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Caption: A Bengali sign that asks visitors to wear masks during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
In a big shift from tradition the Oxford English Dictionary said 2020 is a “year which cannot be neatly accommodated in one word,” so maybe this ye...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Sugarbush Summer Stage, Fayston, VT 1995
Listening to the music of Phish over the past 3 decades brought me closer to both bluegrass and jazz than I ever could imagine while it was happeni...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
Caption: Joyce Yang, Credit: KT Kim
Synesthete Joyce Yang describes the colors of Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 31 as she plays.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:37
Caption: The New York Philharmonic performs at Bravo! Vail in 2019., Credit: Chris Lee
In Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony No. 3, his intention was to shock his audience.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:13
Caption: Dr. David Korevaar, Credit: Manfred Fuss
He wanted larger and louder. The stage was set for Beethoven, but being on the cusp of change had its challenges.

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
Cómo Ludwig van Beethoven proyectó una gran sombra sobre Haydn y Brahms, dos gigantes de la música que vinieron antes y después de él.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:14
Caption: Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
Beethoven’s teacher, Franz Josef Haydn, was eclipsed by the genius of his young student. Later, a young Johannes Brahms spent decades writing his f...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
En el apartamento de Ludwig van Beethoven se encontró una carta en un cajón secreto poco después de que el soltero de toda una vida muriera en 1827...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:40
Caption: Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
A letter was found in a secret drawer in Beethoven's apartment not long after the life-long bachelor died in 1827. It was a 10-page rough draft wri...

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Evelyn Glennie, Credit: James Callaghan/Courtesy of the Artist
La multipercusionista escocesa Evelyn Glennie ha estado completamente sorda desde los 12 años. Compartió con CPR Classical cómo una persona sorda p...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:07
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Tonight on the Live Feed we bring you a live performance from Minnesota native Levi Henry. Levi Henry is a singer/songwriter with his own unique st...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 27:50
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From the Road to the Places that contain the Cities wherein we now meet a bunch of People along the Bluegrass > Jazz musical continuum of sonic div...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
Caption: Zion Warbler 2009, Credit: Lindsay Swinger
Songs for when we're driving along and need some righteous bluegrass, jazz and related tunes to get us there.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
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Tonight on the Live Feed we hear from NUR-D. NUR-D is a Minneapolis hip hop artist, who's well, NERDY. His music centers around comic culture, scie...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2020
  • Length: 32:05
Caption: Happy Halloween from Up Close And Acoustic, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
Up Close And Acoustic presents ghost stories, wiches, fairies, and goblins to contend with for Halloween! Enjoy!

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:54
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome the jazz mandolin master, Don Stiernberg, and his quartet, with Andy Brown, Jim Cox and Phil Gratteau. Do...

Bought by WDCB and WLPR


  • Added: Sep 14, 2020
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Smugglers' Notch near Barnes Camp, Stowe, VT, Credit: Brian Aust
JazzGrass sounds of late summer.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
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With the news of Olivia de Havilland’s death this week coinciding with the Indian celebration of Rakhi Purnima, Sandip reflects on how the holiday ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Long-time mushroom enthusiast Andre Kohler takes us on a foraging trip through the Santa Monica mountains.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 02:28
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In the news recently, statues have been defaced and pulled down from their perches ala Saddam Hussein.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Summer's Spell, Credit: Julia Meek
Those lazy, hazy, crazy days have the power over us all this month--to hear what it sounds like, join us for the Folktale of Summer's Spell.

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


  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 8
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Grammy-nominated musician Raul Midón has never fit neatly into any category. A skillful singer-songwriter and guitarist, he melds African and Latin...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Songs to do with food in their title that span the shapeshifting sonic continuum between bluegrass music and the universe of jazz.

  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad.

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:55:33
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: David Grisman & Tracy Bigelow , Credit: - promotional photo for Goddard College benefit show, October 2018
I interviewed David Grisman and his wife, Tracy Bigelow, in October 2018 prior to their performance of a benefit concert at Goddard College, where ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40