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The Big Pond #45: The Passion of Chris Strachwitz
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Chris Strachwitz is a man possessed. A “songcatcher,” capturing and recording the traditional, regional, down-home music of the US, his adopted hom...

Bought by WDCB, KICI Iowa City, WNYO, and KWMR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 4
Nobody Swung Harder: The Jazz Violin of Stuff Smith
From: David Schulman
Caption: Stuff Smith and friends, Credit: family photo
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon “Stuff” Smith was the most important American jazz violinist of the 20th Century. He recorded with Ella Fitzgerald. Oscar Pet...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #18: German-Texan Heritage Societies
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Between 1820 and World War I, nearly six million Germans immigrated to the US – in 2017, only about 5,000 made the trip. If Germans aren’t coming t...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 06, 2019
  • Length: 19:17
  • Purchases: 1
"Crossroads" Hour 8 of Leonard Bernstein: An American Life
From: CultureWorks
Series: "Leonard Bernstein: An American Life" narrated by Susan Sarandon
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Hour 8 “Crossroads” (1968-1978) We follow Bernstein as he leaves the Philharmonic in 1968 to concentrate more on composition. With overtones of S...

Bought by Colorado Public Radio, 'The Sea', KAAD-LP, and WRGY


  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 4
Bernstein The Composer, Part 1
From: CultureWorks
Series: "Leonard Bernstein: An American Life" narrated by Susan Sarandon
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Bernstein: The Composer, Part 1 (of 2) Bernstein’s role as a composer is often overshadowed by his roles as conductor and teacher. This hour will...

Bought by Colorado Public Radio, 'The Sea', KAAD-LP, WWNO, and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 57:27
  • Purchases: 5
Laura Ann Singh: Blossoming of a Wildwood Flower, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Laura Ann Singh, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Laura Ann Singh, as her very name suggests, seemed destined to sing. In the Kingsport, Tennessee home where she grew up music was ever-present. Her...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 26:21
UnCommonCore Podcast - Episode 24 | The New York Audio Show Part 3
From: Tom Howell
Series: The New York (High-End) Audio Show
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In our final part of the New York Audio Show we feature 2 icons of the High-End Audio world: David Cheskey and Rondi D'Agostino. It also includes t...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 40:00
The Analog Experience
From: WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Vinyl records. Notebooks. Polaroid cameras. Cassette Tapes. All analog technologies that, up to a decade ago, were pretty much extinct. But over th...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 26:31
UnCommonCore Podcast - Episode 22 | New York Audio Show 2017 Part 2 | Entry to Expert
From: Tom Howell
Series: The New York (High-End) Audio Show
Caption: Ohm Room, Credit: Tom Howell
Episode 22: New York Audio Show: Part 2 | Entry to Expert | Tom interviews representatives from Marantz, Tweak Studio, Audio Note, Rollo Audio fe...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2018
  • Length: 47:46
Beyond a Song: Gregg Allman (Part 1)
From: ISOAS Media
Caption: Gregg Allman
Host Rich Reardin discusses the life and music of the late, great, Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pete Seeger: Plain and Complicated
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Pete Seeger died in 2014 at the age of 94, a cultural icon, and a so-called a “consensus hero." But the hero was also a pariah too many. Seeger’s ...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:28:26
  • Purchases: 1
Sangre Y Tierra: What Blood What Earth
From: Josh Landes
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"What Blood, What Earth", is a documentary on the life of Puerto Rican black metal artist MQ. His story leads the listener on a journey from pre-co...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 27:20
Gloria Rhoden: Good Things Come in Small Parcels
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Gloria Rhoden, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Billed as the world's smallest woman, Gloria Rhoden of St. Mary Jamaica understands the nature of true beauty.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 23:02
The Roots of Inspiration: Miguel del Aguila’s Concierto en Tango
From: Donna Granata
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
Elisheva and Amaris An Army Of Two Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Elisheva and Amaris, Credit: Rebecca D'
Elisheva and Amaris, mother and daughter, know a thing or two about uphill battles where every inch of gained ground costs dearly. Each in her way...

  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 26:51
High-Speed Cocoa
From: Philip Armand
Caption: Cocoa Farmers
Philip Armand ruins a cup of hot cocoa and realizes his mad, sweaty, sloppy rushing is no longer working.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:02
1. The Family Funeral Band
From: Jesse Rhodes
Series: Mannish
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Growing up, my family played a lot of music. We also performed... mostly funerals. The driving force behind it all? My dad. So, in order to better ...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:53
Real Country Time Episode 3
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Real Country Time
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Real Country Time showcases the roots of classic country music.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2015
  • Length: 08:20
Kingwood Kowboy: Interview with Larry W. Jones
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
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In this episode, host Richie Rugburn interviews Larry W. Jones about his life and inspiration behind his lyric writing.

  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
E01 / Your Pet Hates Your Music
From: Sarah Hoyles
Series: Pet Sounds
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You leave the radio on for your pet, before you leave the apartment. We'll find out if the cat and dog wish you hadn't.

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, North State Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 13:41
  • Purchases: 4
Disharmonia
From: Israel Story
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Noa Guy was a promising Israeli composer. When she came to New York twenty-one years ago to rehearse for a concert at Carnegie Hall, she never imag...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2015
  • Length: 14:09
Rez Rap Records creates a hip hop scene in northern Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In 2011, two rap groups in northern Minnesota decided to join forces: 100 Souls from Red Lake, and NPC3 from Bemidji. Together they’re known as Rez...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
Hungarian Blues (7:00 version)
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
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
The Green Room with Lara Downes: Pilot
From: Lara Downes
Series: THE GREEN ROOM with Lara Downes
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Behind the scenes and before the downbeat… join concert pianist and host Lara Downes backstage in the Green Room for a look into the real lives of ...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 20:10
Mad Scientists of Music - Episode 4 - The Hacker in the Gallery
From: Gareth Stack
Series: Mad Scientists of Music
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In this episode we meet a variety of sonic artists who've approached the art establishment from different directions.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:00