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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
Caption: Statue at the house in Bonn where Ludwig van Beethoven was born
"In Mysterious Company" is the name of a concert by the Belcea Quartet from England. At the Schwetzingen Festival, they played two of Beethoven's l...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:58
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
Caption: Robert Robinson, Credit: photo by Terence Penister
Minneapolis gospel music icon Robert Robinson talked with Phil Nusbaum about Robert’s Black History Month show slated for Crooner’s 5PM, February 2...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
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This one hour program is an exploration of some of the most audacious electric music of the '60's and '70's. It is designed for all audiences to en...

Bought by WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio), KEOS, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble, Credit: Zoe Prinds-Flash
Zeitgeist’s latest work is a composition commissioned to banjoist Paul Elwood, 44 Smokeless. It’s a reimagining of the American Murder ballad, Litt...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad... Surprises abound.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:56:16
Caption: Other Country Ensemble, Credit: Laurie Patton
Other Country Ensemble is just what it says: An American group that performs music traditions from other countries. Bouzouki player and mandocellis...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Other Country Ensemble, Credit: Laurie Patton
Other Country Ensemble is just what it says: An American group that performs music traditions from other countries. And you can catch the band the ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 08:00

  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:55:46

  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:53:09

  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:54:36
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Charlotte Matis operates Blackbirds, a music store specializing in strings, at 3445 Cedar Avenue South in Minneapolis. The pandemic of course has c...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
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This program is a one hour exploration and celebration of electric music and literature from the mid '60's to the mid '70's...

Bought by WOUB, KEOS, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:53:09
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad. Surprises abound.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 01:53:53
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Celebrating the hippie high holy daze between when Jerry Garcia was born on August 1 (1942) and when he passed from this earthly realm on August 9 ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
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Betsy shuffles "Bach"

  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:53:26
Caption: N.K. Morton, Credit: Shefik
Affirmation - N.K. Morton is a singer-songwriter. She wrote songs for Backstreet Boys, Mýa, and Karen Clark-Sheard, worked in television with Chris...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2020
  • Length: 06:44
Caption: Quindon Tarver, Credit: Shefik
Birds - Quindon Tarver is an American singer. He is best known for his cover of Prince's "When Doves Cry" for the 1996 film "William Shakespeare's ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
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Practicing the tradition…while we clean up and refile much vinyl and vintage, Facebook Live did not happen on this broadcast as we were not wearing...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KHNS, GCR (Global Community Radio), WYAP, WMOT and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Sonny Turner, Credit: Shefik
Identity - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboar...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:04
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Rochester singer-songwriter Sterling Haukom blends grunge influenced vocals with nimble guitar playing to make a blend of music that defies genre b...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 32:25
Caption: Mother Banjo, Credit: Anna Kostochko
Because of Covid-19, Ellen Stanley, AKA Mother Banjo, has shifted her focus from performing live to the internet. She and Anthony Ihrig co-host the...

  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Eric Sayre, Credit: Eric Sayre
Eric Sayre leads jazz performance education at Minneapolis South High School. Music learning has been changed a lot now that distance learning is i...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1