# Finding Music Played On NPR

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-music-played-on-npr/121052>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 27, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-music-played-on-npr/121052 "2002-07-27T02:20:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-music-played-on-npr/121052/1 "2002-07-27T02:20:34Z")

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I think it’s kinda tough, because the programs **originate** from so many different stations.

For instance, tonight I was listening to WABE (Atlanta), and it was a very funny program with Robert Conrad. I heard some very nice music and thought I would follow his website address to see who the performers were, but alas, [www.clv.com](http://www.clv.com) brought up nothing on tonight’s broadcast and the menu items were of no help.

I would like to help support NPR and do send them 25 bucks a year, but they need to make their broadcast sites a little more user-friendly. Whatcha’ll think?

I think it was a group called **Single Swingers** I heard, but can’t be sure. Can Y’all help?

Thanks

Quasi

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**Author:** ![Osbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cdc98d/32.png) [@Osbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osbie)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-music-played-on-npr/121052/2 "2002-07-27T03:30:40Z")

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Try the Public Radio Music Source: [http://www.prms.org/](http://www.prms.org/)

It used to be that if you made note of the time of day and the station you were listening to, you could call in and order the music that was playing. I haven’t used the service in several years so I’m not sure if this is still the case. But it looks like you can search for the music used in the the week’s programming.

Good luck.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-music-played-on-npr/121052/3 "2002-07-27T22:06:25Z")

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That’s the **Swingle Singers**. They did (do?) jazzy vocal arrangements of Bach and other composers.

See if this playlist matches what you heard:

ftp://ftp.wclv.com/pub/wclv/WeekendRadio/wrc230.txt

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> TRAD-SWINGLE: Country Dances -Swingle Singers - Virgin CD 91207

The most recent playlists for Weekend Radio are on their ftp site.