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Twin Cities Flamenco Collective Performs Next Sunday at Icehouse in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Twin Cities Flamenco Collective, Credit: Acer C. Wang
The Twin Cities Flamenco Collective continues at Icehouse in Minneapolis, Sunday March 17. It features its cast of local players as well as a singe...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Annual Minneapolis Battle of Jug Bands Presented Next Weekend
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The February 17th – 18th weekend brings the annual battle of Jug Bands to 2 Minneapolis venues. Saturday February 17 from 3 till 7 at Palmer’s Bar ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Swedish Band Tjärnblom Celebrates New CD
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Tjårnblom, Credit: Erika Pirness
Tjärnblom celebrates its third CD, “Woods,” and a new member, cellist Erin Walsh, joining Val Eng on the harmonium, mandolinist Joe Alfano and nyck...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Tjärnblom Celebrates New CD w ith Performance this Friday at the American Swedish Institute
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Tjårnblom, Credit: Erika Pirness
Tjärnblom celebrates its third CD, “Woods,” at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, this Friday at 7PM. But this new project marks big ch...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Full Moon Hacksaw #1907 (Hour 1 & 2) - 08/17/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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This episode is chock full of vintage vinyl, some of it shifted shellac. Take for instance a small Count Basie group recorded by John Hammond pre W...

Bought by KMXT, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WEJP-LP 107.1, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Mila Vocal Ensemble Sings Eastern European Folk Songs Learned from Traditional Singers
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Mila, Credit: Larry Morisette
Members of the Mila Vocal Ensemble have been singing together for over 40 Years. Today, Mila is a group of nine women who travel to eastern Europe ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Constant Wonder - The Unfinished Story of America's Anthem
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A true national anthem isn't set by law: it's chosen by the people and often emerges out of conflict.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - Snowfall, Snowflakes, and Ice Instruments
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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How snowfall fits into climate change, snowflake science, and instruments fashioned from ice actually work...and sound good!

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 27, 2022
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - From the Streets to Symphony Hall: The Improbable Backstory of a World-Class Tuba Player
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A young Black boy from Baltimore survived childhood neglect to become a professional tuba player.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Twin Cities Iranian Culture Festival Delivers Many Kinds of Iranian Music This Weekend in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Twin Cities Iranian Culture Festival, Credit: Ensi Hohammed
The 2022 Twin Cities Iranian Culture Festival takes place this Friday through Sunday at Squirrel Haus in Minneapolis. It presents music and other a...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Queen
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish for liturgical and secular music about, and by Jewish queens.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lady J Griot Performs at Pagan Pride Festival this Saturday at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Lady J Griot and the Root Doctors, Credit: Dennis Maddix
Lady J Griot and her Root Doctors not only play the blues, but tell of the connections with African religion, philosophy and folklore. The group pe...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
World Bridges - 22 - 46 Host: Tom Berich
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Join host Tom Berich in a musical journey around the world.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:47
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Animal Duets
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Do birds and other animals actually make and enjoy music?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
220205 The First Rock and Roll Song and a Radio Musical
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Whyte Boots The Lori Burton and Pam Sawyer Fictitious Band
In the post World War II era a new music captured the imagination of people in the US and around the world. This music wasn't called rock and roll...

Bought by KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, and WQCS


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:02
  • Purchases: 5
Constant Wonder - Tasteblind, Seeing Music in Color
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: Danielle Reed explores the wide genetic differences in taste buds. Topic 2: Musician Annie Dickinson sees music in color.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Magic
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Magic, Credit: Julia Meek
Abracadabra! This week on Folktales, we're tracking supernatural phenomena around the musical worlds they mesmerize. A frightfully fun show--hope y...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, KFOK-LPFM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 4
Eva Peron and Magaldi
From: Classic107.3
Series: Tango with Cally
Caption: Eva Peron
What was the connection between Argentina’s famous first lady and tango singer Augustín Magaldi?

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Sep 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Maud Hixson Presents Two Great Shows at Crooner’s in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Maud Hixson, Credit: Olivia Wilcox
Maud Hixson performs Songs of the 1920s this Saturday July 24 at Crooner’s in Minneapolis. Then on Sunday August 1, Maud is right back at Crooner’s...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
What Would Monk Do Streams Thelonious Monk-Inspired Jazz Saturday March 13 from Jazz Central in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Steve Kenny, Credit: Andrea Canter
What Would Monk Do? Interprets the work of the legendary Jazz composer Thelonious Monk, and plays original music reminiscent of Monk. In a conversa...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
DWF 20-22: Schwetzingen Festival: Beethoven and his role models , 3/1/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts
Caption: Academy of Early Music Berlin
Méhul, Holzbauer, Cherubini and Knecht were among the composers whom Ludwig van Beethoven esteemed – and emulated. The parallels between their wor...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:58
Soli Deo Gloria
From: Kate O'Connell
Caption: The organ loft at St. Anne's Church Fall River, Massachusetts
An empty church, an orphaned organ, a solo organist. Scott Lariviere is 26 years old and volunteers to try to keep a magnificent 4,500 pipe Casavan...

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 2
Massed Mandolins in Big Show Next Monday at Como Lake Pavilion in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra, Credit: Steve Rouch
The Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra has been entertaining audiences for decades. The next chance to listen to the massed mandolins will be at Como Lak...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Tjärnblom Presents Twists on Traditional Nordic Music
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Tjärnblom, Credit: Ralph Tuttila
Tjarnblom plays with a nychelharpa, cello, mandolin and harmonium. It isn’t the usual lineup for a Nordic Band. But this is no ordinary Nordic band...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Tjärnblom Presents Twists on Traditional Nordic Music at its Lake Harriet, Minneapolis Show
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Tjärnblom, Credit: Ralph Tuttila
Tjarnblom plays with a nychelharpa, cello, mandolin and harmonium. It isn’t the usual lineup for a Nordic Band. But this is no ordinary Nordic band...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 08:00