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Folktale of Irish Backroads
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Irish Backroads, Credit: j
Sure and 'tis a fine road we travel this week--off the beaten path, and around a world of musical customs & collaborations, all hailing from the Em...

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


  • Added: Jan 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 30
Hoaxer with a Rare Twin Cities Performance Monday January 30 in Vieux Carre in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Hoaxer, Credit: Lee Tran
Hoaxer is a band made up of Edmund Catlin, Peter Goggin, Will Kjeer, Charlie Lincoln. The band formed when all the players were Twin Cities high sc...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
The Skruffians Reggae and Bebop Combination is Filled with Surprises
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: The Skruffians, Credit: Dick Parker
The Skruffians is a group of experienced Twin Cities players that combine Jamaican reggae and ska with jazz chops. It’s always a playful combinatio...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
The Skruffians Bring their Reggae and Bebop Combination to the Black Dog in St Paul Next Thursday
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: The Skruffians, Credit: Dick Parker
The Skruffians is a group of experienced Twin Cities players that combine Jamaican reggae and ska with jazz chops. Creating musical surprises is th...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
The Prohibition Swing of the Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Gentlemen's Anti-Temperance League, Credit: Aaron Davidson
The Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League calls what it does Prohibition Swing. It’s a collection of styles nearly a century old with a lot of cool. ...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1582 (Hour 1 & 2) - 05/25/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Starting at the location of Roy Gaines’ blues, there is no time like now for the polytonality of Woody Shaw. The old Rotten Kid Buddy Rich plays a ...

Bought by WMOT, WYAP, WVBI-LP, WJSU, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 24, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 7
Overcome The Battle (Hour 1)
From: D. Grant Smith
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We all experience difficulty, challenges, issues, and obstacles. What do you use to help get you through them? Sometimes music provides the right ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
2017 Anniversaries - Part 1
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Hear what happened this week in rock-n-roll history to lay the groundwork for today's musical landscape.

Bought by WOUB, KSRQ, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, and KSKQ


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
2016 and Rock Celebrity Deaths
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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We've lost some legends of music so far in 2016 (i.e. Glenn Frey, Natalie Cole, Prince). However, statistically speaking, it ain't that bad. This...

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, WOUB, KSKQ, WYAP, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Pop Music Redux
From: Susanne Bard
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Powerful computer tools are helping musicologists study the evolution of popular music.

Bought by KMUD, WABE, KMXT, and WLPR


  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
The 2014 Winona Christmas Radio Show
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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This years radio show is written and directed by Winonan Paul Sannerud. Guest writer and former Winonan Steve Anderson brings us a special new epis...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:00:07
  • Purchases: 1
Classic Rock Originals - Part One
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Do you know who wrote your favorite classic rock songs? ELVIS PRESELY. LED ZEPPLIN. JOHNNY RIVERS. Find out the true writers and secret meanings be...

Bought by KSKQ, KFOK-LPFM, WSLR, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Musical Creativity
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Thelonious Monk, Credit: Library of Congress
Musical creativity could be good for the aging brain.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Pilot Episode - "Any Given Command"
From: Clapping Monkey Productions
Series: Warren Krane
Caption: Warren Krane
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:58
The Live Feed Presents: Casey Driessen
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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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
SITPE # 1320
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Too many titles to choose from, so let's just go with them all.

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, WOUB, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
A Musical Brain Tease
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Don Hodges studies music psychology. Here, he discusses one of his latests studies that gives us some insight into what our favorite song (and musi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:25
  • Purchases: 1
SITPE # 1225
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
Caption: Pet Sounds, Credit: Beach Boys
From Pet Sounds to The End via the 1967 express.

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KEOS and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents! Sean Storts on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel Watchmen
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
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Songwriter Sean Storts discusses writing songs inspired by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel Watchmen. Written and performed for the mon...

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
Bonjour Chanson Series 10, Episode 46.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 10
Caption: Finis Terrae, Brittany
This Episode of "Bonjour Chanson" runs the gamut from a fantastic world where kids solve mysteries hidden in iron masks and stone sarcophagi, to a ...

Bought by XRAY.fm, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:21
  • Purchases: 3
BGWM 090503hr2 Blind Alfred Reed, Shady Grove
From: Dan Sadowsky
Series: The Bluegrass With Mustard Show
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Deep immersion in Blind Alfred Reed covers and originals, an extended “Kontrast ‘n’ Kompare©” segment. Then onto, “More Than You Ever Wanted To Kno...

Bought by KVNF and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 04, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Robert Spano (The War Room)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Robert Spano
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra operates under a management approach known as “collective leadership.” Conductor Robert Spano is clearly in charge,...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and WETS


  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 2