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Caption: Carolyne Naomi, Credit: Kelechi Uchegbu
Carolyne Naomi brings her Afro R and B to the Inver Glen library in Grove Heights, this Tuesday, May 17 at 6:30 PM. Carolyne was born in Nigeria an...

  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Aida Shahghasemi composes Multi-Layered, and she is proving that you don’t have to understand Pharisee to enjoy her work. In her native iran, Aida ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 08:01
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Aida Shahghasemi composes Multi-Layered Songs, and she is proving that you don’t have to understand Pharisee to enjoy her work. She plays and sings...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 08:01
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Tonight on The Sound we checked out Mike Munson's latest album, Let Some Light In. Mike's music style encompasses a variety of blues traditions tha...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 39:17
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Today on Culture Clique we stopped by No Name Bar for a night of storytelling. The event was inspired by the popular podcast The Moth. Several diff...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 52:17
Caption: Ryan Garnoe, Credit: Tyler Hendershot
One of trumpeter Ryan Garmoe’s favored starting places for new compositions is his mood the day he begins a new piece. One of Ryan’s pieces is call...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Ryan Garmoe, Credit: Tyler Hendershot
The Ryan Garmoe Quartet plays at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis, Friday Night February 11 at 8PM. The group features Ryan’s fresh composing vo...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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HOUR ONE: "The Power Of Pleasure And Joy" - Joy, pleasure and delight feel good. But are they also politically powerful? HOUR TWO: "God Talk" - S...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
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Let’s drop in on trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie in the days of Kenny Barron and James Moody, then take another trip across the Atlantic for John Coltran...

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, KHNS, WYAP, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
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More previously unreleased 2018 material from the late Harold Mabern is being released, and we bring in Charles Neville from the famous New Orleans...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, WYAP, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 8
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It’s Basie with electric bass, an arrangement unlike his sound, African rhythms, and an obscure label. How’d you do that, man? Saxophonists Pete Ch...

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9
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Bassist Christian McBride is one of the best in the business today welcoming guitarist Mike Stern and saxophonist Marcus Strickland to his latest s...

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, KHNS, WKAR, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 7
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HOUR ONE: "Growing Justice" - Where does the racial justice movement need to go next? How about back to the land. HOUR TWO: "Shock Value" - When ...

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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We visit a couple recordings produced by the Pablo label in the ’70s when tempos were dazzling, Joe Pass’s guitar and Monty Alexander’s piano were ...

Bought by KHNS, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WOUB, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 9
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HOUR ONE: "Rewriting The Romance Script" - Love is in the air, as it has been every Valentine's Day since 496. And we're still trying to get it rig...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:58
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“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” some might say. But what if it is broke, and we don’t know how to fix it? Today’s Apple Seed episode explores “b...

Bought by KSJE and WVPE


  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 2
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A big band that broke tradition came together in the ‘60s, and we hear it when it was hitting its stride, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis. Jimmy Reed immediat...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WMOT, WOUB, WYAP and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 8
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HOUR ONE: "Why Do We Have So Much Stuff?" - From baby showers to estate sales, we fill our lives with material possessions. Why do we do it? HOUR...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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Arizona musicians filed under the letter C: Lea Capelli came our way very young in 2014, moving to LA to continue music, Phil Carlin is from Tucson...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Virgil Williams, Credit: Austin Film Festival
This week on On Story we’ll hear from some of the writing team behind the first season of the immensely popular Fox drama series EMPIRE and later w...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
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HOUR ONE: 'Loving Bees' - Bees are endangered, but all over the world, people are stepping up to save them — in backyards, science labs, and the ur...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
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This week on On Story we’ll look at how true stories are told on the screen. From narrative films adapted from true events to documentaries that ex...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
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HOUR ONE: "Who Owns Seeds?" - There's a rare corn grown in Southern Mexico that can help the world fight climate change. But who owns it? HOUR TW...

  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Why Do We Meet?" - Studies show we're all disappointed with our friendships. Is it time to rethink the way we gather? HOUR TWO: "Hip H...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
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HOUR ONE: "Giving Is Complicated" - It's the holiday season. Time to think about gifts. It's trickier than you think. HOUR TWO: "You Had To Be Th...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58