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What Music to Listen To When Writing? A 3-minute primer
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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What music is most conducive to writing - the answer might surprise you

  • Added: Apr 15, 2007
  • Length: 02:52
The Bad Plus
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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The Bad Plus plays jazz with a rock sensibility

  • Added: Mar 07, 2007
  • Length: 14:37
TRACES
From: Judith Weber
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An attempt to trace thought

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
C'est la Guerre
From: David Grimes
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Musical setting of quotes from Lyndon Johnson, William Fulbright and Wayne Morse regarding the War in Vietnam.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
That's My Song: Sex (I'm a...)
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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How a song by New Wave band Berlin, and a generous act by their lead singer, helped a young lesbian feel she wasn't alone.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 25, 2006
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
That's My Song: Aliens Exist
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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A song that tells a story of one boy?s experiences growing up as an outsider.

Bought by WGDR, PRX Remix, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: Alejandro Escovedo
From: WXPN
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Alejandro Escovedo music is an eclectic mix of his life experiences--from his childhood in Texas to his exposure to New York and San Francisco's pu...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 19, 2006
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Aimee Mann
From: WXPN
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The music business may have toughened Aimee Mann, but her songwriting remains compassionate and sensitive.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, and Musicians' Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Rodney Crowell
From: WXPN
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Singer songerwriter Rodney Crowell says his songwriting has gotten more personal with age. He also talks about working on the song "I Walk the Lin...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 18, 2006
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Billy Bragg
From: WXPN
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Musician Billy Bragg reflects on writing songs about politics and love.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2006
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Laura Veirs
From: WXPN
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Seattle based musician Laura Veirs says she had to appreciate the little victories in her quest to become a full-time performer.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2006
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Michael Franti
From: WXPN
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Singer, songwriter and activist Michael Franti reflects changes in his approach to music making over the years.

Bought by KUSP and KUT


  • Added: Oct 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 2
A Musician's Life: Joseph Arthur
From: WXPN
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For singer songwriter Joseph Arthur making music is an act of liberation.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Charlie Musselwhite
From: WXPN
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Blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite reflects on his life as a blues musician. The blues has helped him through hard times, including the mu...

Bought by KCSM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WQJC, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: Dave Alvin
From: WXPN
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Songwriter Dave Alvin reflects on performing with his brother in the band the Blasters and his first bad review.

Bought by KSFR, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 3
Teenaged Guitarists Tackle "El Gato Montes"
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Carlos and his quartet struggle with "El Gato Montes" in after school rehearsals.

Bought by The WFMT Radio Network, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WEKU, and YouthCast


  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: Janis Ian
From: WXPN
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Folk singer Janis Ian reflects on her long career including mistakes she's made along the way.

Bought by KMXT and KUT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 2
A Musician's Life: T-Bone Burnett
From: WXPN
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The musician and record producer talks about his addiction to sound and his work on the film "Oh Brother Where Art Thou"?

Bought by WQJC and KUT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 2
The Phantom of Crestwood
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A recounting of a partly imagined, partly remembered cinematic thriller.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: :41
A-E-I-O-U (Guitars, pt. 1)
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A surreal guitar lesson that is all over the map, with a sampling of guitar sounds to punctuate.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:07
Plink Plink Plink (Guitars. pt. 2)
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A surreal guitar lesson that goes all over the map.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:08
Misery & Torment
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A gentle diatribe against country music and too much of anything.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:40
Horseshoe-Shaped Organ
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A breathtaking pace for a tale of barely learning to play the organ.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:19
Play On
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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Thinking about how a song gets stuck in your head.

Bought by Hearing Voices


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Rapper Versus Rocker Versus World
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Teenagers fight to be seen as unique. But often, adults just see...teenagers.

Bought by Remix Radio, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and KOOP


  • Added: Apr 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 3

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