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For Women's history month, we look at organ music created by women over the years. We start with music from Europe and beyond.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
With so much violence being directed toward Israel, a person could get the impression that Israel and Jews don’t belong in the Middle East. Yet we ...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
“Sounds Jewish” features a global Jewish playlist about friends – inspired by the recent death and blessed memory of host Andy Muchin’s longtime bu...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Beyond The Barrier #45 - Hour 1
This we journey back but also forward as we listen to the tribal sounds of ambient music. Inspired by the recordings of Byron Metcalf this week w...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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He's the wunderkind of the conducting world: Klaus Mäkelä. Though just in his mid-twenties, the Finnish conductor is slated to become chief conduct...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:59
Caption: Augustin Hadelich
Too different, too innovative: That's what Beethoven's contemporaries thought of his now famous violin concerto! Violinist Augustin Hadelich gives ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:58
Caption: Alexander Melnikov
Are you melancholic, sanguine, phlegmatic or choleric? No matter your temperament, there's something for you in this 2022 Beethoven Festival concer...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:58
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It's an absolute thrill for any Bach fan to hear his St. Matthew Passion in the place he premiered it: the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. And this i...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:59
Caption: New music from Dan Tyminski.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes one of the premier vocalists in modern acoustic music Tyminski plus East ...

Bought by WVRU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KEDT, WETS, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 27
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Like father, like son – or so the saying goes. But how true does this hold for Johann Sebastian Bach and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel? The opening ...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:58
Caption: Homero Manzi
The life and poetry of one of Tango's most beloved lyricists, Homero Manzi.

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jul 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Daniel Barenboim conducting
In times of war, music can provide a much-needed glimmer of hope – and this special DWFC episode dedicated to Ukraine does just that. It features p...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:59
Caption: Crys Matthews makes her debut on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Canadian troubadour Scott Cook plus southeastern North Carolina folksi...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 34
Caption: Jackie Robinson
Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus, and others.

Bought by WLRH, KRCU Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WJSU, WESM 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
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Is it possible to tell what's arguably the most told story in the world – the life and works of Jesus Christ – in a fresh, new way? The 2021 Bach F...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:57
Caption: Conductor Philippe Herreweghe
What do you turn to when a loss is so great that you can't put your grief into words? For many people, it's music – but such music isn't strictly s...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:58
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This week, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, music written in memory of those days and the effects it had on so ma...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
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An all-new Jerry Garcia special featuring his bluegrass, jazz and transformative musical work across the ages.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
Caption: The one-and-only Marlana VanHoose on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes the United by Music North America Band which features musicians with d...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KKRN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WVRU, KMSU and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 29
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The first in a three part series celebrating the music and legacy of Chick Corea. This week, the focus is on his work on the acoustic piano, from N...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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A tribute to those who passed in 2020

  • Added: Jan 04, 2021
  • Length: 01:56:06
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The Covid pandemic of 2020 challenged musicians, artists and performers like nothing before, ever -- and they adapted, in all different ways. "Musi...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2020
  • Length: 51:58
Caption: Leonard Slatkin, Credit: Chris Lee
Leonard Slatkin talks about the DSO

  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:22
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Music by Bartok and Shostakovich from Chamber Music Northwest

Bought by WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
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After a tragic loss, a parent is inundated with words of condolences and must ponder the real value and meaning of these words. Are they meant in a...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1