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Caption: JC Sanford, Credit: Andrea Canter
JC Sanford is a trombonist, composer and arranger. And he has three bands. On Thursday march 29, he brings the 4-piece combo into Vieux Carre in St...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Dan Rein, Credit: Bryan Aaker
Iranian Music through Dan Rein

  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 07:59
Caption: Dan Rein, Credit: Bryan Aaker
How does someone from Shakopee, MN get started in Iranian music? Well in the case of Dan Rein it was radio. Dan is an experienced world music radio...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 07:59
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Urban Living, Credit: Julia Meek
It's musical customs for, from and about "the masses" we're sampling this week, on WBOI's Folktale of Urban Living. Care to come along?

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


  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Hollywood director Tom Shadyac traded a mansion and private jets for a mobile home and a bicycle. He had found the traditional trappings of success...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Songs about rivers by bluegrass artists, jazz musicians and the brave souls blending these genres into something other.....

  • Added: Nov 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:56:13
Caption: One Ukulele, Credit: Dan Wilder
One Ukulele. Well, it’s actually three men who sing with ukuleles and guitars, too. The group performs and spreads the word about how fun it is to ...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR pays tribute to the Past American Voice of John Ashbery. The poet, critic, and translator, who died on September 3rd at age ...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Jay Afrisando, Credit: Hannah Devereux
Jay Afrisando is from Indonesia, where the national form is gamelan music. And Jay is interested in gamelan. But his starting place is really jazz,...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 08:00

  • Added: Aug 14, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
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In November I released an interview with activist, Matthew Fox. This is a rebroadcast of that episode.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Toronto’s Bill King starts off with Hammond B3 music, then into the semi-abstract Summertime with Sonny Greenwich’s guitar. Minneapolis’ Connie Evi...

Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WKAR


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Agriculture, Credit: Julia Meek
It's fields & farmlands we're cultivating this week on Folktales, with a bountiful harvest of musical customs from every corner of the agrarian wor...

Bought by WFIU, KWMR, WLPR , and WFIU


  • Added: May 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:56
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: WBOI's Folktales of Desperados, Credit: Julia Meek
It's the baddest of the bad we're up against this Folktale--in the finest of musical traditions.!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: The Wine Fellers
Meet the Founder of Shower Beer, Beer Specifically Created for the Shower.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
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We utilize our opening moments dealing with the death of a master. James Cotton was endeared perhaps in America’s blues regions initially, but his ...

Bought by WMOT, KSRQ, KRZA, WJSU, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 7
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A recent guest on the program as the lead singer for the Best Westerns, native Montanan Izaak Opatz returns to Musician’s Spotlight to highlight a ...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Stanley Kipper, Credit: Miles Kipper
When you see the New Primitives, you’re seeing a band that is a master at creating and maintaining a great vibe. Stanley Kipper helped start the ba...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2017
  • Length: 08:29
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When you think of "Halloween Music" what comes to mind? For most of us, it's Monster Mash and Thriller, or something darker like NIN and White Zo...

Bought by KMUD, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KPRG, WOUB, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 5
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What happens when you hear a songwriter who makes you turn your head (or in this case ear), and say "Who is this?" These songwriters are engaging ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WOUB, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Imagine your music journey to be like a river. For part of the trek you're going to experience the comfortable and expected. But at some point in t...

Bought by WOUB and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Here's where we meet the bend in the river. Our 1st hour stuck with very similar music styles. Now we reach the apex where the styles change but th...

Bought by WOUB and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:06
  • Purchases: 2
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Beware: Rolling Over Your 401k Is About To Get Weird, How Nathan's Famous Became America's Top Dog, How To Return To Work As A New Mother Successfully

Bought by WETD and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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In this episode, host Mike O’Toole sits down with Linda Boff, GE’s Chief Marketing Officer, about the recent changes GE has undergone. They discuss...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2016
  • Length: 35:52
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Lauded as “the greatest living exponent of the electric violin”, Tracy Silverman’s groundbreaking work with the 6-string electric violin defies mus...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1