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Make Believe Ballroom - Broadcast 22
From: Jeff Bressler
Series: Make Believe Ballroom
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On this edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM – A special birthday song, a records heartache, first time ever recording, from the top to the bottom,...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2020
  • Length: 58:04
Make Believe Ballroom - Broadcast 12
From: Jeff Bressler
Series: Make Believe Ballroom
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A wonderful MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM this week as we visit Harry James and his lucky number, Les Brown and His Band of Renown seven decades of music, ...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
Make Believe Ballroom - Broadcast 1
From: Jeff Bressler
Series: Make Believe Ballroom
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The Make Believe Ballroom is a one hour program that features the music of the 1930s, 1940s and also occasionally delves into the early 1950s. The ...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:14
The Write Question - Mark Gibbons - 432
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Mark Gibbons discusses his collection, Mostly Cloudy. He also reads a few selections.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Lights on Broadway
From: Wind & Rhythm
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What are some of your favorite songs from the stage? This week on Wind & Rhythm, we feature melodies from Broadway. If you love musicals, you won...

Bought by Raven Radio, KAAD-LP, WUAL, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMFA and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 7
Radio-586-AZ-Roots-05-01-to-05-07-19-show-297
From: KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
Series: Radio 586 AZ Roots
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Guest is Angela Keeter and Mariachi’s who don’t take themselves too seriously. Her Music Facebook site is: “Angela Violin Music.” Host is Carl Wima...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
RDD: Without The Rain There Would Be No Rainbows
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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The Boys and Girls Club of Toledo was nominated to be on this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, but instead of heading back to Boys and Girls hea...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2019
  • Length: 06:17
Happy 90th Birthday Tintin!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy remembers his boyhood fascination with Hergé's famous comic, Tintin

  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Folktale of Courtship, Love and Folly
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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It's Cupid's bow pointing the way this week, and we're on a global quest for the very sweetest music for the occasion!

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


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 16
Folktale of Terms of Endearment
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Terms of Endearment, Credit: Julia Meek
"Darling" is an Old English petname--we hope you'll be one, and join us for the Folktale of Terms of Endearment.

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Quiet Storm (Week of August 7-13, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Jul 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
The Quiet Storm (Week of July 17-23, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
The Quiet Storm (Week of July 10-16, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Jul 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
The Quiet Storm (Week of July 3-9, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Jun 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
Holidays
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: John Clare and George Crumb, Credit: John Clare
We'll hear masterpieces for the holidays by George Crumb, Krzysztof Penderecki, Christopher Rouse, Samuel Barber, and Rick Sowash on this episode o...

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, WETS, and WGTE Public Media


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Folktale of Fatherhood
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Fatherhood, Credit: Julia Meek
This week's edition of Folktales declares 'hats off'' to all the Paters, Pops and Patriarchs we know, with a world of good music!

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


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 16
The Quiet Storm (Week of May 1-7, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: May 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
The Quiet Storm (Week of April 17-23, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1571 (Hour 1 & 2) - 03/09/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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A great combination is Tito Puente’s hot Latin jazz playing a Freddie Hubbard tune, format is pared down for Ray Brown and Jimmy Rowles. Mr. Brown ...

Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WKAR


  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
The Quiet Storm (Week of February 20-26, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz and Cool R&B From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Feb 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
RDD: Holidays at the Manor House
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this year's holiday special, The Rough Draft gets a behind-the-scenes look at Holidays at the Manor House-- a tradition that has been going on f...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 06:30
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1556 (Hour 1 & 2) - 11/24/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Two Blue Note sessions set the tone, Stanley Turrentine and Hank Mobley for our post-bop voicings. Two brand-new releases follow from trumpeter/voc...

Bought by WMOT, WYAP, WVBI-LP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
Double Albums
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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According to Rolling Stone magazine, this is the list of the top selling double albums in rock history.

Bought by KSKQ, WOUB, KPVL, WYAP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
David Letterman
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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David Letterman retired after hosting the longest running television talk show program in history. In this episode we feature a few of the best pe...

Bought by KPVL, WOUB, KSKQ, WYAP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Tiny trains, timeless tales at Hennepin Overland Railway Museum
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Every day the Hiawatha Blue Line light rail trains transport Minnesotans from Minneapolis to Bloomington for work, shopping, travel, and home again...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:00