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Whether you're settled in next to the fireplace or celebrating with friends and family, these specials will help you get into the holiday spirit.
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Renee Klahr/Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year. -
Renee Klahr/NPR's annual list of the year's best albums is full of work by musicians who hit career peaks, discovered their voices or willed something new into reality.
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Public Radio Music Day is a nationwide celebration of local music stations and their unique role in their communities. We're celebrating with these special programs today: -
On November 10th, MTPR will feature local music programs throughout the day. Highlights include a special Freeforms program with music and comments from hosts at 11a.m., live music with University of Montana Chamber Chorale from the UM Recital Hall at 2 p.m., and a special webinar where listeners get to meet the hosts at 7 p.m.
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You'll hear famously terrifying music from composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Berlioz and even some contemporary artists such as Stephen Sondheim, Danny Elfman and even ... an Elvis impersonator(!?)
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2021 is the 50th anniversary of NPR. As part of the year-long efforts to look back at 1971, MTPR DJs will be spinning tracks from that monumental year in music. Join us all week as we feature more than 38 hours of special music and documentary programs put together by Montana Public Radio’s music producers.
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Monday's Freeforms "will be my indirect tribute of sorts to former longtime Monday Freeforms host William Marcus ... Monday’s program will focus on contemporary female vocalists – many of whom are also excellent songwriters."
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Resident Viking Lars Gotrich curates a selection of standout 2021 entries from acoustic guitar fingerpicking to dark ambient and beyond.
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When Duane Betts and Devon Allman decided to join musical forces, the collective heft of their last names served as an additional member of the…
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Faced with a guest's musical CV longer than his own arm, the wise radio host takes a tag-team approach to conversing with in-demand drummer, composer,…
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Remember those barely planned, niche antics in the group chat? Grab your girls, choose life and get gone: Let Solange, Stevie Wonder and Janet Jackson soundtrack a summer of feeling yourself.
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How does Shawn Colvin stay busy during a pandemic? By pairing her own hits with classics of the silver screen. In Live From These Four Walls you’ll hear a…
