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Born Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe in New Orleans right before the turn of the 20th Century, Jelly Role Morton is credited as one of the founding father...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 21, 2013
- Length: 03:01
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Kooky characters have lessened in number, so has our opportunity to pitch in and help them or to put up with a little misery or embarrassment from ...
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 06:20
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe illuminates the importance of those who will not settle for a glory in mediocrity, but who urge others to ...
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- Added: Jul 08, 2013
- Length: 03:00
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Singer, dancer, and bandleader, Cab Calloway is often referred to as the “hi- di -hi- di-ho” man. His nonsensical sounds and improvised melodies ma...
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- Added: May 27, 2013
- Length: 03:02
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Self taught pianist, Art Tatum is acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. Listen as Rabbi Neil discusses the life of the inn...
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- Added: May 27, 2013
- Length: 02:30
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Coming from a troubled childhood, Ella Fitzgerald found solace in music and song. Discovered at age 17, after singing in the style of the Boswell s...
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- Added: May 27, 2013
- Length: 02:54
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Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin discusses what it takes to lead a successful career as a singer when you're blind and how other sight-impaired...
- Added: Mar 16, 2013
- Length: 58:58
We sat down and talked with John Fullbright in front of a LIVE audience at the 2012 Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.
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- Added: Mar 07, 2013
- Length: 59:00
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CD Wright discusses the evolution of langauge in her poetry collections.
Sasha Pimentel reads a Poetic License highlighting the power of line brea...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 29:01
On this month's Tin Roof Project, it's acclaimed photographer Andrew Kilgore telling his own true story.
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Join us with poet and historian Bette Oliver as she discusses Piaf’s life; from her impoverished childhood raised in a Paris brothel by her grandmo...
- Added: Dec 17, 2012
- Length: 56:19
Transgendered vocalists Eli Conley and Ashey Moore talk about how singers can successfully negotiate the shift from singing as a male to singing as...
- Added: Nov 30, 2012
- Length: 59:00
By phone, Cathy Byrd talks with jazz pianist Jason Moran about improvising and the ways he collaborates with contemporary artists.
- Added: Oct 22, 2012
- Length: 14:47
Shanthi Siva is originally from India, and now lives in Rochester Minnesota with her family. She has a Masters Degree in English Language and Liter...
- Added: Aug 27, 2012
- Length: 01:46
John D. Shearer is an artist from Indiana that won his battle over a rare form of brain cancer. His multi-media show entitled “I’m Too Young For Th...
- Added: May 31, 2012
- Length: 09:37
In worlds of shattered dreams and broken hearts, Lily Yeh finds artful ways to mend, heal and renew. Born in mainland China and raised on Taiwan as...
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- Added: Dec 26, 2011
- Length: 55:02
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Paralyzed from the shoulders down and colorblind, Tim Lynn managed to become a talented painter whose work has hung in several San Francisco Bay Ar...
- Added: Oct 12, 2011
- Length: 11:14
“I understand Filipino Kulintang, it's melodic phrasing, how it moves linearly, very similar to how perhaps bebop moves in jazz…there’s a lot of si...
Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, 90.5 WSNC, and KFOK-LPFM
- Added: May 31, 2011
- Length: 10:53
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A Sculptor's Meditation in Granite
- Added: May 26, 2011
- Length: 05:08
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Jason Neulander is the director and creator of The Intergalactic Nemesis. He sat down with producer Rebecca McInroy to discuss his inspirations as ...
- Added: Jan 13, 2011
- Length: 10:09
On this edition of Art Beat, KQAL's Anna Flores visits with Winona State University professor and painter Vittorio Colaizzi, who recently had his w...
- Added: Oct 20, 2010
- Length: 20:36
Artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji sat down with producer Rebecca McInroy to discuss her inspirations, goals and life as an artist.
- Added: Sep 03, 2010
- Length: 08:12
Austin based filmmaker Geoff Marslett talks about his journey and vision as an artist.
- Added: May 28, 2010
- Length: 10:20
- Added: Apr 30, 2010
- Length: 01:29:59
Poet, Scholar and Artist Tomas Q. Morin talks about his life and career, and reads a few of his own works.
- Added: Mar 17, 2010
- Length: 10:59
