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NL 23-37: After Brubeck: Paul Desmond In The 1970s, 9/4/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A program featuring the 1970s music of alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, including commentary from Desmond friend and biographer Doug Ramsey.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
NL 23-36: Gennett Days: Hot Jazz From the Heartland, 8/28/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Exploring the emergence of a kinetic jazz scene in 1920s Indiana, with commentary from historian James Madison and others.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
815: Taking Pop Seriously / 816: Secrets Of Alchemy, 7/29/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Taking Pop Seriously" - Korean pop music has been breaking global charts and hearts, selling millions of records every year. Is is time ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:59
Tony Bennett - I will do this for the rest of my life
From: Sedge Thomson
Caption: Tony Bennett and Sedge Thomson on West Coast Live, Freight and Salvage venue, Berkeley, CA Nov 14, 1998
Tony Bennett was one of the greats, and his relaxed modesty gives us insight to the values he held to keep singing, despite "the bobbing and weavin...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 22:00
NL 23-28: Swing That Music: Louis Armstrong in the Big Band Era, 7/3/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi joins us to discuss a vital and often-overlooked period of the trumpeter’s career.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Constant Wonder - The Unfinished Story of America's Anthem
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A true national anthem isn't set by law: it's chosen by the people and often emerges out of conflict.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Music Archive Showcase #155 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author David Leaf on Brian Wilson + The Beach Boys - Part 2 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: "GOOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles continues his talk with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KAAD-LP, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Millennial History
From: Andrea Voets
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In Millennial History, we relive recent history through the eyes of millennials who were there when it happened. The murder of anti-mafia judge Fal...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:39:06
Music Archive Showcase #154 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author David Leaf on Brian Wilson + The Beach Boys - Part 1 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: "GOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles talks with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story o...

Bought by KAAD-LP, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
NL 23-25: On A Turquoise Cloud: Duke Ellington After The War, 1945-47, 6/12/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Ellington kept his orchestra together in a changing economic landscape, continuing to create memorable music and expanding his compositional horizons.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
Music Archive Showcase #152 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author John Kruth on PINK FLOYD'S legendary DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Part 1 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Pink Floyd
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles talks with musician and author John Kruth about Kruth's 2023 book called LUNACY: The Curious Phenomen...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KBBI Alaska, WRVO Public Media, KSJE, KRVS and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Musician's Spotlight - Emma Donovan - 839
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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"Emma Donovan can front a well-oiled soul band in her sleep” – Rolling Stone Renowned Indigenous Australian singer and songwriter Emma Donovan joi...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:36
  • Purchases: 2
Rosanne Cash
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 956 (Air Dates April 24 - 30, 2023) As a part of our 20th Anniversary Celebration we revisit our interview with Rosanne Cash, and her husband/...

Bought by KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WHRV and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
NL 23-17: Made In Detroit: Jazz From The Motor City, (Part 2), 4/17/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Mark Stryker, author of the new book Jazz From Detroit, joins us again to discuss the city’s jazz legacy.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
WoodSongs 1070: Victor Furtado and Kristina Gaddy
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Steve Martin Banjo Prize winner Victor Furtado
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes clawhammer banjo champion Victor Furtado plus award winning author and ba...

Bought by KBRW, KMUN, WEJP-LP 107.1, GCR (Global Community Radio), KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Music Archive Showcase #151 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Ed King & Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd [2 of 2]
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Lynyrd Skynyrd (1977)
On this MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE episode, it's the second of a two-part edition from our occasional series TALK MUSIC WITH ME. We dig back a few deca...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WRVO Public Media, KUHF, and KSJE


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
NL 23-16: Made In Detroit: Jazz From The Motor City” (Part 1), 4/10/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Bloomington native and longtime Detroit Free Press music writer Mark Stryker joins us to talk about his new book Jazz From Detroit and the musician...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
23-26 Music by American Composers
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Scott Joplin
This week's edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! is a celebration of music by American composers, Copland, John Philips Sousa, and more, and features...

Bought by Ohm Radio , WPVM 103.7, KMUN, WUAL, WRTI and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 60
23-18 The Legend of Agustin Barrios Mangoré, Interviews: David Russell, Rico Stover, Jack Silver
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Agustin Barrios Mangoré
In honor of the 138th anniversary of his birth, this week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features a tribute to singularly extraordinary Parag...

Bought by Ohm Radio , New Hampshire Public Radio, WPVM 103.7, KMUN, KACU and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 60
TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Ed King & Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd [1 of 2]
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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On this episode, it's the first of a two-part edition from our occasional series TALK MUSIC WITH ME. We dig back a few decades into our files to un...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Music Archive Showcase #150 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Ed King & Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd [1 of 2]
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Lynyrd Skynyrd
On this MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE episode, it's the first of a two-part edition from our occasional series TALK MUSIC WITH ME. We dig back a few deca...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WHRV, WRVO Public Media, KUHF, and KSJE


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
NL 23-07: Jazz Is Not A Noun: Don Shirley, The Extraordinary Pianist, 2/6/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Pianist Don Shirley combined classical, jazz, and spiritual influences on the many recordings he made in the 1950s and 60s. A forgotten figure in ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
NL 23-04: New Vibes: Gary Burton In The 1960s, 1/16/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Vibraphonist Gary Burton was still a teenager when he burst onto the 1960s jazz scene, going on to work with Stan Getz and make a number of memorab...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Matt Mullins & the Bringdowns
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
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Matt Mullins and the Bringdowns come from Beckley, West Virginia with howling harmonicas, a raw blues guitar, and bone chilling vocals. Matt Mull...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:12
NL 22-50: It’s Jazz, Charlie Brown: The Vince Guaraldi Story, 12/5/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A look at the early jazz career and subsequent Peanuts success of pianist Vince Guaraldi, including interviews with jazz critic Doug Ramsey, Guaral...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:01

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