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It's Only Rock and Roll - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Rod Clarance has traveled to more countries than you can shake a stick at. His Song Story is pulled from his memories of his first time in Europe.

  • Added: May 08, 2020
  • Length: 05:22
Ashe Bhosle's onions
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Ashe Bhosle in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Once Asha effortlessly brought India to my kitchen in California. Now she transported me from a balmy night in a park in Kolkata to a foggy evening...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Pianist, Dick Hyman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these moments, we learn some cool facts about one of the best piano innovators of all time, NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 11
Born on the Bayou 2 - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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NOTE: The :48 intro CAN be removed without prior permission. Eddie Ramirez remembers a cruising in the newest car he'd ever owned, black, all pow...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2016
  • Length: 05:34
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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"You can play notes, but if you don't put anything in the notes, that's what it is...just notes." - Pharoah Sanders.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 11
Sly Watts in City Park
From: Sarah Holtz
Series: The Poetic City
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Sly Watts performs his poem "Passion" in City Park.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:35
The Ninth Symphony - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Filmmaker Kerry Candaele’s epiphany on California’s Pacific Coast Highway still resonates with him today.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2015
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 2
John Coltrane on Giant Steps
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I want to be the force which is truly for good." - John Coltrane in one of his final interviews. In the fall of 1966, John Coltrane was living on ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KZYX, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WDCB, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 6
150214 Mardi Gras - New Orleans Music by New Orleans Musicians
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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And as always, music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of.... A theme in anticipation of Mardi Gras, it will work any year.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 02:58:04
Day Job 3: The Best Laid Plans Of Lesli Wood
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Lesli Wood of The Redwood Plan, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Lesli Wood has achieved almost every goal she's set for herself. She's a professional lawyer. And her band, The Redwood Plan, has played to big cro...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 14:20
  • Purchases: 1
Day Job 2: Pi Day
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Pi Day at Pies and Pints, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Kennith Darling played bass with Seattle band The Trouble Starts. That is, he used to, until the band broke up. "I feel like I lost three really cl...

Bought by KUOW and Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 2
Day Job 1: Bitter Barista
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Matt "Spek" Watson at The Station, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Seattle's Matt Watson performs as a rapper and producer under the name Spekulation. He used to hate his day job serving espresso. After being outed...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Delmarva Public Media, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 4
NEA Jazz Moments with JAMEY AEBERSOLD
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2014 NEA Jazz Master, Jamey Aebersold. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn abou...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 14
Liner Notes: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Known as "Nica" or "The Baroness" Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a jazz patron who supported artists such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, bo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
The sound of old India, now available!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy discovers the very old recordings of the Archive of Indian Music.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bud Powell
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Bud Powell
As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
Louis Armstrong
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Louis Armstrong
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong is consider one of the most important musicians of the 20th century. With his innovations in ensemble playing and his dis...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Midnight Melodies: MIT After Hours
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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For Joe, the best part of playing the piano is doing it where no one’s listening.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
NEA Jazz Moments with Mose Allison
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Mose Allison. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn about M...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 16
Moments with Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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4 Moments with legendary drummer and NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette

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


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 11
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
Joy and freedom onstage
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Classical piano or "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"--makes no difference, as long as Aleksya can be onstage, performing for an audience.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:20
NEA Jazz Master Hubert Laws
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Four Jazz Moments featuring flutist and 2011 NEA Jazz Master, Hubert Laws.

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


  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 10
Native Sounds: Gary Farmer
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Gary Farmer
Brendan McCauley speaks with Native American actor and musician Gary Farmer.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KRZA, KKWE Niijii Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSQM 91.5 FM and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 11:12
  • Purchases: 6
Native Sounds: Joey Stylez
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Joey Stylez
Tobias Grant speaks with Native American Hip Hop musician Joey Stylez.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSQM 91.5 FM, KWIS 88.3 FM, and WGDR


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 11:35
  • Purchases: 4