PRX - Pieces for Format: Archival

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

129 results


New Orleans Horns
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Canal Street, New Orleans
The legend of musician Buddy Bolden has stretched well beyond the city limits of New Orleans. Whether or not half of the stories are true, really d...

Bought by WRGY and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2012
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Missourians
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Missourians
They were known as the big band of the 1920s who sounded a little “country.” Not because they were from Nashville, nor did they have a twang in th...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Summer Session Friends
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bandleader Merle Johnston
This is a glimpse at some of those talented bands of the 1920s and ‘30s who only recorded a few sides in their brief careers. There is some buried...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:54
Tesch:
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Frankie Teschmacher
When Kansas City born Frankie Teschmacher joined the Austin High Gang in the mid-1920s, his instrument of choice was alto saxophone. But, in his yo...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
JazzStories: Barry Harris and Billy Higgins – The Majesty of Tap
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Barry Harris, Billy Higgins
In the 40s, jazzmen came of age on the stages of dance halls. Pianist Barry Harris and drummer Billy Higgins capture the view from those stages.

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 6
Warren's Notes
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Harry Warren
In 1922 composer Harry Warren created his first hit, "Rose of the Rio Grande," with lyrics by Edgar Leslie. From that successful launch came a prod...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Satchmo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong
There are three audible stages in the career of Louis Armstrong: The years prior to recording when he performed with Fate Marable, Oscar Celestin a...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Culture Queue 3-18-12
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
Piece image
"North By Midwest"

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
Culture Queue 3-11-12
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
Piece image
"Of Ethos and Thespis"

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
A Noble Cause
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Noble Sissle
Bandleader, vocalist, pianist and composer Noble Sissle began his career in 1915 when he joined ragtime-vaudevillian Eubie Blake. Together they wr...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Jews & American Pop: A Tin Pan Alley Parade
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: George Gershwin
In recognition of Hanukkah, this show is dedicated to the Jews who catapulted popular music to stage and radio from the 1900 to the early 1930s.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KWIT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Ruth Ellis: We Just Were Happy
From: Dan Heidt
Series: Living Histories
Caption: Ruth Ellis displaying her award-winning Feed Sack Quilt, Credit: Reuben Ellis
Surrounded by three generations of her family, 92-year-old Ruth Ellis reflects upon 70 years of marriage to her 94-year-old husband, Paul, learning...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 09:24
Casa Rico
From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
Piece image
Lenny Rico and wife Cindy talk about inheriting the longest running Italian-American radio show from Lenny’s parents, Emelino and Mary Rico. Their...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:52
Erin go Bragh: St. Patrick's Day
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Piece image
Dedicated to the late broadcaster, J.P. McCarthy—Detroit's #1 Irishman—here is a two-hour celebration for St. Patrick's Day. In song, poetry, and p...

Bought by KHEN-LP and KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:33:41
  • Purchases: 2
The Needle Drop 02-05-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
Piece image
New music from Dumbo Gets Mad, John Vanderslice, and more

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, KISU, KPVL, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 57:26
  • Purchases: 7
Erroll Garner, January 2, 1977
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
Piece image
His friends called him "Hoochie Coo," and he was one of the great jazz pianists ... composer of hundreds of songs, but best known for writing the t...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Doors of New Orleans
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: Typical French Quarter Door, Credit: Jamie Dell'Apa
An audio postcard mimicking the famous posters showing images of a city's famous doors.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 2
The Needle Drop: 06-12-10
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
Piece image
Here We Go Magic, Male Bonding, Ariel Pink, and Connecticut bands.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2010
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 7
Great Conversations Hour 3
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: Great Conversations
Piece image
Sometimes great conversations are had over a tasty meal. Picking up on that theme, The Appetizer presents this special series of conversations wit...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Needle Drop: Midlake / Basia Bulat
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Piece image
Basia Bulat goes to Midlake.

Bought by WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2010
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 3
The Music of yesteryear a glimpse into the music and publishing business
From: Larry Carlson
Series: Music is Therapy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Music of yesteryear a glimpse into the music and publishing business

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 28:01
An Evening with Little Feat Vol-1
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
Piece image
An hour of Little Feat music recorded live at the Taos Solar Music festival, in Taos NM in 2001.

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jul 03, 2009
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 1
Leelee Sobieski
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
Piece image
Actress talks about her role in In The Name Of The King, A Dungeon Siege Tale plus her other roles including Joan Of Arc and Eyes Wide Shut.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 35:16
" The Stone Age " Program 4
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: "The Stone Age" with Dan Wargo
Piece image
One hour of electric music from the 60's and 70's.

Bought by WOUB, KEOS, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 32
The Beatles One-Hour Radio Special: "Help! Is On The Way..." Narrated by Michael Palin
From: Nicole Haldeman
Piece image
Michael Palin presents a radio special about the Beatles? second movie Help!, which was first released in 1965.

Bought by WGDR, WCPN, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 48:21
  • Purchases: 4