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In the early 1970s trumpeter Freddie Hubbard made a series of records for the CTI label that combined hardbop, funk, modality, and 70s groove.

  • Added: May 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
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In this week's episode we're featuring a 1985 album for family band The Whites: "Whole New World". When family patriarch and lynchpin of the group ...

Bought by KEOS


  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Tonight we're talking ravens, fishes & loaves, and the soul-crushing indoor indoctrination of the Empire's State Religion. Sir James George Frazer,...

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
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Besides having the moniker of “The Roaring Twenties”, not everyone was partying. Creative minds were at a peak coming up with new inventions. Who n...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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6 works, including SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Martha Argerich, piano.

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Martha Argerich, piano.

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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4 works, including MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K 488. English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis; Alicia de Larrocha, piano.

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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4 works, including BARBER: Cello Concerto, Op. 22. Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Marin Alsop; Wendy Warner, cello.

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty: Waltz, Op. 66. National Philharmonic Orchestra/Richard Bonynge.

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin moves into Versailles with a common woman who became the king’s favored mistress in Jeanne du Barry.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and RADIOLEX


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Now is the month of Maying, and English madrigalists weren’t the only ones singing about it! This week on Harmonia, we’ve got music for that marvel...

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
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Dave finds a kindred spirit with Christopher Cokinos, author of the new book, Still as Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon from Antiquity t...

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...

Bought by WTIP, WNMU-FM, and KMXT


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 09:13
  • Purchases: 3
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First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...

Bought by KFCF FM, WNMU-FM, WDSE, KMSU, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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6 works, including RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Coq d'or, Le (Golden Cockerel, The) (Golden Cockerel, The) . USSR Academic Symphony Orchest/Evgeny Svetlanov.

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Coq d'or, Le (Golden Cockerel, The) (Golden Cockerel, The) . USSR Academic Symphony Orchest/Evgeny Svetlanov.

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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This week on Jazz And The American Spirit, we hear the music of Count Basie and Duke Ellington.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting, and WCNY


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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6 works, including RQUEZ: Danzón No. 4. Orquesta de las Americas/Benjamín Juárez Echenique.

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
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6 works, including BACH: Oboe Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1059. Academy of St Martin in Fields/Iona Brown; Heinz Holliger, oboe.

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini (Opera Overture), Op. 23 (Opera Overture) . San Diego Symphony Orchestra/Yoav Talmi.

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including FRANZ VON SUPPÉ: Poet and Peasant (Overture) (Overture) . New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein.

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 56:59