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Missing Music
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about producer Ian Brennan's new book "Missing Music," in which he discusses his latest song collecting activities durin...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2024
  • Length: 28:31
The Musician as Philosopher
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "The Musician as Philosopher," which explores several important musicians who worked in the New York City...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 28:13
Transfigured New York
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Transfigured New York," which features interviews with NYC experimental musicians of the 1980s, first fe...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 27:36
Rock Guitar Virtuosos
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Rock Guitar Virtuosos," an academic book that acts as a study of old and new guitar shredders, what ...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Make It Sacred!
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Nothing is sacred unless we set it aside as sacred. As Americans rapidly abandon organized religion, and the formerly sanctified church and temple ...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
3 Shades of Blue
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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In this episode, we talked about the new book "3 Shades of Blue," which discusses the careers of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans, and th...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2024
  • Length: 26:57
EDM in America
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "The Underground is Massive," which charts the foundation and development of Electronic Dance Music (EDM)...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Subcontinental Synthesis
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Subcontinental Synthesis," a collection of essays that document a brief period where a Moog Synthesizer ...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
Byzantine Chant
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "The Past is Always Present," which documents Orthodox chant practices among the monasteries of Mount Ath...

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2024
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 1
David Bowie
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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...

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2024
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Art of Noise: Influence of Futurism on Music
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we traveled back in time to early 20th. C. Italy, where the Futurists were dropping manifestos and proposing exciting new ideas th...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Squeeze This! A Cutural History of the Accordion in America
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we discussed the book "Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America," which investigates the rise, fall, and retur...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 1
Among the Stately Trees
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Where's the beautiful part, anyway? Well, start by walking about a mile past the last parking lot or dirt road or residential car-parts dump or inf...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Well of Souls: The Hidden History of the Banjo
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Well of Souls," which dives further into the earliest history of the banjo than anyone has gone befo...

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2024
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
Spaceships Over Glasgow
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we looked at the autobiography of Stuart Braithwaite, founder of the long-running post-rock band Mogwai. We listened to some of th...

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
Toward a Theory and History of the Loop
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we looked at the book "Now and Forever," one of the first book-length investigations into the many ways that loops (repeated audio...

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2024
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
The B-52s
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2024
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Needle and the Lens
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "The Needle and the Lens," which explores pop songs used in film. So...

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 1
Krautrock
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Krautrock," a recent addition to the 33 1/3 "Genre" series that explores the history and influence of Ge...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2024
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 1
John Luther Adams
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about John Luther Adams and his biography, "Silences So Deep," which focuses on his time living in Alaska between 1978 a...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2023
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
Has Taylor Swift Scored a Touchdown?… It’s Under Review.
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Taylor Swift is a huge success story in her own right, having enough popularity with her music to make her a billionaire. She has a huge following,...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 02:11
Revisiting the realm of Kurt Vonnegut
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Revisiting the realm of Kurt Vonnegut feels much like embracing an old friend after a long separation. His works feel comfortable, brimming with da...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2023
  • Length: 03:05
The oud
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book by Rachel Beckles Willson, called "The Oud: An Illustrated History." This book might be the first in-...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2023
  • Length: 27:42
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas at Sea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This holiday season on World Ocean Radio we return with a special reading of "Christmas at Sea", an evocative poem by Robert Louis Stevenson writte...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 04:03
Lies: The New Normal?
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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John Lennon wrote, “All I want is the truth. Just give me some truth.” In the movie A FEW GOOD MEN, Jack Nicholson’s character states, “ You can’t ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:00

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