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Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This second of 2 ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXXI Rochester, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
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JEFF BECK: ESSENTIAL ARTIST – a remembrance of the multi-talented, multi-genre British guitar great JEFF BECK, who passed away January 10, 2023 at ...

Bought by WUTC, KSJE, KUPR low power FM, KTNA, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Caption: Robin Armstrong, Credit: Robin Armstrong Facebook
Robin Armstrong's music project, Cosmograf, has released a new album entitled 'Heroic Materials'. It's a song cycle based on the life of a World Wa...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:56:11
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HOUR 2 of 2. GEORGE HARRISON – BEST YEAR EVER celebrates two landmark events that rolled out from George Harrison in 197. In the first hour (alread...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KSJE, and KUHF


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Dylan's Press Conference 1965
Radio presenter and podcaster Ben Burrell talks about his love for Bob Dylan... despite his flaws!

  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 17:07
Caption: Josh Morris, 15, onstage in Harlem.
While New York City reopens, Harlem musicians continue one of jazz's most revered traditions at the historic Minton's Playhouse.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 04:20
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Carlos Samaniego created Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Ángeles, or Mariachi Rainbow, back in 2000 for a pride event. Almost two decades later, the group...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 06:53
Caption: Miguel del Aguila, Credit: Donna Granata
Three-time Grammy nominated Uruguayan-born American composer, Miguel del Aguila, shares insight into his most recent lauded composition, Concierto ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Aug 21, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hungarian-born Blues musician Little G Weevil., Credit: Tanner Latham
Little G Weevil is a Hungarian-born Blues musician living in Kennesaw, Georgia. When he talks, you know he had to come from Budapest. But when he s...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WABE


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 3
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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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Join some the nation’s most respected music experts and hear who they are most excited about at South by Southwest 2011.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2011
  • Length: 56:33
  • Purchases: 1
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In the run up to this year's South-by-Southwest music conference, we listen back to one of the most exciting live music events in recent memory: SX...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 55:09
Caption: Comanchero - Boston-based Americana Jam Band
The Americana music scene is thriving in New England, with a growing fan base and musicians alike. Boston has been a particular hot spot, with a g...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
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After experiencing the horror of the Khmer Rouge experience, Daran Kravanh credits an accordion that appeared on a stump in a forest with saving hi...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:59
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Wilma Pang, Professor at San Francisco City College, shares the influence of Chinese opera, a rapidly-disappearing art form, wherever she can. Pan...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:58
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For the 5th week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the story of a Texas singer who earned the first gold album in country music ...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 1
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For the fourth week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the story of a Texan who performed in both churches and bordellos before b...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the second week of October: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman recounts the story of a popular artist who stopped making records in order to prot...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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For the fourth week of May: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells us about a musician who was turned down by numerous nightclubs and record compan...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 08, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the second week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman introduces us to the 'other' King of Western Swing.

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 08, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1