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Musicians' Memorial 4
From: Wind & Rhythm
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On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we remember those talented musicians and composers who passed away in 2022. We hear music of Ned Rorem, Pharoah Sa...

Bought by WUAL, RadioStPete Florida, Interlochen Public Radio, KWAX, KUCO and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 11
Desperation & Heartache Vol.2
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Why is it that songs of sorrow & woe make for such good bluegrass & jazz music?

  • Added: Oct 30, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:55
22-45 500 Years of Popular Music, Interviews: Manuel Barrueco, Kaare Norge, Andrew Zohn, Mark Cruz
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Manuel Barrueco Plays Lennon/McCartney, Credit: EMI Records
This week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features 500 years of popular music from Renaissance to present day, and interviews with Manuel Barr...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KXIQ , WUAL, WMRA, WHRV and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 56
#22-17 PCO Classical Meets Jazz
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Ken Peplowski and Portland Chamber Orchestra play works by Copland and Stan Getz.

Bought by WNIJ, KPOV, WVTF, KMUW, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 10
20 Years Falling
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The view from Robert Clark's studio in Brooklyn, Credit: Robert Clark
After 20 years in Afghanistan Sandip is left with the tragic ghosts of memory.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
A Tribute to Sammy Nestico
From: Wind & Rhythm
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If you listen to big band jazz, chances are good you’ve heard Sammy Nestico. On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we pay tribute to the memory of this...

Bought by WRTI, KWAX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMFA, WUAL and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 8
Primal Surprise
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Let’s go rambling with Ambrose Bierce on this new episode of Desert Oracle Radio. We shall get a few travel tips, too, in case we want to stop off ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bernstein Encore
From: Wind & Rhythm
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When Leonard Bernstein hosted the Young People’s Concerts in 1958, he started with the William Tell Overture and the black and white video captured...

Bought by 'The Sea', KTXK, WUAL, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KMFA


  • Added: May 07, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
Ashe Bhosle's onions
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Ashe Bhosle in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Once Asha effortlessly brought India to my kitchen in California. Now she transported me from a balmy night in a park in Kolkata to a foggy evening...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with Leon Bridges
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 06:07
Strength in Knowing Her Story: Linda LeGarde Grover
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Linda LeGarde Grover reading from her book "The Road Back to Sweetgrass."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Texas Music History: Townes Van Zandt
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the second week of March (3/7): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the states most gifted songwriters who went ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
A Day in the life of a Singing Telegram
From: Becky Palmstrom
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Becky Palmstrom follows a day in a life of a singing telegram and asks – who uses singing telegrams in the 21st century? This segment profiles Gran...

Bought by KUT and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat Goes On #108: "Time Has Told Me: The Songs of Nick Drake"
From: Travis Parkin
Series: The Beat Goes On
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A beautiful collection of songs written by one of the most influential songwriters of the past 50 years, Nick Drake. Program includes selections r...

Bought by KMUN and KWMR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 2