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Caption: People of all stripes gather in Jerusalem to shop before Shabbat, Credit: Laura Spero
The elbow-throwing, shekel-shouting, watermelon and halva and bread-selling chaos of Jerusalem's largest outdoor market on a Friday afternoon just ...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:05
Caption: Deer Tick's John McCauley, Credit: Angela Rose Miller
Ten years before Woodstock and 40 years after, there's a weekend festival that's been a long time mixing politics, music and community - the Newpor...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 06:16
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An hour of music and interviews with Reggae Greats, Steel Pulse recorded live in October of 2004, at the Historic Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, NM.

Bought by KZYX, WNCU, and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 3
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This program features an evening of music and interviews with Los Lobos-Acoustic En Vivo. This performance was recorded live at the Historic Rialto...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, Prairie Public, KRZA, KZYX, KGOU and more


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 6
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Southwest Stages finishes off it's Evening of Music and Interviews Legendary Reggae Icons Burning Spear, recorded live at the Historic El Rey Theat...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KHNS, and WNCU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 3
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An Evening of Music and Interviews with Big Head Todd & the Monsters, recorded live at the Historic Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, NM.

Bought by Prairie Public and KGOU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 2
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An Evening of Music and Interviews Legendary Reggae Icons Burning Spear, recorded live at the Historic El Rey Theater in Albuquerque, NM.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KZYX, WJAB, KHNS, and WNCU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 5
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The show features another hour of Music and Interviews with Big Head Todd & the Monsters, recorded live at the Historic Lensic Theater in Santa Fe,...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
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An Hour of Funk, Jam and Soul Music with Soulive with Special Guest Vocalist Toussant, recorded live in August of 2006 at the Telluride Jazz Celebr...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 1
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An hour of Music & Interviews with Dave Alvin and The Guilty Men, recorded live at the 2006 Thirsty Ear Festival in Santa Fe, NM.

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Jul 23, 2009
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Ed McGuirl, left, and John Fuzek at Brooklyn Coffee & Tea House in Providence, Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
As the Newport Folk Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary August 1 & 2, two Rhode Island musicians reflect on the early years of up-close worksh...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2009
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kathleen, Then & Now
Short documentary collage of voices recorded in St. Louis during World War II on a Wilcox-Gay Recordio. The Greatest Generation carries on, as reme...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2009
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Troy Night Out
30 minute montage of a street festival in Troy, New York

  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 29:59
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The "Buena Vista Social Club" CD and documentary film were hits, but may have created some myths about Cuba and the musicians themselves. Independe...

Bought by KQED, KRZA, WGBH Radio Boston, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Delfeayo Marsalis
What's it like to be a younger brother to Wynton Marsalis?

  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 07:38
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: J.S. Bach
Three Bach playing pianists talk about a possible spiritual presence in music by Bach. Use this 59 second "Mix" for Bach's Birthday (March 21) or ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :44
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This short documentary (with music!) provides a window into the costuming tradition in New Orleans.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 17, 2009
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 2
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One-hour special explores the "Philly Sound" and the artists who put it on the map.

Bought by KCNP, KPSQ-LP, WSKG, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28
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The most "romanticas": The ultimate torch tunes from the Latin/Latino musical universe

Bought by WKAR, KMXT, KZYX, Marfa Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Jan 27, 2009
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 5

  • Added: Jan 23, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by WSGE, KUCB, and WNCU


  • Added: Jan 22, 2009
  • Length: 59:34
  • Purchases: 3
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Some may associate contradancing with corny, gym-class square dance lessons, but for thousands of people across the country, contradancing and its ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 1
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Gone are the swings, monkey bars and spiral slides. A new type of playground takes a more low-tech approach.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2008
  • Length: 04:53