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600th Special (Hour 1)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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This hour we celebrate 600 episodes of great music with requests and stories from folks across the country, all involving music that impacts us in ...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
Joseph Arthur
From: The Summit
Series: Recovery Minutes
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Joseph Arthur is a musician and artist who has been trying to live clean and sober for more than 20 years.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
Master Traditional Singer Sherry Minnick in a Concert of Great Songs
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
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
WTC VIEW -- Brian Sloan Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Brian Sloan talks catharsis, eschewing a rating, and getting the sound just right

  • Added: Mar 01, 2015
  • Length: 12:02
Tim Cheesebrow Plays the Minnetonka Unitarian Universalist Church on Oct 4
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Tim Cheesebrow, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Tim has some great new songs, a great new CD, a fresh perspective, and he rolls it all together into a great show on Saturday October 4.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Twin Cities Saxophone Icon David Karr at Jazz Central in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Mac Santiago, Managing Director of Jazz Central Studios, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
We talk to Mac Santiago, managing director of Jazz Central about David Karr’s music, and about what it is like to play with David Karr. Karr's next...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Steve Almond
You've heard part of this story on two NPR shows. Here is an extended interview: Football is not good for us, Steve Almond concludes, it’s not goo...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
TSR14-22 Della Mae
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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Tent Show Radio welcomes from Nashville, Tennessee, Grammy Award bluegrass Nominees Della Mae.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, WDSE, KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
04: Thankful for Sound (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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In honor of Thanksgiving, Craig, George, and a number of their guests share why they are thankful for sounds.

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Amy Grant on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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After a 10 year hiatus, Amy talks to us about her newest CD of all new material, How Mercy Looks From Here.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, Delta College Public Radio, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
On The Road With Marian Call
From: Caity McCardell
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Caity McCardell interviews folk geek culture singer-songwriter Marian Call.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 40:22
The John Sebastian Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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John Sebastian talks with Jake Feinberg about his mentors and teachers like Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas Music and Memories (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Whether it’s a traditional hymn or a holiday song from our childhood, many people say Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the music that m...

Bought by WJCT, WVAS, KRPS, KUAC, KNAU and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Liner Notes: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Known as "Nica" or "The Baroness" Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a jazz patron who supported artists such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, bo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Kurt Cobain the Lost Interview
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I even thought that I was gay. I thought that might be the solution to my problem." - Kurt Cobain. Interview by Jon Savage in New York City on Jul...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KALW, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 5
Rondi Charleston on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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We sat down with Jazz singer extraordinaire Rondi Charleston on our last visit to New York City

Bought by WRNC-LP, Delta College Public Radio, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
"Sole Survivor" film explores lives of lone survivors of commercial plane crashes
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Ky Dickens has made a powerful new film, "Sole Survivor," which documents the struggles of people who were the only ones to survive deadly plane cr...

Bought by KVSC and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 17:27
  • Purchases: 2
Elvis at Stax
From: Joyride Media
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Stories from Elvis Presley's 1973 session at Stax Studios in Memphis

Bought by WNMU-FM, KPSQ-LP, WNMU-FM, Harford Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Franklin Caesar Breeveld, thoughtful Music in the Air
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Franklin, Credit: Franklin
FCB is een Nederlands Surinaamse bas clarinet musicus en saxofonist die in Rotterdam woont, zijn verhaal met zijn muziek vertelt.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 20:12
Sarah Vaughan
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Sarah Vaughan
With her ability to banter with the audience and outspoken sense of humor Sarah Vaughn was best described as “sassy.” Her first big break came afte...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Captain
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In the small village of Stratton, Maine, a woman believes she's not the master of her own destiny - the spirit of a sea captain is preventing her f...

Bought by KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
KUT's Views and Brews: Benny Goodman and The Art of Intersection
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Benny Goodman
In this Views and Brews Remix feature on Benny Goodman host Rebecca McInroy and Rabbi Neil Blumofe engage in a spirited discussion about Goodman's ...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
John Fullbright on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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We sat down and talked with John Fullbright in front of a LIVE audience at the 2012 Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.

Bought by WRNC-LP


  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Doctor Max Owens
From: Max Owens
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Documentary following the discovery and investigation of a birth chart by an interested skeptic. Hidden from him for years, he attempts to reconcil...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
Dearly Departed, Two Comedies
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Peter Sagal
Two short plays. In MILTON BRADLEY by "Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me" host Peter Sagal, a flummoxed Rabbi has to eulogize a mother whose son has only te...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUER, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUNM, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2012
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6