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Andy Truscott speaks with Deb DeHart (Wilmington, DE), the founder of The Yuletide Singers. The Yuletide Singers are an ensemble of highly experie...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 20:16
Caption: A still from the official ABBA Voyage website, Credit: http://abbavoyage.com
In a bitterly polarized world bristling with fake news, cancel culture and troll armies, Abba reminds us that being likable is not somehow a mark o...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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Carl Wiman is host, interviewing exchange students from Department of State as Ambassadors for Peace. A double play from Sonido Global is followed ...

  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we talk to Kenny Broberg, silver medal winner at the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. We talk to Kenny...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 12:50
Caption: Skippy White and Marc Siegel
Physical record stores have made a comeback in recent years, but there's one in Boston that never went away. At Skippy White's CDs & Records, owner...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 21:17
Caption: Albany Symphony Orchestra musicians Jamecyn Morey and Mitsuko Suzuki at Lock E-2 in Waterford, N.Y. , Credit: Gary David Gold
The Albany Symphony is holding a series of concerts in towns along the Erie Canal, to mark the beginning of construction in July, 1817.

Bought by WCMU Michigan, WCPN, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: The ensemble cast of Monsoon Wedding, Credit: Photo courtesy Kevin Berne/Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Monsoon Wedding by Mira Nair was an unlikely hit in 2001. A movie set in India but not a British Raj nostalgia film. Nor a Passage to spiritual Ind...

  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
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Elizabeth “Libba” Cotton’s “Freight Train” was the unofficial anthem of the 1960’s folk music revival. Joan Baez, Peter Paul and Mary, and Jerry Ga...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 12:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tony & the Crew of Acme Silver Plating.
Tony was young, living in the small Western Colorado Town of Montrose...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
Caption: Our tour guide: Christopher Verdosi, assistant costume director, Credit: David Boyer
San Francisco seems to jump at any excuse to throw off daily wear in favor of something more theatrical. That explains why around 2500 people showe...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 1
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Nammy nominee Joseph Strider, Author Debra Borys, and Brown Dog by Jim Harrison ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Grammy nominee Kevin Lucas, Musical Phenomenon Sydni Alexander, and The Severed ...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:20
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Author Amy McGuire, Grammy Winner Joanne Shenandoah, and the audiobook Winter of th...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:20
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Country Stars Josey Milner and Amy Rose.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 57:59
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On Saturday mornings, any number of jazz musicians can be found tucked away in tunnel in Golden Gate Park, improvising melodies and wooing passers-...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 05:58
Caption: The Harlan Twins, Credit: Chaz Mottinger
The music of Pittsburgh's own rockers, The Harlan Twins, rings true, "I can't be blue in Bloomfield."

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:33
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In Washington, D.C., just about every recreational activity manages to get turned into a team sport — wiffleball, shuffleboard, even karaoke. Distr...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 02, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Whut are YOU lookin at?
You know what it 'feels' like. You might even know what it smells like, or tastes like. Let's focus on what it sounds like, shall we? Join the a...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 55:18
Caption: Louie Gonnie
Shirley Sneve speaks with Navajo singer Louie Gonnie.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KKWE Niijii Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSQM 91.5 FM, KWIS 88.3 FM and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 6
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Join some of public radio's sharpest music experts as they explore the 'must-see' artists coming to South-by-Southwest Music 2010!

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2010
  • Length: 59:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Wilma Pang, Professor at San Francisco City College, shares the influence of Chinese opera, a rapidly-disappearing art form, wherever she can. Pan...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:58
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The story of a new interpretation of the Kabuki play "Drum of the Waves of Horikawa," approaching the text from a punk-rock perspective.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 07, 2007
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 2