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On this episode, we explore songs that challenged the stereotypes of Texas music. Though "country" music may be what the Lone Star State is most we...
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- Added: Jul 22, 2011
- Length: 56:24
- Purchases: 1
On this edition of Texas Music Matters, we take a behind the scenes tour of the award-winning PBS show Austin City Limits. This show features rare ...
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- Added: Jul 13, 2011
- Length: 54:27
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The musical ‘homage’ seldom gets the credit it deserves. Done artfully, the ‘cover song’ can both refer to the past and hint at a new direction fo...
- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 56:57
Question. How good has this year been for music? Well, let's put it this way: Recently, NPR Music decided there was no need to wait til the end of ...
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- Added: Jul 01, 2011
- Length: 54:40
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Today we'll honor some of the best known soul musicians from around the Lone Star State - as well as some hidden gems. Austin-based music journali...
- Added: Jun 17, 2011
- Length: 50:22
- Purchases: 2
Features a song from the nearly mythical forthcoming album by ZZ Top is leaked to the Space Station crew. Also new tunes by Austin’s Wooden Birds, ...
- Added: Jun 10, 2011
- Length: 55:07
On this edition of Texas Music Matters, we’ll talk with Travis Stimeling, author of “Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks,” about the music that transform...
- Added: Jun 03, 2011
- Length: 57:30
During this edition of Texas Music Matters, Austin’s Amy Cook takes on Janes Addiction, Suzanna Choffel debuts a new album, and we take on a new un...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM and NPR Illinois
- Added: May 27, 2011
- Length: 55:51
- Purchases: 2
Features the unreleased music of Birmingham/Austin rockers Monarchs, also Adele covers a Sam Cooke classic in Austin's historic Studio 1A, Paul McC...
- Added: May 20, 2011
- Length: 53:32
Features the music of Blues-belter Nakia as well as Steve Earle, Athens' Of Montreal, Austin guitar-legend David Grissom, Texas rockers The Couch, ...
- Added: May 20, 2011
- Length: 59:10
A look at concerts in the Kennedy White House, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, Delmarva Public Media, WLPR , KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 18, 2011
- Length: 08:14
- Purchases: 13
A look at changes in art policy during the Kennedy Administration, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, WABE, Delmarva Public Media, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more
- Added: Jan 18, 2011
- Length: 08:25
- Purchases: 11
At the end of October, Native Americans from around Massachusetts gathered to memorialize the tragic events that passed at Deer Island, one of the ...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WTIP
- Added: Nov 15, 2010
- Length: 05:04
- Purchases: 2
Filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev talks about truth, propaganda, and cover-ups in the life and death of Pat Tillman
- Added: Sep 01, 2010
- Length: 14:18
Spoofs have never been more popular. What makes parodies work and not work online? On this edition of the TippingPoint, we take a closer look.
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 30:37
‘Tis the season to buy and sell. We take a closer look at some of the current trends in retail online.
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 26:10
The snow has started to fall. What does the internet offer for amusement in the winter? Matisyahu, Charlie Brown, and curling in the same audio pla...
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 19:42
Are mashups the new metaphors– combining rather than comparing unlike things — as a commentary on our culture? How have mashups influenced and chan...
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 23:37
The Winter Olympics only comes around every four years, but fans of the peculiar sport of curling can find curling content online all year round. T...
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 04:46
- Added: Feb 03, 2010
- Length: 07:12
Critics pick the best music from the Lone Star State from the past year and peer into the crystal ball for 2010. The result is a sonic journey tha...
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 58:05
Charlotte-area small business Tyler 2 Construction is putting laid-off workers on "attached unemployment" and still paying their health insurance b...
Bought by Michigan Radio Economy Special and KUOW
- Added: Nov 23, 2009
- Length: 03:24
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Writer/director Oren Moverman and actor Woody Harrelson talk to Andrea Chase about their work on the anti-war film, THE MESSENGER
- Added: Nov 08, 2009
- Length: 07:27
One law firm in Nashville is training its younger, less expensive attorneys to take on trial work as clients look for ways to cut costs.
- Added: Oct 27, 2009
- Length: 04:07
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Steve Earle had a lot in common with his songwriting hero the late Townes Van Zandt. Both spent time in Houston, both played guitar and both had h...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Oct 08, 2009
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
