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Caption: Ray Charles
An optional second hour of a deep dive into the remarkable career of RAY CHARLES, one of the formative forces in 20th century music whose impact is...

Bought by WDDE, WUTC, KSJE, KUPR low power FM, WABE and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Episode #5 of this weekly music-based program delivering an inspired reinvention of how we inform ourselves about and experience the world we live ...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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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...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 1
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This week we look back at music from the Baroque and before. These are Women of Old who laid the foundation for the women of today.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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“What a sound the cello makes!” Bill opines. The cello started to gain popularity in the 17th and early 18th centuries when it was found to be very...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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“What a sound the cello makes!” Bill opines. The cello started to gain popularity in the 17th and early 18th centuries when it was found to be very...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
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“What a sound the cello makes!” Bill opines. The cello started to gain popularity in the 17th and early 18th centuries when it was found to be very...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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“What a sound the cello makes!” Bill opines. The cello started to gain popularity in the 17th and early 18th centuries when it was found to be very...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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“What a sound the cello makes!” Bill opines. The cello started to gain popularity in the 17th and early 18th centuries when it was found to be very...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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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...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2024
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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Donald Alfano talks about the life and legacy of the great pianist Alicia de Larrocha (1923-2009) on the occasion of her centenary.

  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 41:07
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On this episode, we talked about the new book by Rachel Beckles Willson, called "The Oud: An Illustrated History." This book might be the first in-...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2023
  • Length: 27:42
  • Purchases: 1
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Classics for Kids is a fun introduction to classical music for kids of all ages. Each month focuses on a different composer.

Bought by KVLU, KUHF, GCR (Global Community Radio), New Hampshire Public Radio, KWAX and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2023
  • Length: 26:00
  • Purchases: 7
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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...

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  • Added: Dec 16, 2023
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Count 'em down--Top 30 R&B records from 1962.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:15
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On this week's show, our guest is Kevin Worrell, creator, host, and producer of the live show, Parlor in the Round. It's a mix of live music, impro...

Bought by KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Rock and roll emerged in the United States in the early 1950s, blending elements of various musical genres, including rhythm and blues, country, ja...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 05:59
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Radio Art Zone," which is both a survey of what's happening in radio art, and part of a 100-artist radio...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Sometimes unpredictable by design, other times we come more out of the melodic/classic sense. We are proud of NYC tenor saxophonist Lucas Pino who ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
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This week we are talking to AKIMI (AK Independant Musicians Inititive) and Music AK program director, Marian Call, about their AK holiday playlist ...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape," which explores the many ways that the humble...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: David LaMotte
On today's episode, correspondent Priyanka Shankar talks to songwriter, speaker and author David LaMotte, who wrote WORLD-CHANGING 101: CHALLENGING...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Classics for Kids is a fun introduction to classical music for kids of all ages. Each month focuses on a different composer.

Bought by KUHF, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVLU, High Plains Public Radio, WHRV and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2023
  • Length: 32:27
  • Purchases: 8
LSD
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week in 1938, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann invented LSD. It became a force in the 60s and gave us a new genre of music. Psychedelic.

Bought by KHNS, KWIT, KSRQ, KTRL, and WOUB


  • Added: Nov 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5