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VIVA LA MUJER MARIA BARQUIN
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: Viva La Mujer
Caption: women power, Credit: npr
In Viva La Mujer we speak to different Latinas creating spaces and power in different platforms around the country.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 01:00
The O'Jays: The Last Word
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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The O'Jays have made their final album, The Last Word, and it's filled with wisdom, love and some choice words about the state of the world.

Bought by KMUW, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WSGE and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
190302 New Orleans and its Mardi Gras
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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New Orleans music and Mardi Gras is a reflection of us. We who are New Orleans.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 02:50:26
  • Purchases: 1
181208 Mushroom Farm, Chuck E. Weiss and Unadorned Neglected Black Culture of 1974
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Long title and a winding story that includes mushroom farms, shotguns, and plenty of electrified land mines all leads to Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 02:59:27
Live! Elinor Frey @ Delphi Opera House
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Live at Delphi Opera House, Credit: Elinor Frey
Taped in concert at the Delphi Opera House, June 2018!

Bought by KMUN, WCNY, WETS, KMUN, KWAX and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 10
JerryGrass Vol. 13
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: David Grisman & Jerry Garcia circa 1973
Celebrating the life & music of the late 'grate' Jerry Garcia.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:57:40
The Song Says It All
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Immigration and Labor: Stories from the Texas Workforce (2018 Summer Institute)
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Workers across Texas have to fight to receive their wages and fair treatment. The Workers Defense Project Band gives their fight a soundtrack. Thi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
Nick Waterhouse interview and performance.
From: Alex Kime
Caption: Alex Kime Audio Producer
Nick Waterhouse, known for his soul influenced songs, got his start in the same scene as Ty Segall. Edited: Alex Kime.

  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 34:09
180303 Emile Griffith, Music From Boston and Music About The Back Door
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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I always equated boxing with "manhood" until the boxer Emile Griffith proved that decency is the path to "manhood." Emile had a more dramatic stor...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:49:23
180120 Substitute for Peggy Lou
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music referring to Africa plus Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Sun Ra, Mingus and some others from my youth as an uninvited guest (more like a pest) at radio ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 01:35:35
Pentatonix: That's Christmas To Me
From: Joyride Media
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A capella sensations Pentatonix offer unique versions of their favorite Christmas music.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and WCRI


  • Added: Dec 20, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
171111 Community Radio Versus Top Down Radio Models
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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We can fall deeply, madly in love with late-night radio. This doesn't happen with any of the visual mediums. Never with a screen. Thing is, radi...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 02:50:05
The Golden Record
From: Dominique Johnson
Series: Come As You Are
Caption: NASA's Golden Record, Credit: NASA
We wanted to know what's out there. We wanted to tell our stories, too. So we sent a message in a bottle out into interstellar space. The NASA Voya...

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 03:47:58
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 17: Stephin Merritt
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
Caption: Stephin Merritt, Credit: Marcelo Krasilcic
The Naked American Songbook went LIVE with singer-songwriter-producer-genius Stephin Merritt, the force behind at least one indie-cult classic grou...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 1
170304 Donna's Bar - Charlie Sims Memorial
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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It was a classic New Orleans ad hoc lunch at the corner bar, three hours of talk, laugh, drink, eat and repeat. Bar owner, Donna and Charlie plus ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:24:04
Music and Conversation with Philip Glass
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Caption: Philip Glass
To celebrate the incredibly influential American composer Philip Glass's 80th birthday, enjoy this music infused hour recorded last February when h...

Bought by WFMT Station Account, KMUN, and Interlochen Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 58:44
  • Purchases: 3
Blues America 76 - 2016 Rewind Show
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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A look back at some of the best moments from 2016.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KRPS, and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 30, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Everybody Knows Leonard Cohen: An Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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A tribute to singer/songwriting legend Leonard Cohen who passed away November 7, 2016 at the age of 82.

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WUTC, KRCB 104.9, KVMR, KMSU and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2016
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 21
160917 Originators of Americana Music - Wild Jimmy Spruill and Doc Pomus
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Playing off our usual catch phrase of, "Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of," tonight we will focus on music you've heard b...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2016
  • Length: 03:23:48
The Live Feed Presents: Gospel Machine
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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This group from north east Minneapolis describes themselves as a garage gospel band; a little bit soul, a little bit rock and roll. KQAL’s Mohammed...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:26:49
  • Purchases: 1
160604 Muhammad Ali Tribute
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Mike Marley with his old friend Muhammad Ali and Mike's former employer Don King.
Interrupting my Saturday night music radio show with some words about Muhammad Ali who passed earlier in the day. Ali's impact on me as an 8th gra...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 46:15
Ten More From David: A David Bowie Appreciation (Part 2)
From: Paul Ingles
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Paul Ingles is joined by music writers Holly George-Warren and Richie Unterberger to further consider the musical legacy of David Bowie. Bowie die...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KRCB 104.9, Prairie Public, WSKG, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 7
Elvis Presley: If I Can Dream
From: Joyride Media
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Elvis Presley loved the big sound of a symphony orchestra, but never got to perform with one - until now.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KPIK-LP, KTRL, KPIP-LP, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Law student and former go-go dancer, Armando Torres' Song Story recalls a time when he was a god above all, transmitting his energy from a box in t...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:15
Todd Harper and His Jazz Originals
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Todd Harper, Credit: Carl Allen
Todd Harper turned his life around when he decided to play jazz piano full time. He talked to Phil Nusbaum about his life in jazz, and about his mu...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 08:39