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Wayne Henderson: Making and Playing Guitars
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Wayne Henderson, Credit: Tom Pich
Luthier, guitarist and 1995 national Heritage Fellow Wayne Henderson discusses his distinctive guitars and his distinctive sound.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WABE, WNJR, KPVL, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Director Donald Sanders--Making a Life on the Stage
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Ensemble for the Romantic Century blends chamber music with fully staged dramas and changes both theater and concerts in the process. Don Sanders i...

Bought by WABE, WNJR, KPIP-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Independence Special (Hour 1)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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This is not your everyday variety Independence Day special. It's a celebration of what America is and can be when we unite with one heart. This col...

Bought by KTOO and KPVL


  • Added: Jun 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Oud-player and composer Rahim AlHaj prisoner, exile, and brilliant musician
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Rahim AlHaj, Credit: Dan Merlo
Rahim AlHaj is quite simply one of the best oud players in the world. In this broadcast, Rahim performs and shares his story of leaving Iraq and c...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WABE, WMMT, WNJR, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
The late Joe Wilson--the great friend of American folk culture
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Joe Wilson at the Henderson Festival, 2014, Credit: Ginger Correll
2001 National Heritage Fellow Joe Wilson weaves his storytelling spell into the history of Blue Ridge Mountain culture.

Bought by WNJR, WABE, WMMT, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
All that Jazz with Carla Bley
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Carla Bley, Credit: D.D. Rider
Carla Bley is a prolific and agile composer and jazz pianist. She talks about her career--from Birdland to Montreux.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Harford Community Radio, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 4
WoodSongs 794: Larkin Poe and Humming House
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Larkin Poe rock the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes roots rock duo Larkin Poe plus powerful Nashville quintet Humming House.

Bought by KUAR, KENW, RadioFreePalmer, KJJF, WLPR and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 7
WoodSongs 790: Jorma Kaokonen and Lowell “Banana” Levinger
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Lowell Levinger performs The Youngbloods "Get Together" with Jorma Kaukonen, Michael and more!
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Jorma Kaukonen plus founding member found...

Bought by KENW, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KJJF, WRGY and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 10
Deborah Bond:Making it in the Music World--Almost
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Deborah Bond
Dual Lives Series: Deborah Bond sings like a dream, has three cds and tours internationally. But she still needs a day job to pay the bills.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Black Theater, Black Lives
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bernadine Mitchell in Bessie's Blues, wirtten and directed by Thomas W. Jones II, Credit: Courtesy of Metro Stage
Writer, director, and actor, Thomas W. Jones II makes sense of the world through theater

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Psychology of Jazz (Ep. 11)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Jazz pianist Kenny Werner: the accidental guru of the musical self-help movement
Are jazz musicians more prone to mental illness? Can jazz be therapeutic? And what can musicians do to get over performance anxiety? We'll answer t...

Bought by WCPN, KMUN, KHNS, Radio New Zealand, WCPN and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 26
WoodSongs 784: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Nell Robinson & The Rose of No-Man’s Land
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Folk legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes "King of the Folksingers" Ramblin' Jack Elliott plus Nell Robinson & The ...

Bought by KENW, KLCC, Yellowstone Public Radio, KGLT, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
Broken Notes
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Fall 2012
Caption: Kamna Shastri interviews Dean Petrich near his piano sheds, Credit: Ravi Rangan
Kamna Shastri gives us a peek into the world of a man who cares for broken–down pianos.

Bought by PRX Remix and YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 2
Bay Area Beats: Rapping assistant principal uses music to connect with students
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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Some of all Parts, is a San Francisco rap group made up of old high school buddies Carlos Teasdale, Daniel Velarde, and Joe Truss. Truss is Assista...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
Michael Chorney, Music Inventor
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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Michael is a self taught musician, arranger and composer…but If you asked me what genre of music he makes, I’d have no idea. All of them? None of t...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 50:50
WoodSongs 780: Ian McLagan and Janiva Magness
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Ian McLagan performs on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Member Ian McLagan in one of his final perform...

Bought by KENW, Yellowstone Public Radio, RadioFreePalmer, WLPR , WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 6
Not Your Average Teen Composer
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Leila Mohaddes
Having fallen in love with the piano as a toddler, now as a teenager, Leila Mohaddes is composing her own music and transposing her songs for strin...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 05:06
Composer John Williams discusses the art of scoring films.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: John Williams
Over his fifty-plus year career, John Williams has written many of the most famous scores in Hollywood film history.

Bought by KGUA, KPIP-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
WoodSongs 779F: Michael Martin Murphey plus The Clark Family Trio
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Michael Johnathon performs his opening song in Eureka Springs, Arkansas
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, Michael Johnathon and the WoodSongs Crew head to Eureka Springs, Arkansas for the second show of a do...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRGY, KMXT, and WLIW


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 5
A conversation about Folk Arts: Grassroots self-expression
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Barry Bergey with Mavis Staples, Credit: Tom Pich
The NEA's recently retired Director of Folk and Traditional Arts Barry Bergey shares some memories about a lifetime immersed in folk and tradition...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Way Beyond the Blue
From: Hold That Thought
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Professor André de Quadros believes that music is for everyone, including prison inmates. Here, he shares his moving experiences teaching in two Ma...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:38
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 779: Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley and EmiSunshine
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: 10 year-old EmiSunshine shows off her powerful voice!
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Nashville bluegrass and roots duo Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley plus 10-year-o...

Bought by KENW, RadioFreePalmer, High Plains Public Radio, WOUB, WLIW and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 6
WoodSongs 776: Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson and Angaleena Presley
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Mud Morganfield and Kim Wilson with their tribute to Muddy Waters
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Mud's l...

Bought by KENW, KMUW, RadioFreePalmer, WLPR , WLIW and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 6
Jeremy and Nicole Olivier, With Love from South Africa
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Frank Lenselink and Jeremy, Credit: Anton F.
Jeremy Olivier, a musician from the Southern African region and his songwriter wife Nicole introduce us to the inspiring and touching story behind ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 17:31
WoodSongs 775: FullSet and Las Cafeteras
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: FullSet from Ireland makes their debut on WoodSongs.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes the LA Afro-Mexican ensemble Las Cafeteras plus award winning traditional...

Bought by KENW, RadioFreePalmer, WYAP, WLIW, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 6