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"Smells Like Teen Spirit," in particular sounds like a modal jazz tune. That's one of the funniest things to me. It says so much about people's att...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 16:32
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"When I started to play jazz... I started in the middle. I wanted to play Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and all of that stuff first... When I started c...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 1
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"I want to have clarity of ideas and I want to be able to execute ideas. So if I'm going to play something really sloppy, I want it to be sloppy on...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 18:32
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A woman finds refuge at a shelter for big cats; It's tough being a very tall person in a very small world; A chance encounter proves serendipitous ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 22:21
Caption: Preston Bus Station, Credit: Bernie Blackburn
Preston Bus Station is considered one of the finest examples of British "Brutalist" architecture. Built in 1969 at the time of its construction it ...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 15:00
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"I always thought of the acoustic bass as the quintessential jazz instrument... I knew that jazz meant cool, and hip, and on the cutting edge, and ...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 16:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 1
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Education both successful and failed, the sound of education and a taste of Beauty Salon Live!

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
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Corn Mo has had an amazing career as a performer but still continues to fly under the radar.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
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We sat down with Guy in his Nashville studio to talk about songwriting and creativity

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, EDDIE PALMIERI. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn about...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:57
Caption: Steve Downing AKA Guido
Steve Downing reflects on the highly positive nature of the existence and effects of Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jack Sanders, Credit: Cathy Byrd
Cathy Byrd speaks with Austin-based Jack Sanders about slow architecture and his Design Build Adventure projects.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 15:47
Caption: Land Arts of the American West 2011 participants, Credit: Joe DeMarco
Cathy Byrd drives to Lubbock, Texas, to meet with professor Chris Taylor and architecture students who participated in Land Arts of the American We...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:37
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In th...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:29
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Arrangement In Gray and Black." The Beat is a daily reminder that...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:48
Caption: A participant with Alzheimer's at the Studio Museum in Harlem, Credit: Cathy Greenblat
When dementia sets in, it’s often thought that all is lost. But staff at the Studio Museum in Harlem doesn’t think so. It has a program to provide ...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:19
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Here is the uncut recording of Bill O'Neill's poetry reading at Collected Works earlier this year. This track accompanies this week's show -- The S...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 23:18
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I talk to legislator/poet Bill O'Neill -- nicknamed the Sagebrush Lizard by republicans at the Roundhouse

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
Caption: Nicholas Herrera
Nicholas Herrera is a contemporary artist whose art builds on and expands the traditional art of the Northern New Mexico Santero. I visited with hi...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:11
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Gail Rixen has been a finish carpenter, a health care aid, and she currently farms near Nebish, Minnesota. Rixen has published three books of poetr...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
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In this second of a two-part series highlighting the winners of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards to be held in Cleveland on Sept. 13th, producer...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 58:04
Caption: Ashley Bryan, Credit: Rama Hughes
Perhaps Rick Benjamin was nominated to host the show because he has just has this unmistakable GLOW...perhaps it's because of the way this energy i...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 44:14
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Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Mi...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:44
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Guys Like That." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:10