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Cassette Music Scene in San Francisco
From: Arndt Peltner
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San Francisco is a centre of Noise, Industrial and experimental music. And this scene of musicians and music enthusiasts goes back in time to relea...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 23, 2010
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
100 Years of Whiffenpoofs
From: Gretta Cohn
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Every year at Yale, 14 male seniors are tapped to sing in an elite a cappella group called the Whiffenpoofs. Their repertoire ranges from Cole Port...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 05:22
Carmen Rizzo and Huun Huur Tu: Tuvan throat singers meet an electronic mix-master
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Carmen Rizzo
Huun Huur Tu is a band from Tuva specializing in the ancient style of harmonic singing that comes from that region. Their music is combined with th...

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Nov 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Grupos de reggae en El Salvador
From: Asociacion de Radios y Programas Participativos de El Salvador (ARPAS)
Series: Música de los pueblos salvadoreños
Caption: Anastacio y los del Monte
Música estilo Reggae, con letras que hablan de la historia del país o la sociedad salvadoreña en su mayoría.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2009
  • Length: 34:38
A Shortcut Back To 1969
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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The 50th Anniversary Mix

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, KMUN, KZYX, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 7
Bonjour Chanson , Series 4, Episode 17
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson: Series 4
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A selection of 6 French Language Popular Music Songs presented in a manner that will appeal to English Speaking Audiences.

Bought by KUT-HD


  • Added: Feb 26, 2009
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 1
"Not Fade Away"- Buddy Holly Anniversary Special
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Buddy Holly
A ninety minute documentary about Buddy Holly and the Crickets, celebrating his life & music, on the anniversary of "The day The Music Died".

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and KGLT


  • Added: Jan 23, 2009
  • Length: 01:24:23
  • Purchases: 4
The Jingle Cats
From: Julie Bruins
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There's a Christmas Album for everyone. Even your pets.

Bought by WUFT, KUT, and KUT


  • Added: Dec 20, 2008
  • Length: 20:33
  • Purchases: 3
Digitonal
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Two classical musicians walk on the ambient side

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
Thoughts in Sound: Eno, Cage, Jarrett, Reich and Riley
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Five music Icons share their ideas about the meaning of sound and music

  • Added: Sep 15, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
Ken McCoy Entertainment Report(Tm)
From: Ken McCoy
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Weekly Entertainment report and Wrap up (No gossip)

  • Added: Aug 14, 2008
  • Length: 03:54
Can You Hear the Drums, Fernando?
From: Aaron Neathery
Series: Electromatic Radio
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As the result of an experiment with a faulty posimetric neuro-interface helmet, Grey finds himself on an derelict ocean liner, pursued by amorous g...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
Ceiling Zero
From: Aaron Neathery
Series: Electromatic Radio
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Matt has managed to get himself lost in the ceiling of the Electromatic Building, and what he discovers up there pushes the already tenuous credibi...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
Battle Of the Brands
From: Aaron Neathery
Series: Electromatic Radio
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Much to Grey's chagrin, Matt has suddenly sold nearly the entirety of the show's airtime to advertisers with grotesque and highly profitable results.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
Lost
From: Aaron Neathery
Series: Electromatic Radio
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Host Grey Grimwald finds himself lost in the Electromatic Building's mysterious fourth floor annex, surrounded by huge mutant rats. Can technician...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
An interview with pianist Maria Choban
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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An awesome interview with Maria Choban

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:42
Bird
From: William Hrdina
Series: Simple Journeys to Odd Destinations
Caption: www.williamhrdina.com
Short story about the power of music

  • Added: Apr 12, 2008
  • Length: 14:21
Sly Crooner Episode #4 Pretty Girls Charming Girls
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
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Sly learns an important lesson about how deep beauty goes.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
Interview with songwriter Doc Pomus and his brother, Raoul Felder, Part 1
From: Louis Erlanger
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Interview with Brill Building songwriter Doc Pomus and members of his family

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 01:04:13
  • Purchases: 1
Astrology Songs: Harvey Sid Fisher Speaks
From: Ken Cormier
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Harvey Sid Fisher talks about how the Astrology Songs made him a cult hero.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2007
  • Length: 11:55
Compact Discoveries 116: Cartoon Classics
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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Classical music as used in Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Bought by KPVL, Eclectic 89.1 WBCX, KUCO, KENW, KAMU and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2006
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 20
Beware of Shortcuts!
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A Classic Halloween Special recorded and mixed on a two track machine and spliced together by hand--"from the bodies I took from graveyards..."

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: 54:37
  • Purchases: 16
The Pumpkin Pie Show
From: Dan Kramer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
exploring the world on stage with Clay McLeod Chapman

  • Added: Aug 23, 2006
  • Length: 09:00
Ralph White: Always an Outsider
From: KUT
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profile of experimental folk musician Ralph White, who may not have a wide audience, but has come to symbolize the uncompromising artist

  • Added: Jul 20, 2006
  • Length: 08:05
Phish: The Final Curtain
From: Vermont Public
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A one-hour documentary on the fan culture of the jam band Phish, told as the band broke up and played its final weekend concert festival in Vermont.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD, KGLT, and KUCB


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4

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