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WQRT is a nonprofit low-power radio station broadcasting at 99.1 on the FM dial out of @listenhearsound in the Garfield Park neighborhood. Project of @bigcar
Indianapolis, IN USA
Joined August 2017
Be a Patron for Water World: A Creekside Social and Educational Space!
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We're transforming an overlooked, overgrown spot along Bean Creek into a beautiful public place for peaceful reflection, socializing and learning about nature.
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A Rhinestone Country favorite— via @NYTimes
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The country-rock pioneer died 50 years ago at age 26 with two influential solo albums to his name, leaving a legion of “what if”s behind.
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And @WQRTFM's podcast feat. Susan Neville and The Town of Whispering Dolls:
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The Ambiance of Life: #Music in #PublicSpaces
https://t.co/8KCdQkkJEs By @walkerjj of @bigcar for @PPS_Placemaking
#MusicCities #CreativePlacemaking #placemaking #SoundCities
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Big Car Collaborative's Jim Walker shares his best tips for curating music for public spaces and creating an atmosphere conducive to socializing.
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From In Sheep's Clothing HiFi: Erik Satie, the O.G. of Ambient Music
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Buying tip: Aldo Ciccolini’s essential recordings are easily found, exquisitely pressed and helped define a musical movement. In 1956 at the dawn of the hi-fi age, the Italian pianist Aldo Ciccolini...
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“To induce calm and space to think” : what are the origins of ambient music? https://t.co/5PwMpnI0PY via @tracksandfields
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She Brought New Sounds to Colombia. The World’s Catching Up. — Jacqueline Nova created forward-thinking, often transgressive electroacoustic music in the 1960s. New releases are helping put her back on the map.
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Jacqueline Nova created forward-thinking, often transgressive electroacoustic music in the 1960s. New releases are helping put her back on the map.
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. @walkerjj and Susan Neville share the story of groundbreaking Indiana author Marguerite Young in our latest episode of Words and Music on @WQRTFM made possible by @INHumanities
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Words and Music is a series of audio programs highlighting the lives and work of Indiana Writers. The series — produced by Big Car Collaborative and first heard on our FM radio station, 99.1 WQRT and...
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1st Native American composer to win Pulitzer Prize on his experimental process
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Last year, Raven Chacon became the first Native American composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for music. It brought new attention to the composer known for his experimental sounds and explorations of...
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John Cale at 80 — from “most elegant flamethrower of ’60s utopianism” to making new work today … via @NYTimes
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At 80, the musician who helped found the Velvet Underground before a prolific run as a producer and solo artist is releasing a new LP and mentoring new generations of avant-garde creators.
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I Ain't Got Nothing But Time: The mostly true legend of Hank Williams — via @oxfordamerican
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The mostly true legend of Hank Williams
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On ‘ForeverAndEverNoMore,’ Brian Eno Sings for the End of the World— The musician and producer’s new songs meditate on folly and annihilation, playing like a far more fatalistic sequel to “Another Day on Earth” from 2005. via @nytimesarts
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The musician and producer’s new songs meditate on folly and annihilation, playing like a far more fatalistic sequel to “Another Day on Earth” from 2005.
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The Singer I Loved Knew the Truth About No-Good Men and the No-Good World — via @NYTOpinion
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Loretta Lynn was so committed to the rigors of loving herself that she suffered no one.
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On the beauty of loops. “Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt, creators of the Oblique Strategies advice cards, put it simply: ‘Repetition is a form of change.’ “ — via @NYTimes
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Loops open a dimension where, although time is ticking forward at its usual pace, I’m moving at my own speed, appreciating my body and the world around me.
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The Weird, Analog Delights of Foley Sound Effects https://t.co/D0oqlUatlt via @NewYorker
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E.T. was jello in a T-shirt. The Mummy was scratchy potpourri. For Foley artists, deception is an essential part of the enterprise.
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The man who turned down Bowie and Bono
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Remembering Conny Plank, the music producer who helped define an essentially European sound. There are music producers who become famous in their own
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DELIVERANCE turns 50 years old this year and Sat @ 3 pm on @WQRTFM 99.1 FM (or anytime here: https://t.co/qTbAIjE8Nw),
#IFJA member @ laker_anne and guest Clarke Kahlo, an environmental activist, unpack a complicated classic.
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With insights from environmental activist Clarke Kahlo, Anne revisits the adventure classic DELIVERANCE (1972, dir. John Boorman) on its 50th anniversary. Beyond the banjos lies a slippery story and...
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‘It’s like one continuous song pours out of him’: meet the shaman-like artist-musician Lonnie Holley
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The self-taught singer and sculptor from Alabama exists in a state of constant, spontaneous creativity. He talks about his roots and his new project with Artangel, inspired by Orford Ness
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