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On this episode, we talked about "Earlier," the new memoir by music journalist and musician Sasha Frere-Jones. We listened to some of his music, too.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2024
  • Length: 29:26
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Lit-Rock," a collection of essays that explore the many ways that literature and pop/rock music have...

  • Added: May 25, 2024
  • Length: 27:28
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On this episode, we talked about the book "The Free Musics" by Jack Wright," one of America's foundational free improvisation artists who is still ...

  • Added: May 18, 2024
  • Length: 28:29
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On this episode, we talked about a new installment of the 33 1/3 Genre series that explores the short-lived but influential German musical style Ne...

  • Added: May 11, 2024
  • Length: 28:25
Caption: UMFA President Sarah Bylsma shows off a bass fulte, Credit: Alison Young
The Upper Midwest Flute Association offers places for flutists to perform, to learn, to compete and to borrow music and instruments.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
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On this episode, we talked about a recent book that gathers all of David Bowie's interviews with BBC television and radio into one handy and very r...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2024
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, we talked about "The Story of the B-52s: Neon Side of Town," the first critical biography of "the world's greatest party band," wh...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2024
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Radio Art Zone," which is both a survey of what's happening in radio art, and part of a 100-artist radio...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape," which explores the many ways that the humble...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, we talked about Cosey Fanni Tutti's new book Re-Sisters, which intertwines her own life and work with that of electronic music pio...

Bought by Raven Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
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On this episode, we talked about "Beneath Missouri Skies," a biography of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny's early years growing up in Lee's Summit, Miss...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:31
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about a couple of recent books that explore the ways that the black metal genre has evo...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2023
  • Length: 27:19
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On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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On this episode, we talked about "The Names of Minimalism," a new music history book that approaches the genre from the perspective of rivalries an...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
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On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2023
  • Length: 28:19
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the book "Recombo DNA," an in-depth biography of the band Devo that focuses on th...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:31
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
Caption: The Round Window album cover, Credit: Richard Lock Facebook
As described by the band, The Round Window is wide-screen rock. And for lyricist Rich Lock, different listeners getting different messages from the...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 57:50
  • Purchases: 1
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the stay at home orders put in place because of it have had us all singing the blues… that is, unless you literally sang ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 01:04:58
Caption: Nur-D Quarantine World Tour , Credit: Ryan Dawes
On Friday, March 13, 2020, Gov. Tim Walz declared a "peacetime emergency" in Minnesota, discouraging large gatherings of people in an effort to ste...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 08:51
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of Art Beat, we’re going to talk about art that is centered on Mid West Music Fest, specifically a photography exhibit being shown ...

  • Added: May 28, 2019
  • Length: 13:33
Caption: Darlingside in concert, Credit: Lauren Sophia Photography from Darlingside's Facebook
Darlingside is a Boston based quartet of rock musicians with an affinity for vocal harmony and complex accompanying instrumentation. The guys met i...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Apr 26, 2019
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of The Live Feed we take you on a journey through the fantastical world of Captain Gravitone and the String Theory Orchestra. We’ll...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 49:05
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Alba Triana, a Colombian-born composer and sound artist based in Miami, Florida, introduces three of her exquisite sound and light installations: M...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 11:19
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Today, we bring you Fresh Art International LIVE from Dakar, Senegal. We made the journey to West Africa in May 2018, to capture sounds of local ar...

  • Added: May 21, 2018
  • Length: 58:51