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The Canadian Brass has dozens of holiday music recordings – in their most recent holiday CD, they continue their tradition of giving some familiar ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :21
Choosing a title for a new piece of music can be as tough as writing the very first note. Composer Michael Torke tries to avoid titles that push l...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :27
Like many composers Michael Torke worries about coming up with the right titles for his music. When he wrote "Javelin," he wondered if the title m...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :21
Composer Carl Maria von Weber is a favorite of clarinetists - including David Shifrin. Weber's Grand Duo concertante is, basically, 19th century s...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :20
The clarinet was most likely invented by Johann Christoph Denner in 1690. While Denner may have been the inventor, David Shifrin says it was Mozar...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :26
An interview with Professor Robert Wood on straight edge---why he studies it, his book on it, and some of the complexities and details of the culture.
- Added: Sep 13, 2007
- Length: 11:27
- Purchases: 2
- Added: May 18, 2007
- Length: 05:14
- Purchases: 1
Never-before released interviews with the late Dick Latvala, the first official archivist for the Grateful Dead.
Bought by KZYX
- Added: May 03, 2007
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
Two encounters with Jupiter, as we get a status report from Alan Stern on the eve of the New Horizons flyby, and we talk with folksinger Cheryl Whe...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM
- Added: Feb 26, 2007
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 2
A colorful history of the K numbers we use to keep tabs on Mozart's music.
Bought by WMNR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUT-HD, WCPN, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and more
- Added: Aug 28, 2006
- Length: 58:35
- Purchases: 7
- Added: Apr 18, 2006
- Length: 10:01
Four-part series that profiles opera star Denyce Graves, with interview excerpts
- Added: Feb 21, 2006
- Length: 20:01
- Purchases: 2
THE EMERGENCE OF BOB DYLAN traces the incomparable artist's rise to the world stage. First hour can stand alone.
Bought by Louisville Public Media, KVMR, WUTC, KSRQ, KRCB 104.9 and more
- Added: Dec 01, 2005
- Length: 01:57:55
- Purchases: 15
Exclusive interview with Sax Player Tim Ries discussing his new album and his experience working with the Stones
- Added: Nov 05, 2005
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 4
Shirley Horn passed away Oct. 20; listen to this tribute to her music.
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WEKU, KGOU, and 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Oct 24, 2005
- Length: 03:24
- Purchases: 4
Examines the use of the turntable in contemporary music.
Bought by KUOW, KVNF, KALW, KRUA, KXOT Public Radio and more
- Added: Oct 18, 2005
- Length: 52:55
- Purchases: 15
- Added: Oct 18, 2005
- Length: 52:55
- Purchases: 13
Episode two of The Wire, this show explores how the manipulation of recorded audio with magnetic recording tape changed music.
- Added: Oct 18, 2005
- Length: 52:55
- Purchases: 13
