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Avner Dorman
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Avner Dorman, Credit: avnerdormanmusic.com
We’ll hear music and new releases from composer Avner Dorman on today’s What’s New.

Bought by KMUN, WETS, WGTE Public Media, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KHSU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 5
At The Water's Edge, Wet by Jonathan Bernstein
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Callie Thorne
Starring Jeremy Shamos and Callie Thorne, in the short-play At The Water’s Edge, Wet, a Production Stage Manager and his Sound and Light Board oper...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 20:18
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1615 (Hour 1 & 2) 01/11/2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Fortunately the efforts of a metaphysical figure from decades ago stay pertinent and top-of-mind. Take Rahsaan Roland Kirk and his ‘60s flute groov...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, WJSU, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2018
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1614 (Hour 1 & 2) 01/04/2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Cleared for takeoff in a new broadcast year is Charles McPherson on sax with the first flight out, the descent tracked by pianist Russell Schmidt. ...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WVBI-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WMOT, Troon Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 8
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1607 (Hour 1 & 2) - 11/16/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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From Brazil, and vocal royalty, comes Marie Rita (daughter of Elis Regina) then straight into the purest Cuban/Puerto-Rican rhythms one could hope ...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WMOT, KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, WJSU and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 8
Philosophy
From: Doug Hillyard
Series: Doug the Jitterbug's Audio Collage
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Guiding thoughts to live by. All sorts of music and one spoken word (Martin Luther King Jr).

  • Added: Nov 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:58:46
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1600 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/28/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Stimulating polytonal energy with Roy Hargrove counts off our downbeat, my kind of jazz in the NOW. Respect to tradition, but no napping here, Lizz...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WJSU, WMOT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 6
After Watching 5,000 Films, Al Milgrom Is Making His Own
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In the 1960s, Al Milgrom brought international cinema to the U Film Society in Minneapolis, allowing locals to bask in the French New Wave. During ...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
Episode 17: Stephin Merritt
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
Caption: Stephin Merritt, Credit: Marcelo Krasilcic
The Naked American Songbook went LIVE with singer-songwriter-producer-genius Stephin Merritt, the force behind at least one indie-cult classic grou...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 1
LAUGHING AT LIFE
From: H. William Stine
Series: TURNTABLE FOR ONE
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They say laughter is the best medicine - although how effective is it really against, say, a broken leg, snake bite, or poison ivy? But if you're l...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sock it to me: 50 years after Monterey Pop, a teenaged photographer's historic takeaway
From: Valerie Hamilton
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A teenaged photographer took a road trip to the Summer of Love and captured a piece of rock and roll history. TRT 4:00; remainder is optional music.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Jun 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1
For Some Reason by Sophia Schumacher
From: Kim Crow
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I'm eighteen and for some reason I can't be on time.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:22
Lonely Hearts Cub #10
From: KXCI
Series: Lonely Hearts Club
Caption: Bridgitte in Downtown Tucson, Credit: Piamedea photography
Bridgitte’s back with her 10th episode.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 19:00
Musician's Spotlight Promo - Izaak Opatz- 642
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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A recent guest on the program as the lead singer for the Best Westerns, native Montanan Izaak Opatz returns to Musician’s Spotlight to highlight a ...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2017
  • Length: :45
LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE
From: H. William Stine
Series: TURNTABLE FOR ONE
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Are things happening too fast? Is the world changing too fast? Am I coming to my point too fast? (Not likely) Sounds to me like you're ready to exp...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
"Captain Underpants" creator Dav Pilkey visits The Roadhouse
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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What does children's book author Dav Pilkey have in common with Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, and Maya Angelou? His books, like theirs, appear on the...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 16:13
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1547 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/22/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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After honking & screaming w/Germany’s Rhythm Bomb Records, Chet Baker croons & plays one then we bring in Sherry Baker, a jazz enthusiast who has b...

Bought by WJSU, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WKAR


  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 4
160917 Originators of Americana Music - Wild Jimmy Spruill and Doc Pomus
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Playing off our usual catch phrase of, "Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of," tonight we will focus on music you've heard b...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2016
  • Length: 03:23:48
FAQs: All Questions, No Answers
From: H. William Stine
Series: TURNTABLE FOR ONE
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Want to take a break from the babble of people who have answers for everything but solutions for nothing? How about an hour of great singers asking...

Bought by WTJU, WTIP, and WRGY


  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
EPITAPHS: Having The Last Word
From: H. William Stine
Series: TURNTABLE FOR ONE
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Ever thought about what people will say about you after you're gone? Are you thinking about it now? Would you like to have the last word, even thou...

Bought by WTJU and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Everything you wanted to know about World's Best Donuts
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Caption: World's Best Donuts, Grand Marais, Minn.
Everybody loves Grand Marais' World's Best Donuts--so WTIP's Julie Carlson invited second- and third-generation donut makers Dee Brazell and Stacey...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 23:54
STALKER WEEK
From: H. William Stine
Series: TURNTABLE FOR ONE
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On Turntable For One I try my best every week to bring in new audiences, new listeners. But there is one audience I've overlooked, probably because...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Father/Daughter Poets, Willis and Aliki Barnstone
From: New Letters on the Air
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Father and daughter poets Willis and Aliki Barnstone share their work, talk about how they influence each other, and read from poems old and new.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Live Feed Presents: Gospel Machine
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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This group from north east Minneapolis describes themselves as a garage gospel band; a little bit soul, a little bit rock and roll. KQAL’s Mohammed...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:26:49
  • Purchases: 1
Lonely Hearts Club #8
From: KXCI
Series: Lonely Hearts Club
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Oh Brother! It's a lovesick kind of month.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 25:01

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