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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Rock Guitar Virtuosos," an academic book that acts as a study of old and new guitar shredders, what ...
- Added: Apr 06, 2024
- Length: 29:00
In this episode, we talked about the new book "3 Shades of Blue," which discusses the careers of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans, and th...
- Added: Mar 30, 2024
- Length: 26:57
On this episode, we talked about the book "The Underground is Massive," which charts the foundation and development of Electronic Dance Music (EDM)...
- Added: Mar 23, 2024
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we looked at the autobiography of Stuart Braithwaite, founder of the long-running post-rock band Mogwai. We listened to some of th...
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Feb 03, 2024
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "The Needle and the Lens," which explores pop songs used in film. So...
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- Added: Jan 14, 2024
- Length: 27:32
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we talked about the book "Krautrock," a recent addition to the 33 1/3 "Genre" series that explores the history and influence of Ge...
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- Added: Jan 06, 2024
- Length: 27:34
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we talked about John Luther Adams and his biography, "Silences So Deep," which focuses on his time living in Alaska between 1978 a...
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Dec 30, 2023
- Length: 28:33
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we talked about the new Harvey Sachs book "Schoenberg: Why He Matters," which looks at the life and music of a composer who is one...
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Dec 16, 2023
- Length: 28:39
- Purchases: 1
On today's episode, correspondent Priyanka Shankar talks to songwriter, speaker and author David LaMotte, who wrote WORLD-CHANGING 101: CHALLENGING...
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- Added: Nov 27, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we talked about the new book by veteran music journalist John Robb, which features a selection of artist profiles from throughout ...
- Added: Oct 21, 2023
- Length: 28:35
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill's new autobiography "Easily S...
- Added: Aug 26, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we discussed the book "Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age" b...
- Added: Jul 08, 2023
- Length: 28:23
On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about "Beautiful Dreamer," the first biography of guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, ...
- Added: Jul 01, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we discussed the new book "Dance-Punk," part of a new series of "Genre" books from 33 1/3. We discussed the history of dance-punk ...
- Added: May 20, 2023
- Length: 28:29
Songwriter Vince Martinez discusses his song inspired by Chapters 11 and 12 of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, written and p...
- Added: Oct 28, 2011
- Length: 05:00
Songwriter Wes Weddell discusses his song inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.
- Added: Oct 12, 2011
- Length: 05:00
With Crazy Heart winning Academy Awards for best actor and best original song, Rhode Island author Thomas Cobb
says the seeds of his book were pla...
- Added: Feb 25, 2010
- Length: 04:00
