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Queen of Rock 'n' Roll is a musical history of the great Tina Turner hosted by musicologist Howard Burchette.
Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif. and KOSU
- Added: Jun 07, 2023
- Length: 57:17
- Purchases: 2
"The Supreme Diana Ross" is a presentation hosted by Howard Burchette on the history of Diana Ross with the Supremes. They were the greatest female...
- Added: Jun 05, 2023
- Length: 52:00
Pianist Sarah Cahill joins us as we revisit her performance project "The Future is Female." Also, music for the violin by Augusta Read Thomas, feat...
Bought by KMUN, WRTI, Classic107.3, and KMXT
- Added: May 25, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
This is a Classical music program featuring women of color.
They are all notable Women in various fields of Classical Music;
including Composers, ...
Bought by KVCR, WXXI Rochester, and WNMU-FM
- Added: Jul 22, 2021
- Length: 56:24
- Purchases: 3
Composer Pamela Z lets us know what a phonolog was, how great the Museum of Jurassic Technology is (about which she co-wrote an opera), and how to ...
- Added: May 08, 2017
- Length: 29:30
In this hour, it's the life and music of Nina Simone—from her roots as a gospel and classical musician to her place as one of jazz's fiercest voice...
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, WCPN, KMUN and more
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 38
Vocalist Jane Monheit has paid her dues.
- Added: Nov 06, 2012
- Length: 05:05
At the Sabbath table on a Friday evening, the Khasidim of Eastern Europe sang tish nigunim, “table songs” praising God . . . seeking to get closer ...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 03:16
Sometimes, klezmer songs borrowed from popular folk melodies. “Lustig Zayn”, also known as “My Yofes” came from Polish peasants. But the more kle...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 05:24
This is a more spiritual tune. In 18th Century Poland, the Jewish mystic philosophy of Khasidism was born. The Khasidim believed that singing song...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 03:53
In the audio drama “The Witches of Lublin,” Sofia is a teenaged girl in love – all that matters to her is that the object of her affection shares h...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 03:44
This lively dance is a bulgar. It is exactly the sort of music one would hear at one of the market fairs held in Easter Europe during the late 1700...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 09:55
Singer songwriter Erin McKeown muses about her artistic process and fascination with Judy Garland in WXPN's continuing series of short modules call...
Bought by PRX Remix, WSGE, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more
- Added: Mar 16, 2005
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 9
