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Listening to Ladies: Whitney George
From: Elisabeth Blair
Series: Listening to Ladies
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New York City-based composer and conductor Whitney George talks about rebellion in the bathtub, the relative loudnesses of sexism, and the beauty i...

  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 24:19
radio UNLEASHED #1451
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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Three broadcast-ready segments with out-cues (one hour total) of weekly new music show, radio UNLEASHED, based out of Woodstock NY.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 55:52
  • Purchases: 1
radio UNLEASHED #1450
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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Three broadcast-ready segments with out-cues (one hour total) of weekly new music show, radio UNLEASHED, based out of Woodstock NY.

Bought by KSRQ and KHNS


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 55:06
  • Purchases: 2
The Guestlist: Radiolab's Jad Abumrad and Les Savy Fav's Tim Harrington
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
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Les Savy Fav frontman Tim Harrington explains the importance of casual brilliance in his approach to art. Radiolab creator Jad Abumrad talks about ...

Bought by KWIT, KBBI Alaska, and WLPR


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
radio UNLEASHED #1449
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 55:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Guestlist: Craig Finn and Cameron Esposito
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
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Craig Finn discusses his journey as a songwriter from Lifter Puller and The Hold Steady to his solo work. Cameron Esposito talks about her journey ...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KWIT, and WLPR


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
170408 The Bert Berns Sound ... Louie Louie!
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The musician, song writer and music producer, Bert Berns, was another Brill Building character. Not loveable nor a scamp, he was more of a garden ...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 01:41:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Guestlist: Grandmaster Flash and King Khan
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
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Grandmaster Flash, the man who essentially invented hip hop as we know it today, talks about his earliest days in the Bronx. Garage rocker King Kha...

Bought by RADIOLEX and WLPR


  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
radio UNLEASHED #1447
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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Three broadcast-ready segments with out-cues (one hour total) of weekly new music show, radio UNLEASHED, based out of Woodstock NY.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 1
Bands That Released one Album
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Successful bands that put out one album then called it a wrap.

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, WYAP, KKWE Niijii Radio, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
170401 Hoosier Daddy
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music from the 1950s to 1970s that you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. All the non-hits and non-oldies that influenced America...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2017
  • Length: 04:24:49
radio UNLEASHED #1446
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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Three broadcast-ready segments with out-cues (one hour total) of weekly new music show, radio UNLEASHED, based out of Woodstock NY.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 55:16
  • Purchases: 1
170325 Lancelot Link and Chuck Barris
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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In the desolate wasteland of 1970s television were unexpected niches of ... something goofy. For me, it was Saturday mornings with Lancelot Link, ...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:49:55
radio UNLEASHED #1444
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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Three broadcast-ready segments with out-cues (one hour total) of weekly new music show, radio UNLEASHED, based out of Woodstock NY.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 18, 2017
  • Length: 55:49
  • Purchases: 1
170311 Ellie May Clampett Sings!
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Ellie May Clampett in classic The Twilight Zone episode where her cosmetic surgery fails to make her look like an actress from General Hospital
With the end of Daylight Savings Time happening during the third hour of my show, The Little Red Corvette, Jennifer Brady, tells me that I will be ...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:50:57
170225 Dance Music
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Before rock and roll became a self-aware mush, its predecessor musics were about getting people to dance. The listener's attention was not on the ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 02:52:43
Icicles on the tiki bar -- winter on a Great Lakes island
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Ice fishing shanties sit on Lake Erie in 2011, Credit: Caroline Conrad
The town of Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie’s South Bass Island is a popular vacation spot in the summer. But once winter hits, the island’s population dr...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WBFO and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 6
170218 A Show Host's Anxiety Dream
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Flotsam with a bit of the Jetsons. Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. The music that inspired rock and roll. All the n...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:12:12
The Guestlist: Matthew Houck of Phosphorescent and Josh Gondelman
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
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Phosphorescent frontman Matthew Houck discusses his need for solitude when writing music and the difference between a musical palace and a musical ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KBBI Alaska, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
170128 Radio Musical Newsical
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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First half hour includes the show's title about a musical news story. Unfortunately, I still need to get my recording of it. Let's call this epi...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:15:35
170121 The "T" Section of My Record Library
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of but are filed under "T" in my music library. First 20 minutes of the show are missing...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:25:57
170204 The Bowling Green Massacre and Early Australian and Canadian Rockers
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Collector's music from the 1950 to 70s with the type of quirky presentation you might expect at midnight from the French Quarter of New Orleans. Y...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:03:32
The Guestlist: Say Yes and Deltron 3030
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
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You'll hear the first installment of a special podcast miniseries from The Guestlist all about the late singer/songwriter Elliott Smith as his land...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 02, 2017
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
radio UNLEASHED #1436
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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Three broadcast-ready segments with out-cues (one hour total) of weekly new music show, radio UNLEASHED, based out of Woodstock NY.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 55:09
Episode 16: Sheldon Harnick
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
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Julian asks "How do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume?" As usual, the solution here is music.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1

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