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Alan Lomax (Ep. 18)

From: Jeff Haas

In this hour, it's the life and legacy of American folklorist Alan Lomax and how his calling to record the world changed the course of twentieth ce...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KHNS, WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more

Added: Feb 09, 2015
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 29

Episode 007: Unique Repeat

From: John Brice
Series: DJ Mongo Presents:

My guest this week is Unique Repeat, from Berlin Germany.

Added: Oct 11, 2014
Length: 01:00:00

Episode 007

From: John Brice
Series: The EDM Hour

Brand new Dub, Deep House, Dubstep, Electronica, Tech House, and Trance. Plus, Mongo Speaks.

Added: Oct 11, 2014
Length: 01:00:00

Scott and the Calypsonians

From: Ethan Chiel

Scott Britton has never been to Trinidad, but he really loves calypso.

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Jan 05, 2014
Length: 06:36
Purchases: 2

Nemanja Kojic a.k.a Hornsman Coyote On HIS Couch...

From: Constance A. Dunn
Series: On the Couch...

Caption: Nemanja Kojic (Hornsman Coyote), Credit: Constance A. Dunn

Interview with Serbian musician Nemanja Kojic (Hornsman Coyote) by Constance A. Dunn. Interview from Coyote's living room in Belgrade.

Added: Jul 03, 2013
Length: 44:12

Silent Seekers

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Most people know Sufism as the religion practiced by the whirling dervishes. But this mystical form of Islam has taken root in America, too.

Added: Mar 27, 2013
Length: 06:41

Kenny Endo

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Designing a Creative Life

Kenny Endo is one of the leading artists in contemporary percussion and rhythm. He is a consummate artist, blending Japanese taiko with rhythms inf...

Added: Sep 29, 2012
Length: 52:59

Steve Edwards Soul Show 2012 Series Edition 4-"Standing In The Shadows Of Motown" : Featuring Original Funk Brother Jack Ashford

From: Steve Edwards

Caption: Host/Producer, Credit: Steve Edwards

Steve Edwards Soul show 2012 series is a breath of fresh air to the world of Public radio! The original series aired for 3 years nationally on the ...

Added: Feb 06, 2012
Length: 59:23

New Sounds of China Episode 5: Ethnicity and Music

From: Peter Vautier
Series: New Sounds of China

Tibetan hip hop sits awkwardly next to Kazakh folk, and a Beijing rap metal band converts to Mongolian throat-singing. Um...is this Chinese music?

Bought by WLRH and WNJR

Added: Mar 09, 2011
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 2

From Pakistan to Tanglewood - Vazira Zamindar & Composers

From: Open Source

Historian Vazira Zamindar talks about the "wound of partition" in today's Pakistan. Then, we meet three young composers - Cynthia Lee Wong, Jacob B...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KXOT Public Radio

Added: Feb 24, 2011
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 3

In Global Culture Space - Rana Dasgupta & Hung-Kuan Chen

From: Open Source

We're with two artists--musical and literary--working that busy space high above the old boundaries of East and West. Rana Dasgupta is the English-...

Added: Feb 10, 2011
Length: 58:59

A Drum Is Always With Me

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

In Portland, a small community exists around the public performance of Middle Eastern music and dance. Portland is also home to an Iraqi community ...

Bought by WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 11, 2011
Length: 08:26
Purchases: 3

Make It Count

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Language and songwriting are bringing teenagers together from all over the world. The Young Writers and Leaders Program is the latest project from ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUT, KUOW, WMPG, and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 06, 2011
Length: 07:14
Purchases: 5

American Conversations with Andrew Bacevich & Vijay Iyer

From: Open Source

This week we're talking with the soldier-turned-author of Washington Rules, Andrew Bacevich. Then we sit down at the piano with the jazz improv sta...

Bought by KUOW

Added: Sep 23, 2010
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

Handsworth Evolution

From: Robin Valk

Calypso, Reggae, Rap, Soul, Asian Rap and Sound Systems in Birmingham, England, in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA

Added: Jul 07, 2010
Length: 50:12
Purchases: 1

International Guitar Night: Four virtuosos from Germany, Israel and America talk about a convergence of finger-style guitar

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

There are some guitarists for whom one insturment isan't enough. Brian Gore is one of them. For the past decade, he’s been realizing his ambition...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Apr 22, 2010
Length: 03:30
Purchases: 1

Jon Hopkins's Quaint Electronica

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

You may not know Jon Hopkins, but you’ve heard him on albums by Coldplay, Massive Attack, Imogen Heap and Brian Eno. On Coldplay’s Viva La Vida or...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Mar 25, 2010
Length: 03:30
Purchases: 1

English electronic duo plugs in with vintage synthesizers and heads into space

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

Caption: Ian Boddy and Mark Shreeve of Arc, Credit: Kimberly Haas

English electronic musicians Mark Shreeve and Ian Boddy perform in a pair of cockpits of keyboards and gear. They specialize in a sound that has r...

Added: Mar 09, 2010
Length: 03:30

Peace Through Music: The Playing For Change Story (from Peace Talks Radio)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Caption: Clarence Bekker of Playing For Change, Credit: www.playingforchange.com

Millions and millions of views on You Tube to date. That's the number of times the unique rendition of the song "Stand By Me" has been seen on the...

Bought by WRGY, KZYX, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more

Added: Feb 25, 2010
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 6

Ludovico Einaudi's Nightbook

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

Pianist Ludovico Einaudi is a different kind of classical composer. He's a student of the avant-garde and the rich classical tradition of his nati...

Added: Feb 25, 2010
Length: 03:30

A Senegalese griot meets a German jazz trumpeter

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

An African griot meets a German jazz trumpeter when Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze talk about their unlikely and serenely beautiful collaboration.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Jan 29, 2010
Length: 03:30
Purchases: 1

Stylish fingerstyle guitarist from Sweden

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

Jimmy Wahlsteen turns a pop melody sensibility into fingerstyle instrumentals

Added: Jan 14, 2010
Length: 03:30

An Interview With Baaba Maal

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

Senegalese singer Baaba Maal talks about the evolution of the African Griot and his own ethereal new CD, Television, recorded with The Brazilian Gi...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KTRL