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Caption: Charlie Parr and John Koerner, Credit: Star Tribune
Legendary musician Spider John Koerner recently gifted one of his customized Gretsch guitars to musician Charlie Parr — a way of passing the torch ...

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 07:45
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Bagpipes arrived in Minnesota in the 1850’s, brought by Scottish immigrants to what is now Blue Earth county, as settlers moved in, occupying Dakot...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 06:32
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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Today on Art Beat we talked with Sarah Johnson, the Joy Labs Founder to hear more about their collaboration with the Winona Public Library. The pro...

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 13:16
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On this episode of The Live Feed we have a special in studio performance by Minnesota singer / songwriter Amanda Grace. Amanda stopped by our studi...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2019
  • Length: 35:57
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On this episode of The Live Feed, we are joined in the studio by local band Magpie Revival. Magpie Revival plays an eclectic mix of old time, folk,...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2019
  • Length: 31:17
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In honor of Bernstein’s 100th birthday (August 25), we turn to Ted Libbey, a music scholar who knew the American icon well. Since there’s so much g...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2018
  • Length: 13:47

  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 03:36
Caption: Brian Peterson (left) and Matt Faris (right)
Brian Peterson, 31, is an artist — he designs cars for a living — who lives in Santa Ana, California. Matt Faris, 38, is a homeless musician who wo...

Bought by WEZU and WOUB


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Kathleen Gillette and her family in the mid-1990s., Credit: Credit Courtesy of Kathleen Gillette
Kathleen Gillette has had a passion for singing for as long as she can remember. But after spending 15 years as an opera singer, her career began t...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: Sonny teaches tango
Not many of us get to live our dream and do what we love for work. Sonny Newman is the exception. He charted his own course and along the way, disc...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 07:53
Caption: Photo by: Emile Klein
A guitar-shaped building in Bristol, TN gives a glimpse into the roots of country and bluegrass in the region.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 20:18
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Marcel Mouloudji, theater and movie actor, painter and songwriter, daydreams about meeting the one he'll love in the song "One Day You Will See"

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:14
Caption: Ryan and his djembe in his RV.
Cape Cod heating and air conditioning installer, Ryan Fletcher, discovers a creative outlet when he finds his way to his first drum circle.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rehearsal of the Brussels Choral Society
The Brussels Choral Society has over 120 members from 26 nationalities, and has been performing since 1979. In this feature, reporter Alison Turner...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 12:50
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I caught up with The Milk Carton Kids in a hotel hallway at Folk Alliance 2012 in Memphis. Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale talk with Candice Ludl...

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:03
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A look into the teenage world of opera, give it a try, it's cooler than you think!

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
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A dance program in California that connects dancers who can see with those who cannot.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Listen to what happens when a rock band tours without a cell phone.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2005
  • Length: 04:41
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Portland Public Library's free piano offers more than music the folks who play it.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 3
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a sound profile of a pit singer

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Feb 26, 2004
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1