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Bla Pahinui: Hawaiian singer and Guitar Player
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Bla Pahinui: Singer and Guitar Player, Credit: Jon de Mello | The Mountain Apple Company
Hawaiian singer and guitar player, Bla Pahinui, is known for his own distinct voice and for carrying on the legacy of his father, Gabby Pahinui, on...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 27, 2009
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 2
Daran Kravanh
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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After experiencing the horror of the Khmer Rouge experience, Daran Kravanh credits an accordion that appeared on a stump in a forest with saving hi...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:59
Wilma Pang
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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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
The Best of South by Southwest Music 2009
From: KUT
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From the Decemberists to the Heartless Bastards, from Department of Eagles and Vetiver to the Low Anthem, Asa and beyond...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KUNM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2009
  • Length: 55:04
  • Purchases: 6
Part 1 - the 18th Century
From: Richard Paul
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Classical music in the years before and just after the Revolution

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 15:02
  • Purchases: 1
Part 2 - the 19th Century
From: Richard Paul
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Classical music in American in the 19th Century

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 15:01
  • Purchases: 1
Part 3 - the 20th Century
From: Richard Paul
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Classical music in American in the 20th Century

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 13:51
  • Purchases: 1
Classical Revolution
From: Nathanael Johnson
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Young classical mucisians jamming in bars are drawing young audiences

Bought by WFUV and WILL


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 2
Steve Reich's Different Trains meets the Borromeo String Quartet -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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The Borromeo String Quartet tackles renowned composer Steve Reich's notoriously difficult "Different Trains for String Quartet and Tape" with stirr...

Bought by WBHM, WDAV Classical Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 3
Brazil: Beyond The Girl from Impanema
From: The Stanley Foundation
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David Brown explains Brazilian music's love/hate relationship with the global stage.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 05:06
All Eyes & Ears on 'All City' Student Band
From: NYCity News Service
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New York City's most talented student musicians are busy preparing for one of their biggest days of the year. Steve Pacer spent one morning with a ...

  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 03:55
Listening Live
From: NYCity News Service
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The city's rising cost of real estate and gentrification have forced some well-known music clubs to go silent. While venues come and go, bands are ...

  • Added: May 19, 2008
  • Length: 20:00
SXSW '08 Coverage - Future Clouds and Radar ( Artist Profile)
From: KUT
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The Reincarnation of an Austin Rocker

  • Added: Mar 13, 2008
  • Length: 04:49
SXSW 08 Coverage - Okkervil River
From: KUT
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Okkervil River is not a household name...yet.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2008
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 1
SXSW 08 Coverage - Roky Erikson
From: KUT
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One of the most stunning comebacks in the history of rock and roll...

Bought by PRX Remix and WMPG


  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 2
Bassist Lyle Ritz: Father of Jazz Ukulele
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Lyle Ritz "Father of Jazz Ukulele", Credit: Courtesy: Lyle Ritz
Ever since Lyle Ritz recorded the world's first jazz ukulele album in 1957, he earned the title, "Father of Jazz Ukulele." He was also a bass play...

Bought by PRX Remix, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and WYSO


  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 3
Jon Jang
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Jon Jang, composer and jazz pianist, who paved the way for Asian American jazz musicians.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2007
  • Length: 04:59
Hip-Hop "University"
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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North Carolina based hip-hop artist and his student-run label

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
Unperformable? A Punk/Kabuki Play
From: BSR Radio
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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
Last Call for Alcohol
From: KCUR
Series: KC Currents
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Jazz was born in Kansas City during the prohibition, but what happens when 1920s-era hangout stops serving liquor?

  • Added: May 02, 2007
  • Length: 06:46
An Interview with Lou Reed: Metal Machine Meditations
From: John Diliberto
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Underground rock icon takes a meditative trip

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Mar 27, 2007
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
CURIUM: E.E. CUMMINGS FRIED IN A HARD DRIVE
From: John Diliberto
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A POET GETS DIGITIZED

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSFR, KRUA, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2007
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 4
Black History Month (Musicians from Philadelphia): King Britt
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Musicians from Philadelphia
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A short profile of Philadelphia born DJ, remixer and record producer King James Britt

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Black History Month (Musicians from Philadelphia): Solomon Burke
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Musicians from Philadelphia
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Soul Singer Solomon Burke has had something of a comeback since his days with Atlantic in the 1960's. Tracey Tanenbaum profiles "the King of Rock ...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1
Black History Month (Musicians from Philadelphia): Poet Ursula Rucker
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Musicians from Philadelphia
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Poet Ursula Rucker sets her smooth voice and sharp tongue to dance-worthy music.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2007
  • Length: 04:59