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Mountains and Mining (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Frank Newsome is an Old Regular Baptist preacher, singer of lined-out hymnody, and former coal miner in Appalachia. This remarkable singer has a ne...

Bought by KXCV, WGZS, WNMU-FM, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 4
Mountains and Mining (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Frank Newsome is an Old Regular Baptist preacher, singer of lined-out hymnody, and former coal miner in Appalachia. This remarkable singer has a n...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KXCV, WRGY, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 13
Mountains and Mining (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Frank Newsome is an Old Regular Baptist preacher, singer of lined-out hymnody, and former coal miner in Appalachia. This remarkable singer has a n...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, WFHB, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Midwinter
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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Tired of the winter? Ready to laugh in old man winter's face and tell him to take a hike? Then grab the outerwear & take a listen--Here's a folktal...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea', WFIU and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 7
Cold Comfort | Episode 11 | Life Is Too Hard Without Music
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Iqaluit is the capital city of Nunavut, the largest territory in Canada., Credit: Nick Mott
All across the Arctic, indigenous languages are on the decline. But in many communities, people are finding new ways to reclaim both language and c...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Wyoming Public Radio, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Dec 03, 2018
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 4
Between Speaking and Singing
From: The Organist
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Will spoken language become obsolete? What if, in the future, a simple conversation between two adults becomes a rarity, like an obscure musical pi...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 37:39
IE: Inside Europe, 7/6/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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On this week’s show: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's last-ditch deal to end a dispute over migration. Harley-Davidson caught in the crosshair...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Jenny Larsson: Searching For Arctic Winter
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Dancer choreographer Jenny Larsson enlivens our understanding of how the Far North's deep cold is essential to the balance of the Earth's biosphere...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 11:00
Earth Day (Is Every Day) Vol. 2
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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A second PRX installment about songs about or easily relatable to Mother Earth that fall along the bluegrass > jazz sonic continuum.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2018
  • Length: 01:56:00
Spring! #18-13
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Music for Spring!

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KMXT, and KWAX


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
AMOS 18.027: Incredible Shrinking Shrews, 2/6/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Incredible Shrinking Shrews

  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
The Speed of Sound: Tori Amos
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Tori Amos has a long history of taking on big subjects in her music, but with her latest LP, Native Invader, our very existence is at stake. Filled...

Bought by WLPR , WOUB, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 3
The River Show
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Songs about rivers by bluegrass artists, jazz musicians and the brave souls blending these genres into something other.....

  • Added: Nov 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:56:13
Lake Erie's problems set to music in 'Voice of the Lake'
From: Great Lakes Today
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It may be hard to imagine a composer being inspired by public hearings and court cases. But Lake Erie and its problems take center stage in a new o...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
WoodSongs 896: The Looping Brothers with Si Kahn and Still on the Hill
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Caption: Master musician and storytelling from Still on the Hill.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes German bluegrass trio the Looping Brothers with folksinger icon Si Kahn p...

Bought by WETS, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WLPR , WLIW, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 6
Glacially Cool Music (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Caption: Composer Matthew Burtner, Credit: Matthew Burtner
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 and WOUB


  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 2
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
The Mountain Show
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: Presidential Range, NH, Credit: B. Aust
Born in and among the mountains of Vermont, this show is an ode to and from the high lofty places on Earth.

Bought by Bandon Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 01:56:15
  • Purchases: 1
For Kindred Spirits
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
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This is a beautiful audio production about the more profound nature of our relationships with animals and the natural world. Hosted by NY Times bes...

Bought by WCPN and WFSU


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 47:22
  • Purchases: 2
Paul McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt: All Access
From: Dan Neer
Series: All Access World Premieres
Caption: Flowers in the Dirt
On March 24th, Paul McCartney releases the 10th in his grammy-award winning archive series, "Flowers in the Dirt," complete with 5 previously unrel...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 2
Cloudburst
From: Wind & Rhythm
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That sweet spring shower can become a howling storm with very little warning. It might be the soaking rain that replenishes the land or there may b...

Bought by KTXK, KMFA, and WUAL


  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
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

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