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Blind Dancers
From: Miae Kim
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A dance program in California that connects dancers who can see with those who cannot.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
FM Odyssey's Special Edition For Thanksgiving
From: FM Odyssey
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A music soundtrack to Thanksgiving

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSUT, KFSK, WVRU and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2005
  • Length: 01:57:48
  • Purchases: 12
Rolling Stones Radio Hour/Tim Ries Interview
From: Kevin Yazell
Series: Rolling Stones Radio Hour
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Exclusive interview with Sax Player Tim Ries discussing his new album and his experience working with the Stones

Bought by KMUW, KSRQ, KUHB, and WYOU


  • Added: Nov 05, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
Peace on Earth: A Holiday Folk Tour with Judy Collins (59 Minute Special)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 3 Holiday Music Specials Hosted by Judy Collins
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Judy Collins hosts the second in a series of hour-long specials for the holidays. The program features musical takes on the holiday season from fo...

Bought by WXPR, KFSK, KUHF, WNMU-FM, KNAU and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 31
Do You Hear What I Hear? A Holiday Folk Tour With Judy Collins
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 3 Holiday Music Specials Hosted by Judy Collins
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Folk singing legend Judy Collins hosts an hour-long tour around the nation with a stop or two overseas to hear musical takes on the holiday season ...

Bought by WXPR, KFSK, KUHF, KSJE, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 33
The Untold Story of West Coast Jazz
From: Reese Erlich
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A musical exploration of this lyrical and controversial style of jazz

Bought by KMUW, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WDUQ, WILL and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 13
The Day John Lennon Died
From: Paul Ingles
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[An enhanced hour-long version of this program is posted here at PRX - http://www.prx.org/pieces/54843] Music fans recall how they heard the news ...

Bought by KWMR, KVSC, Prairie Public, KSRQ, KUT and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 12
Norwegian Wood Deconstructed
From: Paul Ingles
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On the 40th anniversary of the recording and release of The Beatles song "Norwegian Wood," commentator Sarah Karni says the song's been a riddle to...

Bought by KLCC and WKMS


  • Added: Oct 15, 2005
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
A Cowboy Christmas
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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A musical and poetic celebration of the Christmas holiday from the open ranges of America's outback.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KUAT, KETR-FM, High Plains Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2005
  • Length: 54:24
  • Purchases: 83
Interview with Grayson Capps
From: WUSM
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Interview with Hyena recording artist Grayson Capps from New Orleans, LA

  • Added: Oct 12, 2005
  • Length: 29:44
Why I am a Democrat
From: Pete Mills
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Democrat Promo

  • Added: Oct 12, 2005
  • Length: 01:19
Aboriginal Australians
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus: Worlds Apart
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Personal stories of being part of Australia’s Stolen Generation.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, XRAY.fm, KWIS 88.3 FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUFT and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 15
In Praise of New Orleans Brass Bands
From: Eve Abrams
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This oral essay sings the praises of one of New Orleans' greatest gifts to the world: brass bands.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and WKMS


  • Added: Sep 25, 2005
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Missing New Orleans: Popular Music Remembers a City
From: WXXI Rochester
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A special musical tribute to the city of New Orleans

Bought by KBYS 88.3 FM, Internet Partnership Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and WCOM


  • Added: Sep 15, 2005
  • Length: 57:22
  • Purchases: 4
South Africa's Kwaito Generation: Inside Out
From: Inside Out Documentaries
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Sean Cole travels to South Africa to meet the people who make kwaito, a genre of music mixing American hip-hop and South African pop styles, reflec...

Bought by CBC Inside the Music, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, WFUV, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2005
  • Length: 01:37:42
  • Purchases: 6
Bloomsday on Broadway XXIV - Leopold's Women Bloom
From: Symphony Space
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The 24th Annual Reading from James Joyce’s Ulysses and Joyce's other works and letters. Featuring Stephen Colbert and Terry Donnelly.

Bought by WNMU-FM and AMERICAN-FM Internet Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2005
  • Length: 03:56:43
  • Purchases: 2
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
From: KRCC-FM
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Musicians talk about playing Telluride

  • Added: Jun 27, 2005
  • Length: 09:10
Laugh Song
From: Megan Hall
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Who knew mic feedback could be so melodic?

  • Added: Jun 25, 2005
  • Length: :33
The Lungfish Radio Project
From: Aaron Henkin
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Punk visionary Daniel Higgs shares his thoughts on music at large and reflects on the 17-year history of his band, Lungfish, a group that’s shunned...

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Jun 16, 2005
  • Length: 20:40
  • Purchases: 1
Father's Day - A musical celebration
From: Kate Borger
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A romping roots music celebration of Fathers, Papas and Ding Dong Daddies.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WSLR, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:09:19
  • Purchases: 16
The Heart of Song: Renée Fleming with Fred Hersch
From: WNYC
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In conversation and performance, Renee Fleming reveals her great love of jazz.

Bought by KMUW, KTNA, WCPN, WFIU, WBST and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 22
Let's Get Digital
From: WFUV
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A primer on the controversial intersection between music and the Internet.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KVNF, WYSO, KUHB, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
Nancarrow and the Player Piano
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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The life and work of a renegade composer who blazed a trail to the future by using an instrument that sounded like the past.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Song of a Troubled Heart
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The story behind Viennese composer Gustav Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde” and his subsequent meeting with Sigmund Freud in Holland.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WXDU, Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and WHQR


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 5
Charlie Poole - You Ain't Talkin' to Me
From: Joyride Media
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Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, KCMJ Community Radio, KISU, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: May 09, 2005
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 24

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