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Personality Profile of Bob Marley
From: Allan Martindale
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Bob Marley' birth Anniversary is February 6th

  • Added: Dec 13, 2006
  • Length: 09:26
Crossing East: Jared Rehberg Music Feature
From: Dmae Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Singer/Songwriter Jared Rehberg is perhaps the only transracial and international adoptee who sings about being an adoptee.

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Nov 07, 2006
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Shortcut Back to 9/11
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Sounds and Emotions of 9/11

Bought by KISU, WAMU, KUT, WMNF, WCAI / WNAN and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 9
Linda Ronstadt at 60 with her old friend, David Bromberg (long)
From: Steve Mencher
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Linda Rondstadt turns 60 with her friend David Bromberg.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 12:00
The Psychedelic Legacy of Roky Erickson
From: Adam Allington
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Roky Erickson is the godfather of pyschedelic rock.

Bought by KUT, KFAI, and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 3
Story of a Yup'ik Eskimo rapper
From: Ashley Gross
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A sound-rich portrait of a young Yup'ik Eskimo man who uses rap music to work through his suicidal thoughts

Bought by KFAI, KSUT, and KCUR


  • Added: May 17, 2006
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 3
Stagefright
From: Steve Mencher
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A lost recording brings pleasure to a woman and prolongs her life.

Bought by KUOW, WFUV, KFAI, and KTNA


  • Added: Feb 23, 2006
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 4
A Shortcut Through 2005
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A year end retrospective of 2005

Bought by WMBR and KVMR


  • Added: Jan 06, 2006
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 2
"In Other Words, Townes Van Zandt"
From: KUT
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A personal, in-depth profile of legendary singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt

Bought by KGLT, Red River Radio Network, WUIS, CBC Inside the Music, KGLT and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 17
Long Time Home
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For singer Michelle Rumball "the voice" is the person so when she lost her voice, she lost her sense of who she was.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
Nancarrow and the Player Piano
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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The life and work of a renegade composer who blazed a trail to the future by using an instrument that sounded like the past.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
My Dad's Records
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Kent Hoffman draws an intimate portrait of his late father through the memories triggered by an inherited record collection.

Bought by WTIP, KFAI, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WBEZ, WCOM and more


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 6
Music At Sea
From: Amber Edwards
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Brief history of the music played on ocean liners past and present, including the last song heard as the Titanic sank

Bought by WNPR, KUT-HD, WKMS, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, WRVO and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 7
Saul and Joshua
From: Seth Lind
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A portrait of a subway musican duo struggling to stay together

Bought by KFAI and WYSO


  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 21:48
  • Purchases: 2
Solo One
From: Seth Lind
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A verite portrait of a subway gospel singer

  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 11:06
Chile's September 11th: Chilean Musicians Reflect on the 30th Anniverary of Allende's Coup
From: Pauline Bartolone
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September 11th 2003 marks the 30th anniversary of the Chilean coup that toppled Socialist president Salvador Allende. The death of the coveted lead...

Bought by KALW and WYSO


  • Added: Nov 11, 2004
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 2
The Story of the Peat Bog Soldiers
From: Arndt Peltner
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The most important anti-fascist and protest song of the 20th century

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 38:37
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: The Music House
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A portrait of the very musical Baka pygmies of Cameroon and the Music House built with royalties from recordings of their music made by British mus...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WFUV, KFAI, and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Apr 20, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4