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Benny Goodman
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Benny Goodman
In the 1930’s, the clarinetist and bandleader, Benny Goodman, brought jazz stylings to mainstream America. With this short feature jazz historian a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Charles Mingus
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus is considered one of the most creative and original voices in American jazz. Uniquely sensitive to the plight of the dispossessed, h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 13: Aliah Rosenthal, Sofar Sounds - Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Aliah Rosenthal
Bobby speaks with Aliah Rosenthal about life growing up on the mean streets of the East Village, an area once generally considered to be the epicen...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:06:57
SITPE # 1304
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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33 tunes from 32 artists.

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, WOUB, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
SITPE # 1301
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Back on track.

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KEOS and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 10
KUT's Views and Brews: Miles Davis and the Making of Kind of Blue
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Kind of Blue
As part of KUT’s Views and Brews series we engaged in a spirited discussion about Miles, his music, his relationships with his musicians, and the g...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: Big Walter Smith
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Big Walter Smith
This week, in honor of Big Walter Smith, we focus on the blues in Minnesota. The feature segment is an intimate interview recorded in 2010 in which...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTIP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 3
VoiceBox: Woody at 100
From: VoiceBox
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VoiceBox celebrates Woody Guthrie's centennial birthday with conversation and song when Peter Glazer, professor of Performance Studies at the Unive...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Vocalese: The Sound of the Jive Jazz Poets
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Lambert Hendricks & Ross
This one hour program concentrates on the Jazz style of singing refereed to as Vocalese. Many of the artists are also scat singers and Jazz poets. ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WVAS, Radio New Zealand, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:53
  • Purchases: 4
Moments with Jazz Master, Von Freeman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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3 Moments with tenor saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman.

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


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 10
Moments with NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Owens
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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4 "Moments" with trumpeter, flugelhornist, and advocate, Jimmy Owens.

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


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 10
Signing Off
From: Christopher Williams
Caption: Signing Off - Album Artwork
UB40 went on to become one of the world's biggest reggae acts - but their debut album "Signing Off" still stands as one of their most influential r...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 49:05
SITPE # 1134
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
Caption: Janis Ian
Artists and Old Favorites

Bought by KWMR, KMXT, KHNS, KKRN, KPVL and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
A Conversation with Sean Wilentz about Bob Dylan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Sean Wilentz discusses his biography, Bob Dylan in America.

Bought by Prairie Public and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Randy Weston
From: National Endowment for the Arts
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Randy Weston talks about the music he loves.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 26:05
JazzStories: Regina Carter
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"Well, growing up in Detroit I was exposed to a lot of different music, a lot of different cultures at a very young age without ever having to leav...

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


  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 6
Show # 1119
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Unearthing hidden treasures.

Bought by KMUD, KEOS, KWMR, KEOS, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 7
The Genius of Charles Mingus!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus was a Jazz musician, composer, and band leader. He recorded over one hundred albums and wrote over three hundred scores. Some of the...

Bought by KCNP, WESM 91.3 FM, Spokane Public Radio, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 54:38
  • Purchases: 4
Josh White: The Music The Man (Part C)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Josh White Jr. , Credit: Silverwolf
Interview and discussion on the subject of the legendary JOSH WHITE with his son JOSH WHITE, Jr. his daughter JUDY WHITE-GOARD and his granddaughte...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:27
Josh White: The Music The Man (Part A)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Josh White
Interview and discussion on the subject of the legendary JOSH WHITE with his son JOSH WHITE, Jr. his daughter JUDY WHITE-GOARD and his granddaughte...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2011
  • Length: 54:13
Pete Seeger on "We Shall Overcome"
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Folk music legend Pete Seeger explains the history behind the civil rights anthem, "We Shall Overcome", and why this famous song has many brothers ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, KWEMradio.com/KWEM LP and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 17
MN Music Legend Lonnie Knight
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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By Doug MacRostie. Lonnie Knight was there for the first digital recording. Yes, I'm serious. He was working as Staff Guitarist at Sound 80 when 3M...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 33:58
Piece of My Heart: The Story of Janis Joplin
From: KUT
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Winner of the Grand Trophy 2011, International Radio Festivals! An intimate reconsideration of Janis' journey from a tiny Texas refinery town to t...

Bought by KCNP, Prairie Public, WRGY, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WCPN and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2010
  • Length: 57:31
  • Purchases: 20
Jazz and Civil Rights
From: With Good Reason
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Musicians' impact on the Movement.

Bought by WVAS, WVAS, WABE, WVAS, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
I Can Understand It: The Story of THE NEWBIRTH (Part B)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The New Birth
The Funk Show: An interview with THE NEW BIRTH - A one hour (Part #2) interview with LESLIE WILSON and MELVIN WILSON of THE NEW BIRTH SOUL R&B Grou...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Dec 17, 2009
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 1