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With deep West Virginia roots, multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter Tim O'Brien has a natural born love of all kinds of folk, bluegrass and ...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KMXT, KGLT, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Unsuk Chin, Credit: © Luc Hossepied
Part 2 of a two-part survey of the instrumental concertos by the Korean composer Unsuk Chin

  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Scott Davies, Credit: Dan Corrigan
Scott Mateo Davies is a career ethnic musician, with great interests in certain styles of the Spanish world. Recently he told Phil Nusbaum abiut se...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:08
Caption: Scott Davies, Credit: Dan Corrigan
The Tango. It’s old, but contemporary, too. It’s exotic, but really it’s a social dance form. And it’s for experts and beginners. And Mateo’s Rogue...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:05
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Two sampler clips for the long-form special (NOW AVAILABLE AT PRX) from award-winning Beatles' history producer Paul Ingles to mark the December 3r...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 10:03
Caption: Unsuk Chin
A survey of the instrumental concertos by the Korean composer Unsuk Chin

  • Added: Oct 10, 2015
  • Length: 58:27
Caption: Pete Seeger entertaining Eleanor Roosevelt, honored guest at a racially integrated Valentine's Day party marking the opening of a new chapter of United Federal Labor in then-segregated Washington, D.C., Credit: Joseph A. Horne via Library of Congress, 1944
A conversation with Andrew Revkin, who's best known as a longtime New York Times environmental journalist but is also a songwriter and was for 20 y...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 15:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Goes2Eleven continues its tribute to guitar heroes with flamenco superman Paco de Lucía. We discuss Paco’s traditional flamenco roots and his explo...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Goes2Eleven starts its run with a tribute to the jazz giant Joe Pass (1929-1994). We take a look at the guitarist’s early years in Johnstown, PA, h...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 54:06
Caption: Local Shaped Note Singers hold Copies of Shenandoah Harmony, Credit: Nathan Berry
Singing shaped notes is a long American tradition of singing, mostly based on Christian scriptures. As a folk tradition, it evolves with reference ...

Bought by KSRQ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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It’s Black Music Month and we’re celebrating with a look at only a few of the many many incredible artists who have shaped music, crossed genres an...

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting and WJSU


  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
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This episode explores what it means to play "American" reggae and includes an exclusive interview with Josh Swain from The Movement. Also look out ...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:41
Caption: Philip Nusbaum w/ 2012 Zeitfunk           , Credit: Karen Van Norman
Historically, bluegrass music is a an evolved type of old time string band. But although bluegrass follows the old time string band in history that...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 07:18
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The first of the post-college series, this episode brings you Max's roots reggae picks along with exclusive, unreleased material from Stick Figure ...

  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 58:53
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This week we pay tribute to the legend who recently passed away.

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Brian Miller and Randy Gosa, Credit: Darin Black
In the old days of the northern Minnesota and Wisconsin lumber camps, many of the shanty boys had emigrated from Ireland. Of course, they brought t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This weekend, Indianola will celebrate a three days of blues after the passing of their famous resident. This is the next chapter for the museum th...

  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 04:31
Caption: John Pirozzi, San Francisco, CA 4/15/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
John Pirozzi talks baby steps, insatiable thirst, and the miracle of vinyl.

  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 25:37
Caption: Daniel Catán
A survey of the operas by the late Mexican composer Daniel Catán

  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Orkesta Bez ime, Credit: Stefan Iwaskewycz
Orkestar Bez Ime, Bulgarian for orchestra with out a name, or OBI for short, has been performing in our town and more widely for well over a decade...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this show...a mix of Cuban soul, Colombian dance, Mexican-American hip-hop and a way cool mix of vintage Latin pop music that Felix 'discovered'...

Bought by WART FM, WKAR, and KMUN


  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Mason Bates
A survey of music by the fast-rising young alt+classical composer, Mason Bates.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Sherry Minnick, Credit: Elizabeth Lofgren
Sherry Minnick has sung many styles of music in her life. In the last few decades she has focused on great traditional songs, many of them very old...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we've invited music teacher Dinorah Marquez to the show. Eleven years ago, she started the Latino Arts: Strings program in Milwaukee. Th...

Bought by KGLP, WART FM, 'The Sea', WKAR, and WABE


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5