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Artist Trish Jones
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Tish Jones is the Community Engagement Director for the St Paul Almanac, and Executive Director of TruArtSpeaks. She began performing at age 14, an...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:47
Holier Than Thou
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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Broadway musicals evangelize with a light-hearted style

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, KKRN, and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 4
bloomingOUT - March 8, 2012
From: WFHB
Series: bloomingOUT
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Hosts Helen Harrell and Joshua Sutton welcome Australian singer/songwriter Martine Locke for an in-studio performance; Helen highlights civil right...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 57:18
Guest DJ Project: Kyle Abraham
From: KCRW
Series: KCRW's Guest DJ Project
Caption: Kyle Abraham
Choreographer Kyle Abraham is a rising star in the dance world, integrating elements from his experiences as a black gay male growing up in Pittsbu...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 1
I Wake Up Holding My Alarm Clock
From: One Hello World
Series: One Hello World
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For all the tragedy, death, destruction and chaos in the world, I really think there is twice as much beauty.

Bought by KUOW, KUT, KCRW, PRX Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 5
Wendy & Lisa: Former Prince divas become heroic composers
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman came to renown in Prince's 1980s band, The Revolution, helping him compose the music of albums like Purple Rain. But...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riot Boy
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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One boy's unlikely connection with the music of northwest feminists

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KFAI Minneapolis, WGDR, KUOW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2008
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 6
A Musician's Life: Bob Mould
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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On this edition of "A Musician's Life" Tracey Tanenbaum speaks with punk and indie rock icon Bob Mould

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 13, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Electro-cellist Jami Sieber's "Unspoken"
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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An electric cellist goes global

  • Added: May 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
Homophobic Songs Spark Debate Over Human Rights vs Artistic License
From: Jonah Engle
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A look at the growing campaign against homophobic dancehall songs

Bought by WBHM and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2008
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 2
Messiaen at 100: Apparition of the Eternal Church
From: Nathanael Johnson
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Messiaen did something to make just about everyone angry - so why are there people left who love him?

Bought by KUT-HD and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 2
Thoughts in Sound Episode #2 John Cage: Imaginary Landscapes
From: John Diliberto
Series: Thoughts in Sound
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A conceptualist of sound contemplates the meaning of music

Bought by KGLT and KGOU


  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
Dayton Gay Men's Chorus
From: Briana O'Higgins
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Dayton Gay Men's Chours - Event profile

  • Added: Nov 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:27
That's My Song: Sex (I'm a...)
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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How a song by New Wave band Berlin, and a generous act by their lead singer, helped a young lesbian feel she wasn't alone.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 25, 2006
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
That's My Song: Aliens Exist
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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A song that tells a story of one boy?s experiences growing up as an outsider.

Bought by WGDR, PRX Remix, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 4
Local Durham Bands: The Butchies
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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A short story of the band The Butchies

  • Added: Nov 30, 2005
  • Length: 10:02
1992 Steven Taylor - Villanelle
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Steven Taylor (of the Fugs) sings one of his own beautiful poems, addressing AIDS

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 1
Allan Harris: In his own words ... on Billy Strayhorn
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Vocalist Allan Harris describes his approach to the compositions of Duke Ellington's closest collaborator, Billy Strayhorn.

Bought by KCSM, PRX Remix, KMHD, WNCW, and KNAU


  • Added: Feb 17, 2004
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 5