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Caption: David Crosby in DC
David Crosby sits down to talk with reporter/producer/artist Julie Adler about his spiritual life, Buddhism, the Dalai Lama and more. Recorded a...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2023
  • Length: 14:23
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Storyhill returns to Musician's Spotlight in an interview recorded over three time zones on the winter solstice during the confluence of Jupiter an...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Brendon Hamilton, Credit: Shefik
Remorse - Brendon Hamilton has been writing and performing since he was a young child. Influenced by some of rock, pop, and R&B's greatest recordin...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:44
Caption: Neddy Smith, Credit: Shefik
Faith - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional style...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:40
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Monika Vischer is program director at Colorado Public Radio Classical. She is also co-founder and board chair of El Sistema Colorado, a non-profit ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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I talked to a nice lady at Pike Place Market about why she loves to play the guitar.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:37
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WTIP's Matthew Brown & Ann Possis welcomed Cook County singer-songwriter Joe Paulik to The Roadhouse May 31. He talked about nature as inspiration ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 01, 2013
  • Length: 31:21
  • Purchases: 1
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit," in particular sounds like a modal jazz tune. That's one of the funniest things to me. It says so much about people's att...

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


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 16:32
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Ryan and Jesse Dermody of Brothers Burn Mountain
Ryan and Jesse Dermody have chosen to approach life on their own terms. The specifics of that implication involve many creative pursuits, music occ...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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"When I started to play jazz... I started in the middle. I wanted to play Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and all of that stuff first... When I started c...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Martin Zellar and Nick Ciola
Martin Zellar was the frontman of The Gear Daddies, a late 80's/early 90's Minneapolis based band with whose members formed bonds while living a c...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
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The art of opera translation is subtle yet crucial. Get it right, and the audience feels like they’re experiencing the work with as much richness a...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
Caption: Midori
For most musicians, Bach is more than just music. For violinist Midori, Bach is a way of life. Use this 26 second clip to introduce Midori playin...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: :26
Caption: Frank Peter Zimmermann
Musicians often become “one” with their instrument – it’s not just an expensive and valuable piece of equipment they use on the job. For some, lik...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: :21
Caption: Kristjan Järvi, Credit: Peter Rigaud
When you look into the story behind some of the most beautiful music, you often find that something dark or even tragic lies at the source. Conduc...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: :27
Caption: Kim Kashkashian, Credit: courtesy of WGBH
How does one make a sound on an instrument? Violist Kim Kashkashian says it actually has little to do with the instrument itself. Ultimately, she...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: :22
Caption: Gil Shaham
We know Haydn, the wonderful composer of symphonies and string quartets, but did you know he also wrote some terrific Violin Concertos? Violinist ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: :25
Caption: Anna Netrebko, Credit: Annie Leibovitz
In soprano Anna Netrebko’s recording of Russian Romances, she introduces us to the not-as-well-known sides of two well-known composers – Rimsky-Kor...

  • Added: May 30, 2010
  • Length: :26
Caption: Piotr Anderszewski
Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski champions two composers from his country – Frederic Chopin and Karol Szymanowski. Like Chopin, Szymanowski’s mus...

  • Added: May 30, 2010
  • Length: :22
Caption: Yuja Wang
The Piano Sonata No 2 by Chopin is best known for the funeral march in the third movement. That march has been immortalized from its appearances i...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :23
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Pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy is not quite sure what's more amazing - that Beethoven wrote so many remarkable pieces of music, or that h...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: :22
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The musician's life is a humbling up and down journey towards perfection, or at least musical expression on the highest level. If you don't get it...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: :27
Caption: Emmanuel Pahud, Credit: Photo by Shelia Rock
Back in the early 1990's, a French researcher introduced a theory known as the "Mozart Effect." It advanced the idea that listening to Mozart's mu...

  • Added: May 31, 2008
  • Length: :23
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Finding ways to keep music fresh is a performing musician's ongoing challenge, especially with a work they've played hundreds of times. Cellist Yo...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :28
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The Finnish Four Seasons are a magnificent gift of nature, according to Finnish pianist Olli Mustonnen. He says that makes him well suited to play...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :23