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Virtuoso Voices - Murray Perahia (What's the Deal?)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Performing music is probably one of the only professions where the longer you play, the better you get - the harder it gets. It's a phenomenon tha...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :18
Virtuoso Voices - Murray Perahia (Mozart by Consensus)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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If there were a "supporting musician" category in Mozart's Piano Concertos, it would probably be the wind section, especially the clarinets. When ...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :15
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Murray Perahia (Loves Practicing... Now)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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It's the bane of all musicians whether they play professionally or took lessons as a kid. Practicing, especially those endless and unrewarding sca...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :21
Gems of Bluegrass 804 - A Tribute to the Fiddle
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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program suggested for January 19 - 25, 2008

Bought by NPR Illinois, WAMU, and KZYX


  • Added: Dec 27, 2007
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 3
Chris Calloway: A Jazz Life of Her Own (29:00 / 21:30 / 9:33 / 7:20)
From: Paul Ingles
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Jazz singer Chris Calloway, daughter to the legendary singer and band leader Cab Calloway, died August 7, 2008. Chris recalls her father's legacy ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KGLT, and WVRU


  • Added: Dec 23, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Gem of Bluegrass 803 - Progressive Acoustic Music
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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program suggested for January 12 - 18, 2008

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2007
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
Max Roach--Drums Unlimited
From: Ben Shapiro
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Master drummer Max Roach recounts his own extraordinary journey, from the era of the Jim Crow south to the creation of modern jazz, from the civil ...

Bought by WFIU, High Plains Public Radio, WSLR, KCSM, KMUW and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 47
Gems of Bluegrass 802 - The Bluegrass - Jazz Connection
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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program suggested for Jan 5 - 11, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Dec 15, 2007
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 2
A Vermont Christmas with Counterpoint 2007
From: Vermont Public
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Highlights of Counterpoint's annual holiday concerts, recorded live by Vermont Public Radio. Counterpoint is Vermont's premier choral ensemble dire...

Bought by WMNR, WSMC, KVLU, KVNO, WUAL and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
On Being Thankful - for Cancer & for a Cat
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
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Two beautiful Thanksgiving stories from NY Times Bestseller Susan Chernak McElroy 4:39

Bought by KISU, 90.5 WSNC, KUT, WTIP, KZYX and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2007
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 6
What Space "Sounds" Like
From: Richard Paul
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How musicans have depicted outer space through the ages

Bought by Central Florida Public Media and WKMS


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 11:20
  • Purchases: 2
Music in Space
From: Richard Paul
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Everyone who has ever played music in outer space

Bought by Central Florida Public Media and WKMS


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 09:38
  • Purchases: 2
Arts on the Air - Diane Sloan
From: Vanessa Finney
Series: Arts on the Air
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Interview with classical singer Diane Sloan

  • Added: Oct 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:48
Disney and the Musical
From: Richard Paul
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How Disney's move to Broadway resurrected the musical as it had been done.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
Musical Theater - Where To?
From: Richard Paul
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How the musical has evolved since the 1960s

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and KVNF


  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 2
Broadway and Social Commentary
From: Richard Paul
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Social commentary in American musical theater

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
What Makes A Musical
From: Richard Paul
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The elements that must be present in a theatrical musical

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
The History of American Musical Theater
From: Richard Paul
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American musical theater from The Indian Princess to Rent

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
Songs for Hippos and Wasps
From: Richard Paul
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The work life of a composer who writes music for Nature Documentaries

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 17, 2007
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 1
The Lumberyard: A Radio Magazine of Poetry, Prose and Music (2:11)
From: Ken Cormier
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Poems from Phillis Levin, Clayton Eshleman, Penelope Pelizzon, and more!

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Oct 03, 2007
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 1
What's the Word? Hip-Hop in the World
From: Modern Language Association
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Hip-Hop in Cuba, South Africa, and the Islamic world

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMXT and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 10
Austin City Limits Festival 2007: The List
From: KUT
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An Austinite's guide to the 2007 Austin City Limits Festival.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2007
  • Length: 54:01
A Holiday Music Tour With Judy Collins (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 3 Holiday Music Specials Hosted by Judy Collins
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Singing legend Judy Collins headlines the third in a series of hour-long holiday specials featuring musicians from around the country performing or...

Bought by KMXT, KUPR low power FM, KPSQ-LP, WXPR, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2007
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 48
Endangered Chinese Music
From: Richard Paul
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Chinese music that is disappearing

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
Musical Instruments of China
From: Richard Paul
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The sounds, instruments and structures of the traditional Chinese orchestra.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 09:20

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