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The Calling Voice - Moira Smiley and Voco

From: Anny Celsi

Caption: Voco performing live: April Guthrie, Moira Smiley, Sally Dworsky , Credit: Simone McSparran

VOCO sings folk music - but not the usual coffeehouse fare. It’s music that's steeped in generations of tradition, from far-off, tucked-away corner...

Bought by American Voices

Added: Dec 02, 2013
Length: 07:45
Purchases: 1

Preservation Hall Jazz Band - That's It!

From: Joyride Media

Inside the making of Preservation Hall Jazz Band's new album, featuring interviews with the band and co-producer Jim James (My Morning Jacket)

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KPVL and more

Added: Jun 07, 2013
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 14

Secret Awesome

From: Dylan Peers McCoy

Secret Awesome defies categories. But if you press the founder, Zak Kirwin, he describes them as a D.I.Y. artists collective. They are definitely a...

Added: Jun 02, 2013
Length: 04:45

The Road Goes On…

From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters

Is there life after Lubbock? Joe Ely revisits his old stomping grounds. Also, Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen shake things up LIVE in Studio 1A, ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KHNS

Added: May 29, 2013
Length: 54:02
Purchases: 2

Second Chances

From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters

A musical Rip Van Winkle tale from Denton: the unexpected return of the Baptist Generals. Also, R&B sensation Latasha Lee's remarkable bounce-back...

Added: May 20, 2013
Length: 57:02

Regional de NY: Choro Music from Brazil

From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide

Choro is a music of the people that can be found in Brazil’s bars and at barbecues. Band members of Regional de NY, a choro band from Brazil, the...

Added: May 13, 2013
Length: 04:05

Pittsburgh, PA

From: American Student Radio

Caption: The Harlan Twins, Credit: Chaz Mottinger

The music of Pittsburgh's own rockers, The Harlan Twins, rings true, "I can't be blue in Bloomfield."

Added: May 09, 2013
Length: 07:33

The List: Public Radio Picks The Best of SXSW 2013

From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters

Each year, we ask some of public radio's most respected tastemakers to share their top picks for SXSW Music. We put those selections together and ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Spokane Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Mar 08, 2013
Length: 54:01
Purchases: 3

This Week in Texas Music History: Herb Ellis

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the first week of August (8/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a jazz legend who got his start because of an out o...

Added: Jul 30, 2012
Length: 01:40

This Week In Texas Music History: Texas Punk Scene

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the second week of September (9/14): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman recalls an unexpected incident that helped propel the state`s punk music ...

Added: Jul 26, 2012
Length: 01:30

Sound, Art and Enchantment

From: Isabel Theriot

Caption: The Music Box art and sound installation

This radio documentary is about the Music Box art and sound installation located in the Bywater Neighborhood of New Orleans. It blends the sounds o...

Bought by KLCC

Added: Jun 06, 2012
Length: 07:28
Purchases: 1

Paul Simon Graceland

From: Joyride Media

Paul Simon recalls the creative sparks and controversies surrounding his landmark album, "Graceland"

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUKY and more

Added: May 17, 2012
Length: 59:30
Purchases: 14

Jack Johnson & Friends - Best of Kokua Festival Live

From: Joyride Media

One Hour radio special features Jack Johnson & guests live at the 2004-2010 Kokua Festivals that raised money for environmental education programs ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Prairie Public, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more

Added: Apr 13, 2012
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 11

Bob Marley - Marley

From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials

The official radio companion to the MARLEY documentary film in theatres and homes on April 20, 2012.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, WNMU-FM, KMUW and more

Added: Apr 13, 2012
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 12

Artist Trish Jones

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Tish Jones is the Community Engagement Director for the St Paul Almanac, and Executive Director of TruArtSpeaks. She began performing at age 14, an...

Added: Apr 11, 2012
Length: 04:47

U2: Achtung Baby

From: Joyride Media

Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr look back on the year they almost broke up but decided put out a little album called "Achtung Bab...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUKY and more

Added: Nov 21, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 8

Wynton Marsalis - Swinging into the 21st

From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials

Wynton Marsalis looks back on music from throughout his career, from the straight jazz to his more classical compositions.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Harford Community Radio and more

Added: Oct 11, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 15

Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams

From: Joyride Media

New one-hour radio special traces how Hank Williams’ “lost notebook” of unrecorded songs were found and set to music for new recordings by Bob Dyla...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Harford Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, KPIP-LP and more

Added: Sep 21, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 20

Pearl Jam Twenty

From: Joyride Media

The official radio companion to Pearl Jam Twenty - a new documentary by Cameron Crowe in theatres Sep 2011, on PBS American Masters Oct 21, 2011.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KPVL, CBC Inside the Music, NPR Illinois and more

Added: Sep 21, 2011
Length: 01:10:00
Purchases: 8

Tony Bennett Duets II

From: Joyride Media

Tony Bennett and his duet partners (Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones, Aretha Franklin, John Mayer and more) discuss the art of collaboration on timeless ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WRFA-LP, Troy Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston and more

Added: Sep 21, 2011
Length: 01:28:00
Purchases: 19

Stages: 10 Years of ACL Fest

From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters

September 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. What started out as a modest two day affair heavy on regional ...

Added: Sep 06, 2011
Length: 55:44

The Austin Aces

From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters

Caption: Stephen Bruton, of the 10 Austin Aces

Janis Joplin. Roky Erikson. Doug Sahm. Stevie Ray Vaughan. Names like these helped establish Austin’s global reputation as hothouse for great music...

Added: Aug 22, 2011
Length: 01:00:00

Music Behind A Locked Door

From: Todd Cross

Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center in Syracuse, New York works with troubled youth - yet it isn't a "lock em up, throw away the key" kind of place...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio