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A Musician's Life: John Wesley Harding
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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On this edition of A Musician's Life, John Wesley Harding talks to Tracey Tanenbaum about his life as an author and singer-songwriter. He's got a ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
A Musician's Life: Erin McKeown
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Erin Mckeown got her start playing folk-based guitar as a student at Brown University. A decade into her career Erin has developed a genre-defying...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Mar 27, 2009
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Two Bach Encounters
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Classical Music in 60 Seconds(tm)
Caption: J.S. Bach
For any format: Use this 59 second drop-in for Bach's birthday (March 21) or any day as a drop-in, promo or billboard. Cellist Matt Haimovitz and t...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2009
  • Length: :59
Gypsy Dance: Zhiganochka
From: Judith Sloan
Series: Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America
Caption: Crossing the BLVD, Credit: Judith Sloan, Warren Lehrer, Scott Johnson
Traditional, Sergey Ryabstev arrangement and violin. Yury Lemeshev Accordion

  • Added: Feb 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:57
Bach Mix "Bach on the Inside"
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Classical Music in 60 Seconds(tm)
Caption: JS Bach
Three musical giants reflect on what they feel when they play and hear Bach. For any format, the 60 second drop-in is ideal for Bach's Birthday (Ma...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:00
A Musician's Life: Derek Trucks
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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At 29 Derek Trucks is a veteran of the music business. The slide guitarist founded the Derek Trucks band at 14. By the time he was a teenager he ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2009
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
A Musician's Life: Neil Halstead
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Neil Halstead has gotten plenty of comparisons to his fellow countryman the legendary Nick Drake. In fact, Time Out magazine has called Halstead o...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2009
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 3
NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young on starting out.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young on his unique name and his start in music.

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Dec 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young gives advice to aspiring players
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young is still playing, after all these years.

Bought by KTRL and WNCU


  • Added: Dec 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young on the story behind Uptown Blues
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young discusses his craft and his solo in "Uptown Blues."

  • Added: Dec 30, 2008
  • Length: 02:30
A Musician's Life: Matthew Sweet
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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In the early 1990's critics hailed Matthew Sweet a leader in the world of power pop. His 1991 album "Girlfriend" melded raw guitar sounds with cat...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Musician's Life: The Proclaimers
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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The Proclaimers are Scotland's Charlie and Craig Reid. Here in the States they're best known for the tune "I'm Gonna be (500 miles) popularized in ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Green at Home and Abroad
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: Everyday Environmentalist
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Leaving a green home, staying in a hotel and being green.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young's Run-in with the Law.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young is arrested, falsely.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young meets Louis Armstrong
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master and Trumpeter Snooky Young Meets Louis Armstrong.

Bought by WNCU, KTRL, WNCU, WNCU, and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Fall Volunteers
From: Tom Niemisto
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Volunteers help run Clearwater, and vice versa

  • Added: Nov 19, 2008
  • Length: 01:50
A Musician's Life: Duncan Sheik
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Singer songwriter Duncan Sheik feels much more at ease watching other people perform his work. He likes writing and recording his own albums but h...

Bought by WGDR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and Mississippi Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: Ben Taylor
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Ben Taylor resisted becoming a musician for a lot of reasons, beginning with the pressure of his lineage. Taylor is the son of James Taylor and Ca...

Bought by WGDR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Drying Clothes
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: Everyday Environmentalist
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Other ways to dry clothes

  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans and His First Night in the US
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans on embracing New York City's 52nd Street

Bought by KOSU and WNCU


  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Musician's Life: G. Love
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Meet Garrett Dutton III, AKA G. Love. He was 19 and busking on the streets of Philadelphia when he hit on his signature style--what he's termed "T...

Bought by WGDR and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
This Week In Texas Music History: Gene Autry
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the 5th week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the story of a Texas singer who earned the first gold album in country music ...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 1
This Week In Texas Music History: Blind Lemon Jefferson
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the fourth week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the story of a Texan who performed in both churches and bordellos before b...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
This Week In Texas Music History: Milt Larkin
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the second week of October: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman recounts the story of a popular artist who stopped making records in order to prot...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
This Week In Texas Music History: George Strait
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the fourth week of May: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells us about a musician who was turned down by numerous nightclubs and record compan...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 08, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1

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