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Blue Dimensions L32: "Things Eternal" from Dan Wilson, and Kendrick Scott opening doors in the "Corridors"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from guitarist Dan Wilson, and the latest from drummer Kendrick Scott -- and two Beatles songs, one played by pianist Brad Mehldau.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KJZX-Austin, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 7/31/23)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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On the menu this week: A new cover from Dolly Parton A new version of Money from Roger Waters himself plus, new music from The Mountain Goats, Ple...

Bought by KHNS, KTNA, KSTK, KNBA, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 6
The music of Toby Driver
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2023
  • Length: 28:19
Blue Dimensions L31: Nite Bjuti, and Tony Allen's "Jazz Is Dead" album
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from a group of three women called Nite Bjuti ("Night Beauty") and the late drummer Tony Allen with a new album in the continuing "jazz I...

Bought by KKRN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
On Minimalism
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the great new book "On Minimalism," a reassessment of this musical movement full of primary-source documents and r...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2023
  • Length: 28:27
What White House COVID Coordinator Ashish Jha Learned on the Job
From: Tradeoffs
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Ashish Jha shifted from the role of academic theorizing about health policy into a calm, reassuring voice leading the White House’s COVID response....

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:54
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions L30: Evenings At The Village Gate with John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Three long, lovely tracks from the album "Evenings At The Village Gate," newly issued recordings of John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy recorded over a ...

Bought by KEOS, KMXT, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 7/17/23)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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Wowee! Getting down and funky this week with a SalmonFest 2023 preview special ep! We are sampling a seductive concoction of music from artists pla...

Bought by KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 6
Devo
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the book "Recombo DNA," an in-depth biography of the band Devo that focuses on th...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:31
episode 6: glacier thread
From: Theresa Soley
Series: Ice and Fire
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In the last full episode of the season, we travel to the Greenland ice sheet and hear from a researcher who collects data at the face of tidewater ...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 23:22
Blue Dimensions L29: Warren Wolf's "Chano Pozo: Origins" Is Not A Tribute To Chano Pozo
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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On his new album "Chano Pozo: Origins" Warren Wolf plays most of the instruments himself, though it's not the music of Chano Pozo. Marty Isenberg ...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WJSU and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Post-Punk San Francisco
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we discussed the book "Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age" b...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
Blue Dimensions L28: Steven Feifke's "Catalyst"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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The new album "Catalyst" by Steven Feifke is featured, plus songs from social media personality turned singer Dara Starr Tucker

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WRGY, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Bill Frisell
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about "Beautiful Dreamer," the first biography of guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Blue Dimensions L27: "The Sorrow Songs" of the Black British experience from Angeline Morrison
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs Of Black British Experience," music from folk singer Angeline Morrison about being black and growing up in and living...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
episode 5: acoustic refuge
From: Theresa Soley
Series: Ice and Fire
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We hear what makes tidewater glacier habitat an acoustic refuge, and why glaciers are important to other species in the ecosystem.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 19:11
episode 3: glacier walkers
From: Theresa Soley
Series: Ice and Fire
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We hear from Judy Ramos in Lingít Aaní. She tells us about the history of glacier travel in the region, and about the Spirit of the Glacier.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 24:28
The Mandorla Letters
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
"You do not have to do this alone": A History of Women's Advocates
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Sharon Rice Vaughn, one of the founders of Women's Advocates, Credit: Women's Advocates
The St. Paul nonprofit Women’s Advocates founded one of the first shelters in the country for women escaping domestic violence. It started in the e...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 06:46
Music for Prime Time
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we looked at the new book "Music for Prime Time," which documents the rich history of music writt...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Environmental Sound
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we responded to a listener request about trees by looking at environmental soundscape recordings,...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:35
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 6/5/23)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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On this week's episode, new tunes courtesy of M. Ward, Blonde Redhead, and Hiss Golden Messenger. Plus sampling some tracks out of Juneau & talking...

Bought by KHNS, KNBA, KSTK, Raven Radio, KTNA and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Songwriting Resources
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about our songwriting/composing club, an upcoming songwriting workshop about "four chor...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2023
  • Length: 27:29
International Drum Month
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about International Drum Month, and discussed just a few of the many books we have at t...

  • Added: May 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Milling the Urban Tree
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: City of Minnetonka forester Hannibal Hayes mills a log at the city's new saw mill., Credit: Timothy Foss
Amidst the Emerald Ash Borer crisis, the city of Minnetonka currently has a surplus of ash logs from 60,000 trees. Some Minnetonka foresters are wo...

  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 05:50

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