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The Swamp Kings Bring Louisiana Rhythms to Dulono's Pizza
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: The Swamp Kings, Credit: Nancy Harkness
People from all over are attracted to Louisiana Culture. As far as Louisiana music, the Swamp Kings have been mainstays in Minnesota for over a Dec...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Folktale of the 4 Elements
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of The 4 Elements, Credit: Julia Meek
Earth, water, fire & air--these are the "spiritual essences" this week's Folktale tracks, in the finest of musical tradition!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 8
The Live Feed Presents: The Winona Municipal Band July 6, 2016
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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It has been a summertime tradition for over 100 years on this episode of The Live Feed we bring you the Winona Municipal Band and their 2016 season...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 53:10
The Live Feed Presents: The Brothers Burn Mountain
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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We visit with a Duluth Based band The Brothers Burn Mountain at Historic Trempealeau Hotel. The brothers will share with us more about how they sta...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 39:24
The Live Feed Presents: Jeremy Messersmith
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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KQAL’s Muhammed Al-Rous is joined by Minneapolis, Minnesota act Jeremy Messersmith, to get an inside look on the trials and tribulations of songwri...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 33:52
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1535 (Hour 1 & 2) - 06/30/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Starting with a double play the first hour as tribute to late jazz giant Horace silver, we then cook with recent bebop and Chicago vibraphonist Jim...

Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WOUB, WKAR, WJSU and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 8
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1534 (Hour 1 & 2) - 06/23/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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It's got to be "Prez, Bird, Shearing or the Basie" according to top hipsters King Pleasure and Symphony Sid, singer and radio DJ respectively. The ...

Bought by WMOT, WJSU, WOUB, KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 7
TSR16-26 Belfast To Bluegrass
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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Perhaps the biggest new hit of last summer was this musical gem from the team of Severin Behnen, Stevie Matier and Bruce Burnside. Belfast to Blueg...

Bought by WTIP, KMXT, KALH, KSRQ, KMSU and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 11
radio UNLEASHED #1403
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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radio UNLEASHED runs wild through a beautiful field of tuneage. Our nose is always to the ground searching for the best new music, under-appreciate...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 54:07
radio UNLEASHED #1404
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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radio UNLEASHED runs wild through a beautiful field of tuneage. Our nose is always to the ground searching for the best new music, under-appreciate...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 55:25
The Post-Atomic Trio and its Improvisational Muse
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Post-Atomic Trio, Credit: Post-Atomic Trio
The name “Post-Atomic Trio comes from the groups fondness for using the word “post.” You know, like “post-modern.” Well that would fit them, too. I...

  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 07:18
Folktale of Superlatives
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Superlatives, Credit: Julia Meek
We all want the "bests' in life, and this week's Folktale is heading for the musical summit--we challenge you can step up to the plate with this "S...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 7
The Live Feed Presents: Space Monster
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed KQAL’s Mohammed El-Rous talks with Minneapolis-based jam band Space Monster about their musical inspirations, jour...

  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 35:10
Folktale of Financial Affairs
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Financial Affairs, Credit: Julia Meek
This week on Folktales, it's a world of finance we're investing in, through a most musical rate of exchange--you can bank on it!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , and WFIU


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 4
Folktale of Revenge
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Revenge, Credit: Julia Meek
Whether you believe in 'an eye for an eye', or 'turning the other cheek' there's musical recourse just for you--so don't get mad--get even--and be ...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 9
Folktale of Going Nowhere
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Going Nowhere, Credit: Julia Meek
A dead-end street is a good place to turn around--and that's the musical direction this week's edition of Folktales is headed--ready to follow along?

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, WLPR and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 6
Folktale of Grace
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Grace, Credit: Julia Meek
Ah, grace...it's a state we'd all like to be in, and a trait we can't ever get enough of--this week on Folktales, we're translating that sentiment ...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KCMJ Community Radio, WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 9
The Speed of Sound: Matthew Logan Vasquez (of Delta Spirit)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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After fronting Delta Spirit for the last decade, Matthew Logan Vasquez decided it was finally time to try out his solo side. Not that he has any p...

Bought by KUCB, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 3
Folktale of Animal Instinct
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Animal Instinct, Credit: Julia Meek
As Dr. Doolittle notes: "If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it..."--that's the conversation this folktale proposes--and to be sure, they...

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


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Shadows
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Shadows, Credit: Julia Meek
“There are moments when we all step away from the light," says author Gume Laurel III, and this week's Folktale of Shadows will show you what that ...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KCMJ Community Radio, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 8
The Speed of Sound: Matt Nathanson
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Matt Nathanson talks about his new record, Show Me Your Fangs, being part of Operation Smile and writing for a new feminist anthology, as well as b...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 18, 2016
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 3
Folktale of Communication
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Communication, Credit: Julia Meek
According to Chip Heath: “The first problem of communication is getting people's attention.” If we may have yours, this episode 'transmits' a sampl...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Cover Songs
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Cover Songs, Credit: Julia Meek
This week, our faders are primed and beats matched for a chart-topping Folktale of Cover Songs! Better tune in, if you catch my riff?

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 9
Folktale of Aeolus the Wind
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Aeolus the Wind, Credit: Julia Meek
"Always be in readiness for favorable winds"--that's an ancient Chinese proverb, and it fills the sails of this week's folktale w/ 'musical air cur...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
Captain Gravitone Brings Musical Circus to Dulono's Famed Acoustic Stage
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Captain Gravitone CD Cover, Credit: Al Fack
The group’s leader plays the banjo but this is no bluegrass band. It’s part acoustic group, part theatrical troupe and 100% fun. And it’s available...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 05:00

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