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This year’s ACL festival lineup is out, and at least one major national music blog is calling it the best major festival of the year. We’ll explor...

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 54:01
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Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
Caption: Sid Selvidge, Credit: Archer Records
Sid Selvidge has died. He was a cultural voice in Memphis for more than five decades, and he helped start the Beale Street Caravan radio show, whic...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:09
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Farewell to George Jones-- and hell-o again to Natalie Maines! This week's hour long musical mystery tour includes Jim James, Patty Smith and more.

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 54:41
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George Jones, Bobby Braddock, and Hazel Smith tell the story behind one of the saddest songs ever written, selected for the National Recording Regi...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KGLT, and KUT


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: The home of bluesman Memphis Slim, a historic site next to the Stax Museum. A partnership with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra plans to turn this house into a place where musicians can practice and record.
It has been more than 50 years since a small recording company moved into the old Capitol Movie theater on East McLemore Avenue, and took the name ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
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A review of the terror attack.. and subsequent events including Thurs. overnight police firefight with suspects, Boston lockdown Friday, suspect i...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: April 15th, 2013
April 15th came with an explosion this year at the Boston Marathon, this mix blends sounds from that afternoon with the ongoing bad history on that...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:47
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Poet, Songwriter, DJ, and festival organizer-- Ray Wylie Hubbard stops by to play music and talk about Grit n’ Groove. Also, how musicians are batt...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: STACCATO LOGO , Credit: Judlyne A. Lilly
STACCATO is a weekly 2:30 feature covering events, trends and news in classical music.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Each year, we ask some of public radio's most respected tastemakers to share their top picks for SXSW Music. We put those selections together and ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Spokane Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3
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The "30 second soundbite" (often less than that, actually) is a broadcast news staple. But these soundbites often fail to convey needed informa...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ann Rabson, Credit: Courtesy Alligator Records
Remembering Ann Rabson - highly regarded boogie-woogie pianist, songwriter, and founding member of Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
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New music from Kendrick Lamar, Karriem Riggins, and more.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMUN, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 7
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:51:49
  • Purchases: 1
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A "newsical" analysis and roundup of both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions... plus the spin war to come over the closely watche...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 56:02
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Saturday, August 18th was the first annual Grant Street Jazz festival in downtown Bloomington. The free event was organized by the group "Jazz from...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 08:34
Caption: Big Walter Smith
This week, in honor of Big Walter Smith, we focus on the blues in Minnesota. The feature segment is an intimate interview recorded in 2010 in which...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTIP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 3
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Context and perspective on the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on "The Affordable Healthcare Act"...told thru narration, music and soundbites....an...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 55:29
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A look at how "going to extremes" is replacing "all things in moderation" as the national motto in politics and more...told thru narration, music ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 57:39
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The Obama vs. Romney 2012 presidential campaign has begun...just in time for the Memorial Day weekend...the unofficial start of summer. They are al...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 55:55
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A selective survey of how protest songs have changed from anthems to personal statements...told thru narration, music and soundbites..from Paul Fis...

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 57:59
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On April 27th, 2012, I stood on the banks of the Hudson River in NYC.. and watched Space Shuttle Enterprise make a fly-by, strapped to the back of...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 57:37
Caption: Music for Occupy, Credit: Matt Pless
Jennie Arnau - Better Luck Next Time from Occupy This Album

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:06
Caption: Handsome chap, isn't he?
Mad Genius merrily presents the second entry in our "Year In Your Ear" series, "Aspirin Between The Knees." Rick Santorum duets with the ghost of ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:59