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All Mixed Up-Boston Marathon
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: April 15th, 2013
April 15th came with an explosion this year at the Boston Marathon, this mix blends sounds from that afternoon with the ongoing bad history on that...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:47
NEA Jazz Moments wirth Lorraine Gordon
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, LORRAINE GORDON. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn abou...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - Does your theme song, should you have one, send the proper message?
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:08
Mory's Temple Bar: An Audio Postcard
From: Cuchulain Kelly
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mory's Temple Bar is more than just a New Haven restaurant - it's a Yale University tradition. The story of Mory's goes hand-in-hand with the story...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:17
This Week in Texas Music History: Erbie Bowser
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the first week of May (5/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the journey one musician made from the fields of west ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Ike Reynolds
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the last week of September (9/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who helped establish the first Baptist mus...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:43
Centerstage Minnesota: Trampled By Turtles' Tim Saxhaug talks to Travis Ryder
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Trampled By Turtles, Credit: Lindsay McWilliams
Trampled By Turtles' bassist and Grand Rapids native Tim Saxhaug talks to Travis Ryder about the new record "Stars and Satellites" and the whirlwin...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Pinetop Perkins' Legacy Continues: Meet Tomorrow's Blues Greats
From: Candice Ludlow
Caption: Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, MS, Credit: Mitchell Koester
Pinetop Perkins wanted to leave a legacy to the youth, so he created the Pinetop Perkins Master Workshops to further deepen the young musicians' kn...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
Moments with Jazz Master, Von Freeman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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3 Moments with tenor saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WART FM, WUSF and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 10
Joy and freedom onstage
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Classical piano or "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"--makes no difference, as long as Aleksya can be onstage, performing for an audience.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:20
Mighty Wurlitzer Organ and silent move soundtracks
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Jim Riggs at the Organ, Credit: jake warga
A portrait of the Mighty Wurlitzer organ in Seattle's Paramount theatre--one of the last three remaining organs of its kind to reside in its origin...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Feb 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Mad Scientist
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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David Kontak builds bizarre musical machines out of found objects and uses them to produce experimental soundscapes.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
Postcard from The National Cornbread Festival
From: Big Shed Audio
Caption: Shea Shackelford enjoying a barbecue sundae at the 2005 National Cornbread Festival, Credit: Jennifer Deer
"Oh, I love it. You can't live without corn bread. And you gotta cook it in that skillet, too! ... Corn bread basically was poor man's food that ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KTXK, Raven Radio, Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 10
Bonjour! I Love You
From: One Hello World
Series: One Hello World
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Bonjour! I’m calling from France. I just wanted to tell you how much I’m in love. I’m in love, I’m in love, I’m in love. Je t’aime.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, PRX Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 4
Celtic Band McInnis' Kitchen Performing Live on Centerstage MN
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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A live recording of McInnis' Kitchen recorded in October of 2008 in the KAXE Studios. From Duluth, they perform Celtic music from Ireland, Newfound...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 16:32
Crazy Heart Author Thomas Cobb Not The Weary Kind With Novel In Spotlight
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River
Caption: Crazy Heart author Thomas Cobb is a professor at Rhode Island College., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
With Crazy Heart winning Academy Awards for best actor and best original song, Rhode Island author Thomas Cobb says the seeds of his book were pla...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
Virtuoso Voices - Bach Mix "Bach Beyond Music"
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: J.S. Bach
Three Bach playing pianists talk about a possible spiritual presence in music by Bach. Use this 59 second "Mix" for Bach's Birthday (March 21) or ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :44
Street Beats: Pots 'n Pans Drummer
From: Julie Beth Napolin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Drummer along San Francisco Embarcadero plays his homemade drum kit everyday for amazed crowds.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jun 02, 2008
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
POST CARDS from RAY: SAXOPHONIST in WASHINGTON DC
From: Ray Gard
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From the deserts of Australia to the Northern slopes of Mt. Everest, Ray has lugged his microphone to some of the most Interesting spots on Earth. ...

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: Jan 23, 2008
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Day the Music Died
From: Julie Beth Napolin
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A profile of a vinyl record store owner during his last week in business.

Bought by KSRQ, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6
Global Echoes: Mbira Project Crew
From: Katie Burningham
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Short feature about the Mbira, or African thumb piano, for BBC Radio Oxford

  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:49
Chamber Music at Gleason's Gym?
From: Lawrence Lanahan
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From Weekend America: In the red corner, a cello. In the blue corner, an alpine horn. A new chamber music series has been launched at a famous New ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
SxSw from the sidewalks of Austin
From: David Weinberg
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Music and Mayhem from South by Southwest

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Mar 23, 2007
  • Length: 13:34
  • Purchases: 1
Simon 1
From: amara hark-weber
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Simon raps in English and Twi

  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 01:20