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S07 Ep26: Women of Color: Composers, Part 5, 2/25/2023
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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For this episode, we feature works composed by Women of Color. These remarkable women have worked to overcome both gender and racial bias in order...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
Reeds-A-Plenty
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Omer Simeon
As jazz evolved over its first decade, the clarinet was the primary wind-instrument. But, when the music reached Chicago, the saxophone, more speci...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
S07 Ep25: Patchwork Quilt, Part XXXV, 2/18/2023
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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Time for another Patchwork Quilt episode. No special theme, just great music composed and performed by women.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
Southern Hospitality
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s jazz band
Southern Hospitality: The term conjures up wonderful images. Primary on the list is it’s the birthplace of jazz. The program is devoted to the mus...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Crys Matthews - Black History
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 947 (Air Dates Feb 20 - 26, 2023) For Black History Month we revisit our 2021 interview with singer-songwriter-music educator, Crys Matthews. ...

Bought by KRZA, KUNM, WHRV, High Plains Public Radio, WETS and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
S07 Ep24: With a Song in Her Heart, Part 2, 2/11/2023
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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This week, singing and more singing, as we hear women's voices raised in song.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
Bix & the Gang
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Although Bix Beiderbecke’s career spanned less than a decade, his influence on future cornetists lasted generations. What is not surprising is the ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Latin Jazz Perspective (M-2)
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Latin Jazz Hour (weekly)
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A weekly radio show featuring the best in classic and contemporary Latin Jazz music.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WICR, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Smokey Robinson - Black History
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 946 (Air Dates: Feb 13 - 19, 2023) This week for Black History Month, we revisit our 2015 interview with Motown artist Smokey Robinson. His ...

Bought by WBHM, KTSW 89.9, KRZA, KUNM, WHRV and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
S07 Ep23: Glimmering Gold, Part 2, 2/4/2023
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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This week, another look at works for brass, composed and performed by women.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
Culture Caravan (1/29/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from the Caribbean: Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club, Jamaica's Althea & Donna, daughter of Haitian immigrants Leyla McCalla & more!

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:43
#23-06 American Impressions: NSO with Er-Gene Kahng
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Violinist Er-Gene Kahng joins the Newport Symphony for an all-American program including Dvorak's New World Symphony.

Bought by KPOV, WCNY, Rhythm & News Service, RadioFreePalmer, KWAX and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
Eric Bibb
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 945 (Air Dates: Feb 6 - 12, 2023) For Black History Month we go into the archive to replay a live interview and concert with Eric Bibb. Eric w...

Bought by KEDT, Angelica Community Radio, KRZA, WHRV, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Episode 326: Halo
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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We're taking a musical tour of this iconic video game franchise!

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WBAA, Vermont Public, WKAR, KECG and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Small Labels
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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As the decades of the 1920 began, so did a plethora of brand-new small label recording studios. They, indeed, grabbed the attention of jazz musicia...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 325: The first Grammys
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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Video game scores have earned a category of their own at the 2023 Grammy Awards. Join us for a look at each of the nominees!

Bought by WBAA, WXXI Rochester, Vermont Public, WKAR, KUCO and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
S07 Ep21: Low Strung, Part 5, 1/21/2023
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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In the second of our episodes highlighting the strings, we hear from women playing cello and double bass.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
The Pugilist
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jimmy McPartland
When Cornetist Jimmy McPartland was growing up in west side Chicago, He was constantly finding he was at odds with the law. He says, if it wasn’t f...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 324: Eímear Noone
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
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We talk with the "Irish queen of game music" and the first woman to conduct at the Oscars.

Bought by WBAA, WXXI Rochester, Vermont Public, WKAR, KUCO and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
David Olney - Tribute
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 943 (Air Dates: Jan 24 - 30, 2023) Revered songwriter David Olney died three years ago on January 18, 2020, after suffering an apparent heart ...

Bought by KRZA, WHRV, KUNM, WETS, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
S07 Ep20: High Strung, Part 5, 1/14/2023
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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We’ll be a bit high strung this week, as we listen to performances from violinists and violists.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ma Rainey
Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya is the title of a 1920s song written by Ma Rainey. It is also a book by Nat Hentoff and Nat Shapiro that tells stories from t...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Matt Mullins & the Bringdowns
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
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Matt Mullins and the Bringdowns come from Beckley, West Virginia with howling harmonicas, a raw blues guitar, and bone chilling vocals. Matt Mull...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:12
Betsy Woodman & Chris Plante
From: Art of the Song
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SHOW 942 (Air Dates Jan 16 - 22, 2023) Our guests this week on Art of the Song are Betsy Woodman and Chris Plant. Brought together by their musical...

Bought by KRZA, KUNM, and WETS


  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Cumar Combines Irish and African Song and Dance
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Cumar poster, Credit: Nick Lethert
Cumar means confluence in Irish Gaelic, and Cumar is also the name of a Twin Cities group that combines African and irish Music and Dance. Phil Nus...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 08:00

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