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Brian Eno's Diary
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about ambient and pop music polymath Brian Eno's Diary, which was recently re-published in a special 25th anniversary ed...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Up Close And Acoustic with James McMurtry
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: James McMurtry, Credit: JamesMcMurtry.com
James McMurtry is a storyteller of the highest order. He is a performer who can guide you to the widest emotional extremes, not just in one concert...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 56:26
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with Prince Bishop
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Prince Bishop 'All Is Due', Credit: Prince Bishop
Ben Trenerry, and his Rock music project Prince Bishop, has created an emotional and intelligent Karmic map to finding inner peace with Prince Bish...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 56:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Lisa Show - The Albums that Changed Our Lives
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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Looking back on the music that shaped us.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
Painting the Walls Black: Chaka Mkali Challenges Traditional Notions of Curatorial Work
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Album Cover, I Self Devine, Rituals of Resilience, Credit: Illustration: Johnalynn Holland, Lettering: Andres Guzman, Image Courtesy of I Self Devine
Add curator to a long list of Chaka Mkali's professional accomplishments. In the tradition of fellow Afrofuturists who have looked to the sky for i...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2022
  • Length: 06:16
From Community Dance to Dance Community: Recalling the Old Farmer's Ball
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: The original Farmer's Ball, and an OFB dance today, Credit: Phil Jameson/Carla Seidl
The Old Farmer's Ball is a regional folk dance organization in Asheville, North Carolina that is best known for its lively Thursday night contra da...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2021
  • Length: 49:50
A New Territory of Dance Party
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Mpls Adonia & DJ Shannon Blowtorch, Credit: Photo Courtesy of DJ Shannon Blowtorch
DJ Shannon Blowtorch & Host Mpls Adonia have years of experience working the crowds and pumping up the energy in the room. Keeping their love for e...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
Genre Bending Music By A Constant Cough
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: A Constant Cough, Credit: (Photo courtesy of the artist)
“A Constant Cough” is a Minneapolis duo that plays an eclectic array of music. Their unique electric, reverb, bending sound features Victoria Carpe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2020
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Evolution of Singer-songwriter Gaelynn Lea
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Caption: Singer-songwriter Gaelynn Lea, Credit: Paul Vienneau
Duluth-based indie musician Gaelynn Lea made headlines when she won National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2016. But she almost didn’t enter ...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 08:41
NEA Jazz Moments with Pianist, Joanne Brackeen (round two)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Joanne Brackeen is the only female to join Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and talks working with Stan Getz.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 8
Leonard Bernstein, his Mass, and Mahler's Fifth--according to Ted Libbey
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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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
Sharon Mansur, Dreaming Under A Cedar Tree
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this week's Art Beat we visit with Sharon Mansur, a Winona based contemporary dance and visual artist who's performance/installation, Dreaming U...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: 30:40
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates traditional Irish music!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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A celebration of Irish music in America with four award-winning musicians.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Bill Frisell: The Guitar is My Voice
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Bill Frisell was heavily influenced by surf rock and space travel. Hear him in his own words tell you his origin story. Lots of great music in this...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 12:15
Sly Watts in City Park
From: Sarah Holtz
Series: The Poetic City
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Sly Watts performs his poem "Passion" in City Park.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:35
The Speed of Sound: San Fermin
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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San Fermin rounded out their banner year with a deluxe edition of their sophomore record, Jackrabbit, which included their latest single “No Devil....

Bought by KUCB, WLPR , KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Speed of Sound: Destroyer
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Have you heard the new album from Destroyer? It’s called Poison Season and it’s sits right at number one for me for Album of the Year. It has ever...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 3
Arts Interchange - Zac Little of Saintseneca: To Shake the Ache
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Doug Storm talks to singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Zac Little of Saintseneca, an American folk rock band from Columbus, Ohio, about Ap...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 47:34
Bay Area Beats: Rapping assistant principal uses music to connect with students
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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Some of all Parts, is a San Francisco rap group made up of old high school buddies Carlos Teasdale, Daniel Velarde, and Joe Truss. Truss is Assista...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
Way Beyond the Blue
From: Hold That Thought
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Professor André de Quadros believes that music is for everyone, including prison inmates. Here, he shares his moving experiences teaching in two Ma...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:38
  • Purchases: 1
Jeremy and Nicole Olivier, With Love from South Africa
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Frank Lenselink and Jeremy, Credit: Anton F.
Jeremy Olivier, a musician from the Southern African region and his songwriter wife Nicole introduce us to the inspiring and touching story behind ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 17:31
Bonjour Chanson Series 16, Episode 77
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 16
Caption: Yepa, courtesy of Antipodes Music, Credit: Nagi Fero &Marguerite Bruchet
A cool new French music duo Yépa, and a well-established artist, William Sheller are introduced in English together with other very talented singer...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 16, Episode 76
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 16
Caption: Faby Perier, Credit: by courtesy of Faby Perier
Romance, the fight against discrimination, a thirst for social justice, these are some of the subjects of the Francophone songs in this program. A...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 1
Richard Powers on Music
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source Shorts and Podcasts
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Why do books so often turn to music? Richard Powers, author of a new, music-filled novel Orfeo, speaks to the strength of songs and symphonies, inc...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 12:57
  • Purchases: 3
Will Robinson's Brutalist Inspiration
From: Veronica Simmonds
Series: Visual Arts News podcast
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Halifax based artist Will Robinson is trying to play a library like a record.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:04