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Interpolation
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Interpolation in music is a simple, specific thing. Instead of sampling a piece of music, taking the actual song, Interpolation, is reperforming t...

Bought by KTRL, WYAP, KSRQ, KWIT, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Searching for Jimmy Page
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, we will speak with author Christy Alexander Hallberg about her new book Searching for Jimmy Page.

Bought by WKPW, KTRL, KNCT FM, KWIT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Marching Bands
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, back in 1979, Fleetwood Mac recorded the Trojan Marching Band for their song Tusk. That started us wondering. Are there other pop and ...

Bought by KNCT FM, KTRL, WYAP, KWIT, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Celebrity Apprentice
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Donald Trump hosted the Celebrity Apprentice six times and then Arnold took over for a season. Believe it or not, musicians played a big part in t...

Bought by WKPW, WYAP, KSRQ, KNCT FM, KTRL and more


  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
So, About Canada
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
"Sounds Jewish" celebrates Canadian Jewish Heritage Month with an appropriately friendly hour of the best in Canadian Jewish song and shtick.

  • Added: May 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
What's Wrong With New Music?
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Less than 3 percent of people 18 to 40 watched the Grammys. Furthermore, according to Spotify, the top 200 new songs playlist is responsible for l...

Bought by KTRL, KTRL, WYAP, KHNS, KNCT FM and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Dear Mom
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish celebrates Mother's Day with a global Jewish playlist extolling maternal virtues, exploring our relationships with mom, and poking a ...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Binaural Beats
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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There has much interest in the use of frequencies for health, healing and general feeling better. The most famous are the Solfeggio Frequencies. ...

Bought by KTRL, WYAP, KHNS, KSRQ, KNCT FM and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
420
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week will contain April 20. That's 4.20. It means smoking pot. But why? We will take an hour and discuss all the nicknames for pot and pl...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KTRL, KNCT FM, KSRQ, KHNS and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Razzies
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The Golden Raspberry Award. It used to have a Worst Song catagory. Not anymore. But we will revist those that once made the cut in this award s...

Bought by KTRL, KNCT FM, KSRQ, KHNS, KWIT and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Skaboom Book
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we have an interview with author Marc Wasserman about his new book Skaboom. An American Ska and Reggae Oral History. It is a history of ...

Bought by KHNS, KTRL, WYAP, KSRQ, KWIT and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Title Change
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It happens now and again that a song will have its title changed after it is released and starts to become popular. The reasons why vary but colle...

Bought by WKPW, KTRL, KWIT, KSRQ, WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Jingles That Became Hit Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It is quite common for a commercial to use a hit song but now and again a commercial will become so popular that the music in the commercial will b...

Bought by WKPW, KTRL, KSRQ, WYAP, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Chanaged Their Name After Fame
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It is one thing to change your name before you become famous. It is quite another to change your name after you become famous. We have a list tha...

Bought by WYAP, KWIT, KTRL, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Album Cover Lawsuits
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The baby on the cover of the Nirvana Nevermind album is now 30 years old and he is suing everyone involved in the album for pornography even though...

Bought by WNYO, KWIT, KTRL, KSRQ, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Roy Clark | Tent Show Radio | Episode 21:16
From: Tent Show Radio
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Roy Clark was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 t...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
What Was the First Music Video?
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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(Please note - we usually post on Sunday but are posting this a early due to a committment - thanks) So, what was the first Music Video? I don't ...

Bought by KTRL, WNYO, KWIT, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Albums Recorded in Prison
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Johnny Cash is known for having recorded albums in prison, four to be exact. That got us thinking. How many other artists recorded albums during ...

Bought by WYAP, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, KSRQ, and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Blue Canvas Christmas with the Blue Canvas Orchestra Episode 20-52
From: Tent Show Radio
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The tent may be all tucked away in hibernation for winter, but the Blue Canvas Orchestra is brimming with the magic of Christmas. Hearken back on o...

Bought by WNMU-FM and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 2
Words Get in the Way (Shortcut version)
From: Dale McGowan
Series: How Music Does That - Shortcuts
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When lyrics have no meaning, singing becomes pure emotion.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 04:40
Defamation in Music
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The words libel and slander are thrown around a good bit without any knowledge of what they actually mean and what it takes for someone to be found...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ, WYAP, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
TikTok
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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TikTok has signed a couple of major deals with music publishers and it looks like it will become the new favorite of those trying to get their tune...

Bought by WOUB, KSRQ, WYAP, Harford Community Radio, and KWIT


  • Added: Aug 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Restraining Orders
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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One of the concerns about being a big rock star is that crazy fan. The stories of musicians having to take out a restraining order goes on forever...

Bought by WOUB, WNYO, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Victor & Penny
From: Andru Bemis
Series: Chenango Sessions
Caption: Victor & Penny (Erin McGrane & Jeff Freling), Credit: Paul Andrews
Ukulele and guitar duo from Kansas City, Missouri, recorded live at the Foundry Hall in South Haven, Michigan.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 40:00
A Brief Chat With Garrison Keillor
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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He came to us through our radios like a fond memory of yesteryear with music and laughter and an insight into Minnesota life that only a true Minne...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1