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Ghalia Volt's solo album truly shows her musical and creative gifts as a very talented musician.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:56
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Americans on the East Coast were in awe when Brood X, an enormous group of 17-year cicadas, suddenly emerged from underground to mate. Melissa Gerr...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode focuses on Mahler’s Second Symphony in C minor (1894), delving into Mahler’s gigantic musical exploration of life, death, and what lie...

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU, WMNR, WGTE Public Media, WDAV Classical Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2021
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 6
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On today's program we honor the life and legacy of civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs through the lens of the documentary film, American Revolut...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jason Berry
Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Jason Berry joins Gwen with fascinating stories and characters populating New Orleans’ cultural and mu...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
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Lowell Fulson was a blues icon with a great history and is still an influence today to many blues musicians.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:47
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Newest release from a Blues veteran, Nora Jean Wallace, who has been missing in action for the past 16 years.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:59
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The first electric Blues artist to use a Fender Stratocaster given to him by Leo Fender himself.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kevin Clash, Credit: Kevin Clash
Kevin Clash made Sesame Street’s Elmo the global phenomenon he is today.  He worked with The Muppets starring as Clifford, who went on to host Mupp...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 01:34:21
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Billy F. Gibbons has best been identified with his band ZZ Top. Well, here he is displaying his true color being BLUE.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 58:39
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Recorded at Decca Studios late one night into the early morning hours in 1947, three Chicago musicians reminisced their former times in early 20th ...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:52:28
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Sugar Ray Norcia and the Bluetones featuring (the late) Little Charlie Baty

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
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A classic rocker's take on some songs of Muddy Waters.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 1
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A great Blues band from Swanton, Vermont, The Nobby Reed Project is one all blues enthusiasts should hear!

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:09
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What is a citys economy for? New York Citys economy has been very good at piling up private wealth and building tall buildings but its done less we...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KDNK


  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
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This episode focuses on Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D major (1888), taking listeners back to the work’s origins in the street songs, folk tunes and ...

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU, WMNR, WGTE Public Media, Classic107.3, and WMNR


  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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The JSP Records label recently released a new album of unreleased material of Chicago's Bluesman Fenton Robinson which was recorded in England and ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:56
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Dion has been in the music business for over 60 years. For the past decade he's turned his attention to the Blues and recently came out with a new ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:57
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We explore peacemaking strategies for law enforcement officers who are trying to respond to persistent calls from citizens to address repeated high...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Tony Urbano, Credit: Tony Urbano
Tony Urbano is a puppeteer who was trained by and worked with master puppeteers such as Ralph Chessé and Bil and Cora Baird. Tony turned down a job...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:37:03
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Women Rising Radio #40 explores the global women's movement to resist the violence and greed of capitalism. A women-led village in Kurdish Syria e...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A Multi-talented established artist who sings blues and jazz.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:43

  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Jay Johnson, Credit: Jay Johnson
Ventriloquist Jay Johnson became a household name starring on the sitcom Soap as ventriloquist Chuck Campbell. He later went on to win a Tony Awar...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:16:36
Caption: Ronnie Burkett, Credit: Ronnie Burkett
I talk to master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett, who is teaching a Master Class at the 2020 National Puppetry Conference, about his thoughts on the Confe...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 24:37