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WoodSongs 947: Ukulele Night!
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Andrew Molina on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, it's a celebration of the ukulele with musicians from across the country.

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KDLG, WVRU and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 20
Leonard Bernstein, his Mass, and Mahler's Fifth--according to Ted Libbey
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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In honor of Bernstein’s 100th birthday (August 25), we turn to Ted Libbey, a music scholar who knew the American icon well. Since there’s so much g...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2018
  • Length: 13:47
Laura Ann Singh: Blossoming of a Wildwood Flower, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Laura Ann Singh, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Laura Ann Singh, as her very name suggests, seemed destined to sing. In the Kingsport, Tennessee home where she grew up music was ever-present. Her...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 26:21
Fathers Encore
From: Wind & Rhythm
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Whether it's with a father, a grandfather, or a father-figure, celebrating this Father's Day connects us the same way music connects the listener w...

Bought by 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), KAAD-LP, and KMFA


  • Added: Jun 15, 2018
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 4
Elaine on Main
From: Ilana Weinstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Naomi Turner remembers her late friend Elaine Chase of Orleans, MA.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: :52
  • Purchases: 1
Surprised by Joy
From: Wind & Rhythm
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C.S. Lewis wrote the book “Surprised by Joy” in 1955. It’s a fascinating story, but it is the feeling of joy that fills this episode of Wind & Rhyt...

Bought by KTXK, KRZA, WUAL, and KMFA


  • Added: Dec 25, 2017
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 4
Folktale of Generosity
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Generosity, Credit: Julia Meek
"A thing is bigger for being shared." (Gaelic proverb) Musical proof's being shared this week, on WBOI's Folktale of Generosity

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, 'The Sea', WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Roe Family Singers Headlines at Roseville's Mosquito Jam this Sunday
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The Roe Family Singers is a real musical phenomenon. It’s not only that they play really old music for modern audiences. After modest beginnings a ...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
radio UNLEASHED #1462
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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Three broadcast-ready segments with out-cues (one hour total) of weekly new music show, radio UNLEASHED, based out of Woodstock NY.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 55:44
Summericious
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Summer in the North Country is short. It's also exquisite, lush, redolent, beautiful and so very green. Celebrate the deliciousness of the season ...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 01:56:32
Viva Mexico!
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: John Clare and Alondra de la Parra, Credit: Chris Shull
We’ll celebrate hear music and musicians from Mexico on this episode of What’s New!

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Listening to Ladies: Dolores White
From: Elisabeth Blair
Series: Listening to Ladies
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Composer Dolores White talks about some of her experiences of segregation, the importance of having access to a broad cultural education, and why e...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 30:20
Folktale of Motherhood
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktales, Credit: Julia Meek
A mother's work is never done--and this week's Folktale celebrates the love, spirit and dedication of mothers, daughters & grandmothers around the ...

Bought by WFIU, WNMU-FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 15
Live Art Sounds of the Human Soul Part 6
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Erin Frye and Charles, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Live Art, sponsored for the past three years by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), is the only program of its kin...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 27:38
Joni Mitchell on Illusions
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don’t know why I seem to bring that out in people." - Joni Mitchell as told to Joe Smith ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 3
WoodSongs 786: Roni & Donna Stoneman and Doug Seegers
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Fiddlin John Maupin is only 8 years old and our WoodSongs Kid of week.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes one of the great banjo masters of our time Roni Stoneman plus brilliant 6...

Bought by KENW, RadioFreePalmer, WOUB, WLIW, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 5
Sairam Has Perfect Pitch
From: Désirée Bayonet
Caption: Sairam Has Perfect Pitch, Credit: Megan Gabriel
This is a story about music and family and survival. Though not necessarily in that order.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 09:20
A Conversation with Composer, Robert Ward
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Toward the end of his life, Robert Ward discussed his remarkable career in music. [29:15]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1
Sonny Newman, Tango Master
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: Sonny teaches tango
Not many of us get to live our dream and do what we love for work. Sonny Newman is the exception. He charted his own course and along the way, disc...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 07:53
NEA Jazz Moments with Lorraine Gordon [second installment]
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three more short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, LORRAINE GORDON. In this batch, we learn about when Lorraine met Monk, her early days in...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, KBEM, WRTI, KCSM and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 12
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 200 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: NPR's White House Correspondent Ari Shapiro, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
ARTHUR BRADFORD - Documentarian ARI SHAPIRO - NPR's White House Correspondent THOMAS LAUDERDALE - Pianist for Pink Martini SARAH JACKSON-HOLMAN ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 22, 2012
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 158 NEWSHOLE encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Filmmaker Curt Ellis, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include Filmmaker/Co-Founder of FoodCorps, Curt Ellis, Storyteller Katrina Scotto di Carlo, Canadian musician, Dan Mangan.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2012
  • Length: 54:49
A Conversation with Sebastian Ruth
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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2010 MacArthur Fellow Sebastian Ruth talks about the community-based arts organization he founded, Community MusicWorks, which won a 2010 National ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:12
  • Purchases: 1
The heartbeat of a Middle Eastern drummer
From: KALW
Caption: Percussionist Mary Ellen Donald
When Mary Ellen Donald was eight years old, she fell in love with the piano. Around that same time, she was also diagnosed with macular degeneratio...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:12