-instrumentalist whose output ranges from noise to blues and from electronic to orchestral works.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Crystal Penalosa
The electronic sound artist in conversation about vulnerabilities, strengths, transitions, and technology and how these impact her art works and li...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Chris Cochrane
The adventurous guitarist admired for contributions to the improvisation scene, hybrid compositions for dance and concert settings, and thoughtful,...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2024
  • Length: 28:01
Caption: William Parker
Composer, poet, activist, organizer, author, educator, bandleader, and one of the world’s most celebrated jazz and new music bass players tells the...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
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Of two people, William Shakespeare and Edward De Vere, whose lives overlapped, De Vere had many of the experiences described in the literary works ...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Louis Dumaine's Band
Jazz originated in the African American communities of New Orleans thanks in part to Congo Square near the French Quarter. That’s where the slaves ...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In the wake of two recent Supreme Court decisions about gun regulations, Civics 101, NHPR's show about the basics of how our democracy works, exami...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Years ago, before the myriad of things to buy were as available as they are now, retail businesses were most often locally-owned and operated, ofte...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: The Sunset/Grand Terrace Cafe
When mob boss Al Capone took control of the Sunset Café in Chicago in the mid 1920s, it was already considered to be one of the best performance sh...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A 40-year retrospective on the work of composer and multi-instrumentalist Ned Rothenberg with 8 excerpts featuring the artist on bass clarinet, alt...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
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The composer and multimedia electronic artist discusses new and developing works.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: MV Carbon, Credit: Nikki Sneakers
The musical work of the interdisciplinary artist who conjures experiences through ritual, altered perception, and shared imagination.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Cooper Moore
Pianist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and instrument builder Cooper-Moore in conversation about roots and priorities.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: David Behrman, Credit: Maria Ludovici
Composer David Behrman (Sonic Arts Union, Merce Cunningham) describes his unique flavor of electronics with examples covering three decades.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Mary Prescott
Music and a conversation with Mary Prescott, the Thai-American interdisciplinary artist, composer, and pianist based in Minneapolis and New York City.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:01
Caption: Ka Baird
Vocalist, pianist, flute player, and much more, composer Ka Baird’s solo work and collaborative projects, Spires That In The Sunset Rise, Sapropeli...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Val Jeanty
A conversation with the Haitian-born Brooklyn electronic music artist and percussionist whose blend of vodou and DJ culture both dazzles and inspires.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 27:56
Caption: Zeena Parkins
Composer Zeena Parkins talks about her electric harp, illustrated by live concert recordings from the Roulette archive. Parkins is a major figure i...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00