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Appalachian Vibes featuring Casey Noel, A Jordan & Resonant Rogues
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
Caption: Appalachian Vibes , Credit: Amanda Bocchi
This week on Appalachian Vibes, my guest is Casey Noel, a Costa Rican Appalachian singer-songwriter from Greensboro NC-she reveals her latest singl...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:34
CJL-616 Bill Overton Quartet: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
From: Steve Rashid
Series: Chicago Jazz Live
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we’re going back to our archives to welcome saxophonist and vocalist, Bill Overton, with his quartet featuring Jerem...

Bought by KMUW, WDCB, WLPR , and WDCB


  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 4
Big Freedia, “Queen of Bounce” — no guns, more twerking!
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Big Freedia is credited with bringing New Orleans "Bounce" music to the rest of the USA, Credit: Brad Hebert
New Orleans musician Big Freedia is famous for her music and twerking; her life story and anti-gun activism are less well known.

  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:29
My Piano Instructor Raped Me
From: KUER
Series: More To Say
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Last February, a former student at Utah State University wrote a Facebook post. She said she’d been raped by an instructor in the piano department,...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 26:53
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with Basia Bulat and San Fermin
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with Lizzo
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 25:39
  • Purchases: 1
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with Bully
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 24:41
  • Purchases: 1
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with Jack Garrat
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 23:44
Our 5 Favorite Songs of 2015
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 27:55
  • Purchases: 1
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with Local Musicians
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 27:08
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with Tommy Stinson and Brent Knopf
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 21:52
Jazz and Civil Rights
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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How the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane were tied to the struggle for racial e...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, KMUN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KPSQ-LP, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 17
Zora Neale Hurston and the Blues
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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WFHB Blue Monday DJ and Blues guitarist Jason Fickel discusses Zora Neale Hurston with IU professor M. Cooper Harriss. The two look at the work of ...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 1
Forging a Path from Metal
From: Christopher Mosson
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Made in the Transom traveling workshop: Welding large metal structures takes its toll on an aging sculptor. What's an artist's retirement plan?

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
(E)motion Picture
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
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How do musicians come up with the scores for Hollywood blockbuster films? Mark Graham, seasoned music preparation supervisor, reveals the hectic be...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 07:02
Bill Fischer, The Dance Caller
From: Cuchulain Kelly
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Bill Fischer grew up in Connecticut, went to Columbia medical school, and then moved back to Bethany, Connecticut in the seventies to practice gene...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:24
Centerstage Minnesota: The entity known as Brothers Burn Mountain and the "We Love To Be Free" compilation
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Brothers Burn Mountian (Ryan and Jesse Dermody)
Northern Community Radio producer Amy Clark brings us a feature piece on the Brothers Burn Mountain. Also Charlie Pulkrabek talks with Dave Alderso...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
To The Borderline: David Francey Interview
From: Susan O'Leary
Series: The Radio Ballads
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Interview with Canadian singer-songwriter David Francey.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 08:30
The Mad Scientist
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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David Kontak builds bizarre musical machines out of found objects and uses them to produce experimental soundscapes.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
Indie duo, The Knots - No slaves to fashion.
From: Katie Ball
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The Knots are an Orlando-based duo whose original songs meld the retro stylings of 1950s croon-tunes with gut-bucket blues and tasty jazz; pretty c...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2010
  • Length: 07:19
The Jayhawks: Music From The North Country
From: Joyride Media
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The history and musical trajectory of the veteran Minnesota rock band The Jayhawks.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, WCWP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Loisaida Cultural Wire interviews Eseohe Arhebamen
From: Eseohe Arhebamen
Caption: eseohe, Credit: KoPAS
Loisaida Cultural Wire interviews Eseohe Arhebamen.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 43:43
A Musician's Life: Duncan Sheik
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Singer songwriter Duncan Sheik feels much more at ease watching other people perform his work. He likes writing and recording his own albums but h...

Bought by WGDR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and Mississippi Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: Joe Ely
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Part storyteller, part wanderer, Texas songwriter Joe Ely talks about lessons he learned from a life of travel.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 20, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Day the Music Died
From: Julie Beth Napolin
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A profile of a vinyl record store owner during his last week in business.

Bought by KSRQ, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6