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A Conversation with Pete Seeger [about Woody Guthrie]
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Pete Seeger remembers his friend, Woody Guthrie. [21:13]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 11, 2014
  • Length: 21:18
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Peace Signs
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind"--that's Gandhi's wise signal for a peaceable world, and points us in the direction of this...

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


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Gyuto Monks: No Ordinary Experience
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: A young apprentice tries his hand at making a mandala.
The Gyuto monks, followers of the Dalai Llama, live in cultural exile in India. They teach love, wisdom and kindness by performing programs of thei...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
His First Symphony
From: Judlyne Lilly-Gibson
Caption: Nathan Felix, Composer , Credit: David Schulte
Nathan Felix of Austin, Texas accomplishes something that's seemingly impossible. He wrote a symphony without ever taking a class in composing or ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
Jelly Role Morton
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Jelly Role Morton
Born Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe in New Orleans right before the turn of the 20th Century, Jelly Role Morton is credited as one of the founding father...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Anita O'Day
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Anita O'Day
Anita O'Day was known for her counter-culture approach to performance. Breaking the molds of the stereotypical "girl singer" with her dress, her st...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Patience
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Patience, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a steadfast journey this Folktale makes--around the musical globe--you'll want to join us, because, as they say in many a folkworld, patience ...

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


  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 7
Putting The Passion Back Into Compassion (With Sam Corbin)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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"I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in that moment. I love the look in people’s eyes whe...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:22
  • Purchases: 1
Dizzy Gillespie
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Dizzy Gillespie
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe explores what Gillespie's legacy can teach us about the revolutionary aspect of humor, and how we can live...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Dead Man Walking (With Brian Vander Ark)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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In the movie The Interpreter, the character played by Nicole Kidman says, "Vengeance is a lazy form of grief." If we're honest, most of us have mo...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 30:08
  • Purchases: 1
The Examined Life (w/Jen Sygit and Laura Bates)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Ian Lawton enjoins listeners to be authentic and mindful of true wisdom, by virtue of knowing our highest sense of self. Jen Sygit and Laura Bates...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 27:38
  • Purchases: 1
VoiceBox: Singing Without Sight
From: VoiceBox
Caption: Laurie Rubin
Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin discusses what it takes to lead a successful career as a singer when you're blind and how other sight-impaired...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
Glenn Frey Tribute on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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All of us at Art of the Song are deeply saddened by the untimely passing of Eagles founding member Glenn Frey on January 18, 2016. An inspiration t...

Bought by KREV-LP, KGLP, KUNM, WOMR, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Christmas Story through Carols Old and New
From: Kimberlea Daggy
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An hour long choral music show telling the Christmas story through familiar and lesser known carols.

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WHRV, KSLU, KUCO and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 33
Taste of Eternity, A Musical Shabbat: Part 1 - Friday Night Service and Table songs - Sung by The Western Wind; Narrated by Leonard Nimoy
From: William Zukof
Series: The Western Wind Judaica Series
Caption: Taste of Eternity, A Musical Shabbat: Part I
Taste of Eternity A Musical Shabbat Part I: Friday Night Service and Table Songs Sung by The Western Wind and Guest Chorus Matthew Lazar, Gue...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 59:41
  • Purchases: 1
U2's Bono on Playing Music for America Right After 9-11
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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This lost interview with Bono comes to us from a conversation recorded back in 2001, just weeks after 9-11. Bono was speaking with Anthony Bozza--t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with John Williams
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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45 Academy Award nominations, 5 Academy awards, 4 Golden Globe awards, 20 Grammy awards?! Does John Williams sleep? Hmmm.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and KMUZ


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:51
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Sebastian Ruth
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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2010 MacArthur Fellow Sebastian Ruth talks about the community-based arts organization he founded, Community MusicWorks, which won a 2010 National ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Needle Drop 08-21-10
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Jaill, Fever Ray, and Fergus & Geronimo.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 5
Virtuoso Voices - Vladimir Spivakov (Save the Beauty)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vladimir Spivakov, Credit: Valery Plotnikov
Mission Statements were once the rage, but you don't hear them talked about much these days. Here's a good one from conductor and violinist Vladim...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Vladimir Spivakov (You're in Good Hands)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vladimir Spivakov, Credit: Valery Plotnikov
It's hard to get through the day without hearing at least one or two ads for car insurance - from the "good hands" people to that little green geck...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Savannah Music Festival LIVE Presents: Mendelssohn at 200 featuring Sebastian Knauer
From: Savannah Music Festival LIVE
Series: Savannah Music Festival LIVE - Season Two
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German pianist Sebastian Knauer gives an all-Mendelssohn recital in honor of the composer's 200th birthday at Wesley Monumental United Methodist Ch...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Bach Mix "Bach Beyond Music"
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: J.S. Bach
Three Bach playing pianists talk about a possible spiritual presence in music by Bach. Use this 59 second "Mix" for Bach's Birthday (March 21) or ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :44
Virtuoso Voices - Bernard Haitink (Got Your Back)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Bernard Haitink
Conductor Bernard Haitink talks about the musical strength and support he gets when he conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In addition to bei...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Eugene Drucker (Magical Variations)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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A chaconne is series of melodic variations played over a repeated sequence of notes and harmonies. One of the most famous chaconnes is heard in th...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: :24