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BSC #2135 - A Tribute to Bobby Blue Bland
From: Beale Street Caravan
Series: Beale Street Caravan
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This week we have Rodd Bland and the Members Only Band performing a tribute to his father, Bobby Blue Bland, recorded live at B.B. King’s Blues Clu...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KIYU-FM, KMUW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WTIP and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
The Sound of Science
From: Outside Magazine
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Why environmental scientists are transforming big data into music.

Bought by KWMR and KRZA


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 19:40
  • Purchases: 2
WinterFest
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Ol' Man Winter has become something of a quaint anachronism from another time's forgotten space. This show celebrates the clear and necessary seaso...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:55:08
BSC #2119 - Watermelon Slim and Terry "Harmonica" Bean
From: Beale Street Caravan
Series: Beale Street Caravan
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This week’s episode showcases two bluesman whose music can be heard at blues festivals around the world, in documentary films, or performing at juk...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KIYU-FM, WTIP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WOMR


  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
1. Turtle Island (Part I)
From: tenali hrenak
Series: Muddy Boots (2017)
Caption: Turtle Island, Credit: Aaron Paquette
Inspired by my time at Standing Rock, I wish to begin this series of episodes with an ode and celebration of our Mother Earth. In the words of Edwa...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:48:40
The Guestlist: Kurt Vile and Bobcat Goldthwait
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Guestlist With Sean Cannon
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Kurt Vile reveals his ultimate professional goal and discusses the first time he realized music could be his life. Comedian and director Bobcat Gol...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Music of the Glaciers (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Alaskan wilderness is experiencing a major meltdown, but not all will be lost. Thanks to a musician in Virginia, the sounds of Alaska’s glacier...

Bought by KENW, WEZU, WABE, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 5
The Live Feed Presents: Autumn Kid
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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We will visit with a Minneapolis based band “Autumn Kid” at Broken World Records. Two members of the band will share with us more about how they s...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 34:43
The Live Feed Presents: Little Fevers
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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KQAL’s Mohammed El-Rous talks with pop-rock band Little Fevers about their rise to success and most memorable moments on stage and they discuss the...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
The Live Feed Presents: Heiruspecs
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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KQAL’s Muhammed Al-Rous talks with Felix from hip-hop group Heiruspecs. Learn more about the band's roots and developments and hear their live perf...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 35:05
The All Species Day Special
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: 2012 All Species Day Parade, Credit: http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/2012-all-species-day-25179253.jpg
Celebrating life on Earth every day of the year!

Bought by Bandon Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:56:45
  • Purchases: 1
We hear how various artists in Nfld respond to fracking.
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Annie McEwan shows how people in Nfld respond to stress with...art!

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 09:25
Musician Ben Weaver circumnavigating Lake Superior by bicycle...and song
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Musician Ben Weaver is riding his bicycle around Lake Superior to engage people along the route in conversation about the state of our fresh water....

Bought by KVSC and KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Caprice Saxophone Quartet Features Minimalism in its Next Show
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: The Caprice Saxophone Quartet, Credit: Alison Bents
The Caprice Saxophone Quartet is an accomplished group playing a varied and challenging group of pieces in a Studio Z Saint Paul concert on March 7...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Shortcut Through 2014
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Voices of 2014
A retrospective of 2014, mixing the sounds and emotions of an incredibly explosive and confrontational year into a hour long montage. A historical...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KHEN-LP, KZYX and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 57:52
  • Purchases: 9
Live at KDHX: Temples 4/30/14 and Nathaniel Rateliff 5/2/14
From: KDHX
Series: KDHX's Collector's Edition
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Temples and Nathaniel Rateliff perform live in the studios of KDHX in St. Louis on April 30, 2014, and May 2, 2014.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 27:14
Pete Seeger-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Pete Seeger
Tribute to legendary singer-songwriter, political activist and environmentalist Pete Seeger featuring interviews, music and stories from a life far...

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLT, RadioFreePalmer, and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:18
  • Purchases: 4
Musician Marlin Ledin captures the sounds of Lake Superior's ice
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Ann Possis visited with Washburn, Wisc., musician and artist Marlin Ledin Jan. 18 about his project to record the ice sounds of Lake Superio...

Bought by KSRQ and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 20:32
  • Purchases: 2
A Shortcut through 2012: Tributes
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Russell Means
Additional tribute mix of more incredible people who left us in 2012--legacies that will continue to inspire...part two of A Shortcut through 2012

  • Added: Dec 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:26
All Mixed Up-Stormy Shortcut
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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This special program was produced during Hurricane Sandy's collision with the east coast, in my studio on the upper west side which luckily had po...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:47
Folktale of Peak Experience
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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This week on Folktales, we're headed to the top--with a mountain of good music to conquer. Hope you're up for joining us on the Folktale of Peak Ex...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, KLCC, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Hilary Hahn in her own words ... on improvisation
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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One of the world's elite concert violinists talks about improvising with Hauschka, who plays a piano doctored with duct tape and ping-pong balls. ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 11:07
  • Purchases: 1
Beat Pedaler
From: vanessa lowe
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Beat Pedaler is an in-depth exploration of rapper, inventor and educator Paul Freedman’s passion for bike culture.

Bought by KDNK, KUNM, KVSC, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRIR and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 24
99% Invisible #45- Immersive Ideal (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The closest one could ever hope to get to dancing about architecture.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #43- The Accidental Music of Imperfect Escalators (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Sometimes it's an object's imperfections that makes you fall in love with it. And sometimes that object is an escalator.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 22