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Colin Meloy leads the orchestral pop outfit The Decemberists. He talks about an album that had a big impact on his music: Fleetwood Mac 'Tusk'

  • Added: Oct 05, 2007
  • Length: 07:26
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Texas honky tonk legend James Hand talks about an artist that had a big impact on his life: Dean Martin

  • Added: Oct 05, 2007
  • Length: 07:25
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New Orleanian Robin Baudier believes it was a blessing to live with her family in a FEMA trailer.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Sep 04, 2007
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
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Vermont businessman Jeffrey Hollender believes being present isn't easy but it is the best way to live life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jul 11, 2007
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Austinite Ruthie Foster is one part folk songwriter, one part soulful gospel singer. She talks about an album that truly changed her life: Stevie ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 10:18
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6 years ago producer Barbara Bernstein attended the 40th reunion of her sixth grade class. Not sure what to expect, she brought along a microphone ...

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Jun 20, 2007
  • Length: 20:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Joan Osborne scored big with a hit single in the mid-nineties and has since made a career of soulful, smart recordings. But she had already embark...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2007
  • Length: 06:05
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Massachusetts anesthesiologist Isabel Legarda believes every person and every breath is precious.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
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Austin producer and musical jack-of-all-trades, Gurf Morlix, talks about the artist that completely changed his life: Hank Williams.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Beach memories

  • Added: May 20, 2007
  • Length: 06:55
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Singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile talks about the LP she checked out of her local library...and never gave back: Elton John's "Tumbleweed Connection."

  • Added: May 16, 2007
  • Length: 11:00
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Ryan Kattner, better known as Honus Honus, front man for the strangely irresistible rock outfit, Man Man, talks about an album that changed his per...

  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: 10:15
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Tunde Adebimpe, arty lead singer from TV on the Radio, talks about the album he found in High School that changed his life: Sonic Youth's Daydream ...

  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 08:10
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Will Sheff, passionate and political songwriter from Okkervil River, talks about a kooky album that changed his whole approach to music: The Incred...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 09:51
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Singer/songwriter Trish Murphy talks about an album that changed her life: Emmylou Harris' "Blue Kentucky Girl."

  • Added: Mar 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:32
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Engineer Bill Nunan believes he needs God and science to understand the universe and our place in it.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WXLV-FM, and KJZZ


  • Added: Mar 29, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 4
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The influence of my childhood experience with college on my current desire for a degree.

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network and WQJC


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
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Jimmie Dale Gilmore talks about an album that changed his life - at the same time it was changing music as we now know it: `The Sun Sessions of Elv...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
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Frank Black, legendary front man of the Pixies, talks about the album that had the biggest impact on him - Iggy Pop's 1977 release "Lust for Life."

  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 06:14
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Singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin talks about one of her "desert island discs" - Richard and Linda Thompson's "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 06:57
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ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons shares an album that's still on his playlist, "Girls Go Wild" by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Swirling guitars, up-tem...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2007
  • Length: 04:24
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Lou Gehrig's Disease is robbing her of many things, but Catherine Royce believes she still has a choice.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
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Composer Joan Tower believes music nourishes us, encourages us to feel, and connects us to one another.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WEKU, KJZZ, and WABE


  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 5
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actress Rital Moreno reflects on her career.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
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Journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc faces mortality and loss in recordings she made during the last months of her father's life.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 11:33
  • Purchases: 12