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Caption: Filmmaker Curt Ellis, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include Filmmaker/Co-Founder of FoodCorps, Curt Ellis, Storyteller Katrina Scotto di Carlo, Canadian musician, Dan Mangan.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 05, 2012
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 2
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This show is a VALENTINES DAY variety music special featuring romantic Jazz, R&B & Blues classics. This will be a wonderful addition to your spec...

Bought by KREV-LP and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 50:54
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Dramatics (with Ron Banks bottom left)
Interview with RON BANKS, founder of the R&B vocal group THE DRAMATICS. Ron talks with HOWARD BURCHETTE about all of their hits, GEORGE CLINTON, TH...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 55:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Dramatics Jackpot , Credit: Mca Special Products
Interview with the late RON BANKS, founder of the R&B vocal group THE DRAMATICS. Ron talks with HOWARD BURCHETTE about all of their hits, GEORGE CL...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 57:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Aaron Shay, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Aaron Shay discusses his approach to writing songs inspired by Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow. Written and performed for the monthly ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: MoZo, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriters Moe Provencher and Aimee Zoe of MoZo discuss writing songs inspired by H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, written and performed for the mont...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hannah Williams
Songwriter Hannah Williams talks about her approach to writing songs for the Seattle Rock Orchestra inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loath...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Michael Jackson
The musical history of MICHAEL JACKSON. The music of THE JACKSON FIVE (J5), THE JACKSONS and solo music of MICHAEL JACKSON are covered in this thre...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:12
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He was one of the pioneers of jazz on the violin. Though largely self taught, his career lasted some 77 years, and he recorded hundred of albums. p...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:00
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On this edition of The Live Feed we feature a dynamic duo: Alexinder Gunn & Raymond Huessman together are The Phenomenal Conundrum. Their sound com...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:57
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On this edition of The Live Feed, KQAL's Teri Tenseth talks with Boom - an eclectic group of musicians that incorporate marching band elements into...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 45:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mark Blasco, Credit: MJ
Songwriter Mark Blasco talks about his approach to writing a song inspired by Richard Feynman's memoir, Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Eclectic Indie Band Typhoon, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Current Oregon Poet Laureate PAULANN PETERSEN. Her latest book is The Voluptuary. KATE BEATON, cartoonist for The New Yorker, brings her highly a...

Bought by KUT, Rhythm & News Service, WNJR, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 03, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
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Those dark American thrillers and crime dramas called Film Noir.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPVL, KMUW, WCPN, WEKU and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: MoZo, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriters Moe Provencher and Aimee Zoe of MoZo discuss writing songs inspired by CS Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Cubie Burke (with Christina Johnson with the Dance Theatre of Harlem), Credit: http://www.dancephotolibrary.com/dance.php
The "FIVE STAIRSTEPS and CUBIE" was a family pop act who released hit records from 1968 to 1969 on both Curtom and Buddha Records. CUBIE BURKE was ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2011
  • Length: 48:54
Caption: Anna Coogan, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriter Anna Coogan discusses her approach to writing songs inspired by Nick Hornby's High Fidelity.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
Caption: Bucket of Honey, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriters Annie Jantzer and Nate Bogopolsky of Bucket of Honey discuss their approach to writing songs inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Finis Terrae, Brittany
This Episode of "Bonjour Chanson" runs the gamut from a fantastic world where kids solve mysteries hidden in iron masks and stone sarcophagi, to a ...

Bought by XRAY.fm, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:21
  • Purchases: 3
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The latest audio story from FOTW Audio Productions; featuring the music of The Fascination Movement, Carlos Perón, and Olmec Head.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:10
Caption: Matthew Inman, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests Include Matthew Inman (Creator of The Oatmeal), Essayist/Artist Margaret Malone, and musical guest Dolorean

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
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He said don’t have too many pregnant 19ths in there. Keep it simple…..Basie was as much as an arranger as any of the arrangers who actually wrote d...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 6
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45 Academy Award nominations, 5 Academy awards, 4 Golden Globe awards, 20 Grammy awards?! Does John Williams sleep? Hmmm.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and KMUZ


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:51
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: The Five Stairsteps (Alohe J. Burke - far right), Credit: Curtom & Buddah Records 1969
This is the story of THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS from the only female member of the group. ALOHE BURKE who now goes by RAMI is the only sister of this famo...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 54:31
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Six Moments with 2011 NEA Jazz Master, composer, and arranger Johnny Mandel.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WART FM, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 7