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Change - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional styl...
- Added: Jul 10, 2020
- Length: 02:25
Christy Stillwell discusses her novel, "The Wolf Tone," winner of the 2017 Elixir Fiction Award. She also reads a short passage from an article she...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: May 06, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Matra presents its CD Release Concert at the Cedar Cultural Center this Friday night. The group is influenced by many music styles, but does not se...
- Added: May 19, 2017
- Length: 05:00
How the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane were tied to the struggle for racial e...
Bought by WGTE Public Media, KMUN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KPSQ-LP, WCSU-FM and more
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 53:51
- Purchases: 17
Sister Rosetta Tharp electrified 1930s audiences with her singing and guitar playing. "The Godmother of Rock and Roll" influenced the music of Elvi...
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 20
In honor of Independence Day, a former radio DJ joins us to play a selection of patriotic songs sung by African Americans. (And more...)
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 11
This stirring hour show of American music and literature begins with
patriotic musical performances by the likes of Marian Anderson, Paul
Robeson, ...
Bought by WVTF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KHNS, WUTC, WVTF and more
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 38
Andy Holliden's interest in Frank Zappa first manifested itself while he was in high school. Beyond listening to the music and poring over linear n...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 02, 2014
- Length: 17:11
- Purchases: 1
In this edition of Centerstage Minnesota, Northern Community Radio Producer Britt Aamodt presents a feature on Blues, country, and folk singer-song...
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Ian Thomas Alexy, and Teague Alexy migrated west from The East Coast eventually settling in Holyoke, Minnesota around 2005. They immediately began ...
- Added: Jun 03, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Ryan and Jesse Dermody have chosen to approach life on their own terms. The specifics of that implication involve many creative pursuits, music occ...
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
"I always thought of the acoustic bass as the quintessential jazz instrument... I knew that jazz meant cool, and hip, and on the cutting edge, and ...
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 16:39
- Purchases: 4
Oscar Forsman is a elementary school music teacher from DeKalb, Illinois. Oscar has strong ties to his Finnish American roots on Minnesota's Iron ...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 17:27
- Purchases: 1
This week we hear another installment of Sam and Friends. This time Sam Miltich talks to Jazz Cellist Martha Larson about her craft. Larson divides...
- Added: Dec 10, 2012
- Length: 59:32
- Purchases: 2
A look at the Washington, DC roots of Duke Ellington and their impact on his development as a musician and composer.
- Added: Jul 26, 2011
- Length: 08:41
When pianist Yuja Wang plays the Paganini Variations by Brahms, she gives plenty of attention to the music’s frequent technical challenges. But sh...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: :26
Even before the recent economic challenges, there have been ongoing discussions and blogs about the future of the American symphony orchestra. Wha...
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: :23
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
Violinist Hilary Hahn is one of many musicians who consider Bach’s music to be timeless. She says Bach’s music “doesn’t necessarily belong in one ...
Bought by KUHF
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :27
- Purchases: 1
Swedish composer Carl Nielsen offers us a vast range of musical colors and tapestries. The music can be beautiful and entertaining, but conductor ...
Bought by WETS
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :25
- Purchases: 1
Violinist Joshua Bell's CD "At Home with Friends" is an eclectic mix of classical music, Blue Grass, Jazz, Indian music and more. In a sense, this...
- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: :26
Violinist Joshua Bell's CD "At Home with Friends" includes an appearance by composer and pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff actually died ...
- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: :24
On her "Journey to the New World" CD, guitarist Sharon Isbin plays both parts on some Renaissance duets, with the help of modern recording technolo...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :21
- Purchases: 1
On a few occasions, pianist Simone Dinnerstein gets herself into trouble on the concert stage. Nothing too serious, but the difficulty usually beg...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :25
