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The term "Indo Rock" was worn by Indonese bands from Netherland during the music's peak from 1958 to 1968. Similar to the US-originated rock and r...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:59:38
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I must have fallen into the "Bobby" and "Billy" section of the music library because almost every musician featured tonight has one of those names....

  • Added: Jan 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:55:53
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of all singing about Shirley and pink "stuff."

  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:51:31
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Something happened to create such a fertile ground for Americana music in post WWII era of the 1950-70s of this show's focus. However whatever ser...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2015
  • Length: 02:49:20
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Off we go to the tree house in the sky full of jump rope songs, nursery rhymes, folk songs, tongue twisters, ring games, eefing, and lots more! So ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:52:38
Caption: The Chef in the Hat (left), host Katy Sewall, host Steve Scher, Credit: personal photo
Thierry Rautureau, aka The Chef in the Hat, is a James Beard award-winning celebrity chef in Seattle. He talks about life as a professional chef an...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:51
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Over the Back Fence is a community variety show that takes place the 2nd Friday of every month from March through November. The entertainment takes...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:19:16
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Summer is here again. . . Let’s celebrate the commencement of the hot and sweaty season with a batch of lovely sun soaked tunes. Join Winding River...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:49:41
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The 2nd hour of this week's portion of our Unconventional Meal series dives even further down the rabbit hole of songs that are so far off the rada...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
Caption: Sondra talking to photog, Credit: Sondra Celli
Gypsy bling, James Bond, Google Trends and brilliant business owners turn passion and personality into profit.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 20:03
Caption: The Seattle hip hop group Brothers From Another, Credit: Beno Picciano
A Weekday High jam session kicks off this musical podcast. Beno Picciano and Michelle Dutro interview people on University Way about being judged f...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:53
Caption: Do you see it? The Face that haunts Gargoyle Statuary in Seattle? The darkest splotch is his right eye...Hear more creepy tales on our Got Fear episode., Credit: Artur Sapek
It’s the Mixing …BOO! Gotcha. We’re talking fear today with Lizzie Kirschner and Artur Sapek. They take us face-to-face with a poltergeist at a loc...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:20
Caption: Marv Wilt at Broken World Records during MWMF 2014
On this episode of "The Live Feed" we visit with Winona musician Marv Wilt AKA Adam Wiltgen. Marv has described his music as dark cabaret, anti-fol...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 28:10
  • Purchases: 1
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I get to interview Progressive Rock guitar god Steve Howe, which musically transports me back to the 1970s when I first heard his band YES as a tee...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 06:53
Caption: Sarah Vowell signing books after a lecture at Lamar Univ. in Beaumont, Texas
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, and other musings.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:27
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Jewish songwriters like Irving Berlin and Mel Torme have penned some of the classic Christmas songs. And well-known Jewish singers like Barbra Stre...

Bought by Prairie Public and KPVL


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Singer / songwriter, Marc Imboden
Singer / songwriter Marc Imboden stops by the MEEP! Show!

  • Added: Aug 29, 2013
  • Length: 28:35
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We continue our coverage of Boats & Bluegrass 2012 with a phenomenal fiddler. This musician transforms himself into a one man band by utilizing a u...

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 47:01
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One month after the Mayan apocalypse of 2012, the Generation Anthropocene team of Leslie Chang, Mike Osborne, and Miles Traer chat about the relati...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 23:30
Caption: Joe Bev & Lorie Kellogg Read "Godot (Not Home) Revisited", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
A short fiction by Daws Butler, read by Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. Great for Samuel Beckett's birthday, the anniversary of "Waiting for Go...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 09:34
Caption: Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The Hutton Sisters, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM records of Marion & Betty Hutton.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WNMU-FM, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 55:54
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Joe Wenke
A former corporate speechwriter, Joe Wenke is the owner of a leading event marketing company. With his new book, he’s going to have a few more inte...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 15:15
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Enjoy this episode of Hanukkah songs you might not have heard that are definitely worth a listen!

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WKSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KRPS, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7