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On this episode, we talked about YouTube music influencer Andrew Huang's foray into the music book world, "Make Your Own Rules,' a book packed with...
- Added: Jun 08, 2024
- Length: 27:27
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
On this episode, we talked about the book "Subcontinental Synthesis," a collection of essays that document a brief period where a Moog Synthesizer ...
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- Added: Mar 16, 2024
- Length: 28:52
- Purchases: 1
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
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
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
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we discussed a new book that delves into the discography of Aphex Twin, a pioneer in IDM and dril...
- Added: Oct 14, 2023
- Length: 27:47
Folk Salad looks at First Nations Artists like Joy Harjo, Callie Bennett, Redbone, Samantha Crain, Kalyn Fay, Raye Zargozza, Robbie Robertson, Jess...
- Added: Sep 25, 2023
- Length: 58:59
Producer Alex Chambers investigates the new bell tower outside the radio station windows, learning the history of carillons, and reflecting with th...
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- Added: Oct 26, 2022
- Length: 18:41
- Purchases: 1
The Bill Simenson Jazz Orchestra’s instrument lineup looks like a typical big band, but that’s where the similarity ends. Bill Simenson leads a gro...
- Added: Sep 17, 2018
- Length: 08:00
This time we profile Floyd Jones, a serious and thoughtful songwriter, who was in the studio for Chess Records in 1951.
- Added: Apr 28, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile guitarist Big Joe Williams and harmonica ace John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, who last recorded together, this week in 1947.
- Added: Apr 27, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Robert Johnson, who made his recording debut the week of Thanksgiving, 1936.
- Added: Apr 20, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Big Maceo, who recorded his “magnum opus” — the barnstorming instrumental “Chicago Breakdown” — this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 11, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile the Memphis Jug Band, whose 1929 recording, “K.C. Moan,” was one of the 84 selections on the “Anthology of American Folk Music.”
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Joy Ann Parker’s vocal stylings have always been kind of bluesy and jazzy. But recently Joyann’s Patsy Kline tribute show, the iconic country singe...
- Added: Apr 04, 2018
- Length: 08:00
This time, we profile Sid Hemphill, who was recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress, this week in 1942.
- Added: Mar 31, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Tuesday night is reserved for big bands at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis. And every month, the Bill Simenson Orchestra is one of the groups t...
- Added: Mar 29, 2018
- Length: 08:00
Today there is a wave of interest in Ballroom Dance. Chino Latino gives these social dance specialists the music they need to dance to distinctive ...
- Added: Mar 29, 2018
- Length: 08:00
This time, we profile Eddie Boyd, who recorded the only national chart hit for Chicago's J.O.B. label, this week in 1952.
- Added: Mar 18, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Sleepy John Estes, who ran into a little difficulty making his way to a recording session in New York City, this week in 1938.
- Added: Mar 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Pavel Jany (Yanny) is known as one of the Twin Cities’ leading jazz guitarists. His most recent recorded project is called Acoustic Condition. On t...
- Added: Oct 12, 2017
- Length: 08:00
Pavel Jany (Yanny) is known as one of the Twin Cities’ leading jazz guitarists. His most recent recorded project is called Acoustic Condition, and ...
- Added: Oct 12, 2017
- Length: 08:00
Charanga Tropical is led by Twin Cities sax and flute player, Doug Little. Doug began studying Cuban music in 2002, and founded Charanga Tropical i...
- Added: Oct 06, 2017
- Length: 08:00
Charanga Tropical is led by Twin Cities sax and flute player, Doug Little. Doug began studying Cuban music in 2002, and founded Charanga Tropical i...
- Added: Oct 06, 2017
- Length: 08:00
