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100 Years of Jazz's Avant Garde
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Free jazz innovator Ornette Coleman
This week on the program, we dare to go where many jazz fans dare not tread as we explore 100 years of the jazz avant garde.

Bought by WRGY, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KPVL, KDRP Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
America: Our Country, Our Music
From: Charlie Warren
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Music and comments that take your listeners into the heart of America.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Northstate Public Radio, KHNS, Moab Public Radio, KUCB and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 57:25
  • Purchases: 14
How George Harrison Discovered Ravi Shankar (4:14)
From: Paul Ingles
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In this excerpt from the documentary "Everything Was Right: The Beatles' Revolver," writers Steve Turner and Jim DeRogatis tell host Paul Ingles ho...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WFPL News, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 3
The Carol Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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George Bizet used an old Provencal carol to open his L’Arlesienne Suite. A British hymn writer borrowed the tune from a now-forgotten work by Felix...

Bought by WUAL, WFIU, WKSU, KBYU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Winter Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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Winter may be the coldest season of the year, when days are shortest and the nights are longest. It also brings people indoors, to visit with fami...

Bought by WKSU


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Klezmer musician Mark Stillman talks to Scott Hall
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Culturology
Caption: Mark Stillman
Mark Stillman plays accordian with vocalist Sima Shumlovsky, and clarinetist Shelly Hanson. From the Twin Cities, this Klezmer Band plays Ethnic Ea...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 15:09
Big Band, Bop & Afro Cuban: The Story of Dizzy Gillespie
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993)
This one hour music program is an introduction to DIZZY GILLESPIE and contains nine recordings.

Bought by WVAS, KSRQ, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
Blues City 2: Chicago I
From: Gary Pitts
Series: Blues City
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It's a first taste of sweet home Chicago from the early years to the musical rivalry of the 50's between Muddy Water's and Howlin' Wolf.

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
100 Years of Jazz's Avant Garde
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Free jazz innovator Ornette Coleman
This week on the program, we dare to go where many jazz fans dare not tread as we explore 100 years of the jazz avant garde.

Bought by KWMR-FM, WNCU, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, KDRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
The Beatles Play R&B Covers
From: Off the Dial Music Radio
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This is a show featuring cover versions of American R&B recorded by The Beatles!

  • Added: Jun 12, 2012
  • Length: 26:11
Jazz's Great Songwriting Teams
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Tin Pan Alley duo Rodgers and Hart
This week on the show, it's an hour with jazz's legendary songwriting teams—from Tin Pan Alley duo Rodgers and Hart, to Duke Ellington and Billy St...

Bought by WNCU, Radio New Zealand, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Valentine's Special: Immortal Beloved
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music
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An hour-long program of early music singing love's praises with words by Petrarch and and more.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
Holiday Early Music CD Sampler
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music
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An hour-long program of early music, sampling some recently released holiday recordings. Who knows? Maybe you'll discover a must-have for your wi...

Bought by WUIS


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Marc Scorca
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works Podcast
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Opera America President Marc Scorca celebrates opera in America and the 2011 NEA Opera Honorees.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 31:03
The Peace Message in Classical Music (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio - Series of Half-Hours
Caption: Karl Jenkins, Credit: www.karljenkins.com
A music historian tells stories about how classical composers have been influenced by the threat of war and the hope for peace in their works. Mus...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Women's History Special!: Queen Christina of Sweden
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music
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An hour-long program of early music, celebrating one the the 17th century's most famous women: Queen Christina of Sweden.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
The Frottola and Renaissance Love
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music
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An hourlong program of early music, exploring themes of love found in the popular Renaissance song known as the frottola. Plus, Robert Green talks ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2011
  • Length: 59:03
You Gotta Have (Renaissance) Love
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music
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An hourlong program of early music, focusing on love songs from the Renaissance. Perfect for Valentine's Day week!!!

  • Added: Jan 14, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
Jazz From Monterey: 1958, The Birth Of A Festival
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz
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An hourlong program of music from the very first Monterey Jazz Festival. Featured artists include Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Gerry Mullligan...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Hispanic Heritage Special: "Music of Baroque Mexico"
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music
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An hourlong program of baroque music of Mexico, including works by Gaspar Fernandes and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, and more. Perfect of Hispanic He...

Bought by Arizona Public Media


  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
Native Vibes radio-contemporary edition
From: Charles Shoots The Enemy
Caption: M.C. Chaz broadcasting from home
Native Vibes radio contemporaty edition, keeping the music and story alive from the original people of North America...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
The Wayne Shorter Songbook
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz
Caption: Wayne Shorter, Credit: photo by Tom Beetz
An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter was an especially prolific composer in the 1960s, writing and recor...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
Portraits of Harlem
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring musical tributes to the so-called “Black Metropolis,” including Duke Ellington’s “Harlem,” Roy Eldr...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WUCF, and WCPN


  • Added: Mar 09, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Thelonious Monk: From Myth to Man (Part 2)
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, presenting the second of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special gue...

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio and KGLT


  • Added: Feb 22, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Thelonious Monk: From Man to Myth (Part 1)
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz
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An hourlong program of classic jazz, presenting the first of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special guest...

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio and KGLT


  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2