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I Joined the Band
From: City High Radio
Caption: Angelique After She Joined the Band, Credit: Courtesy of Angelique
Sixteen-year-old Angelique explains how she went from total dork to pretty cool after she joined a local hip hop band.

  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 11:53
A Pink Rose (Lifting up the Great Ladies of Song During Women's History Month)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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This is a musical tribute show that gives homage to greats like: Marian Anderson, Odetta, Miriam Makeba, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Mavis Staples, Ni...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WGTE Public Media, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 56:27
  • Purchases: 6
Across The Sea - Jim Whitman
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Country Songs
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"Across The Sea" - Lyrics, Music, Vocals by Jim Whitman. Produced by Larry W Jones, Kingwood Kowboy.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2014
  • Length: 03:35
Anne Akiko Meyers in The Green Room with Lara Downes
From: Lara Downes
Series: THE GREEN ROOM with Lara Downes
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Behind the scenes and before the downbeat… join concert pianist and host Lara Downes backstage in the Green Room for a look into the real lives of ...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
auraul fixation
From: Nina Feldman
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Emily McWilliams comes from a family of musicians. She always performed and written music: she's been playing the piano for 20 years and composes s...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
I Hear Music Above My Head! Sister Rosetta Tharpe
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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Singer, guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a rare person to emerge in the music world. Her musical legacy includes early Rhythm and Blues and Gosp...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WTIP, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 57:50
  • Purchases: 3
Irma Thomas: The Soul Queen of New Orleans
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
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More than six billion people live on the planet, and yet relatively few human voices are recognizable to the naked ear. Irma Thomas has one of tho...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 1
Song Story S0.E2 - Sarah Donner's "Signs of Life" (pre-season sneak-peek)
From: Eric Ginsberg
Series: Song Story
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter/creativ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 10:06
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Lorraine Gordon
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The owner of the legendary club, The Village Vanguard, a 2013 NEA Jazz Master, talks about her life in jazz. [32:52]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 33:52
  • Purchases: 1
Strummer and Me
From: Eric Winick
Caption: Kari in front of the Joe Strummer mural, Niagara Bar, East Village, NYC, Summer 2013
Spending the summer in California while her mother convalesces from a grave illness, a 12 year-old finds herself suddenly alone at a rock concert o...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 17:49
NEA Jazz Moments with Lorraine Gordon [second installment]
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three more short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, LORRAINE GORDON. In this batch, we learn about when Lorraine met Monk, her early days in...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, KBEM, WRTI, KCSM and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 12
The Gentle Women of Jazz
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Valaida Snow
This one hour program highlights some of the greatest and obscure female jazz musicians of all time. These great ladies are masters of the harp, vi...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WTIP, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 56:08
  • Purchases: 4
NEA Jazz Moments wirth Lorraine Gordon
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, LORRAINE GORDON. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn abou...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
All Mixed Up: Judy Collins
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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All Mixed Up (The Sesame Street Chinese Debate ) continues with a conversation with Judy Collins on her book "Suite:Judy Blue Eyes"

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:41
The Emergence of Bonnie Raitt (2 hours without or with newshole / or 1 hour without or with newshole)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Bonnie Raitt
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and multiple Grammy-Award winner Bonnie Raitt is profiled in this two hour music and commentary special featuring an ex...

Bought by KZYX, KCUR, WUTC, WGUC/ WVXU, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 31
Moments with Jazz Master Sheila Jordan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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5 Moments with vocalist and NEA Jazz Master, Sheila Jordan.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR, WART FM and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 10
Lady T: Remembering Teena Marie (Part C)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Teena Marie , Credit: Gordy Records
A discussion with the late TEENA MARIE (March 5, 1956 – December 26, 2010). She discusses her long career and her rich musical history. This interv...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:22
Jill Zimmerman
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC Monday Night Live
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Monday Night Live Fall '09. Growing up, Jill Zimmerman spent a lot of time singing to her bedroom walls, her tape recorder, and her dog. She also s...

Bought by KMSU


  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 1
East Hundred: A Rock Band Waiting To Make It
From: Abbie Fentress Swanson
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East Hundred is a five-piece rock band waiting to make it.

  • Added: May 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:22
Mother's Day 2010: A Mother's Love 10-18
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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Our relationship with Mom this week on The Score with Edmund Stone.

Bought by 'The Sea' and KPVL


  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 2
Violinist Anna Schaad's Dream Within a Dream
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Violinist Anna Schaad’s music is steeped in fantasy and inspired by her Navy pilot husband. Though heavily Celtic influenced, she takes an electro...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Best of Joan Osborne
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An Hour of Music and Interviews with Joan Osborne, recorded live at the 2002 and 2005 at the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival.

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, WGDR, and KGOU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
An Evening with the Be Good Tanyas
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An hour of Music & Interviews with The Be Good Tanyas, recorded live at the 2006 Thirsty Ear Festival in Santa Fe, NM.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KGOU, and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 3
Rick Cola Music Profile Piece
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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I did a music profile piece on my uncle and gave background information on his life and where his music comes from. I talked about why i like his m...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 05:03
Women's Barbershop Quartet
From: Vicki Hayes
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A women's barbershop quartet sings and discusses what keeps them singing.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1