PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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On this St. Patrick’s Day episode of Wind & Rhythm, we explore music by Irish composers. We hear “The Willow Tree” by Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, "A W...

Bought by WUAL, WNMU-FM, Raven Radio, KECG, KUCO and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 15
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This week on Played in Oregon, music for Summer and Autumn by 45th Parallel Universe

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, RadioFreePalmer, WCNY, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
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Light and lilting we go with all-new releases the first segment, and without intensity for a time. Pianist Roland Tempelaar plays it safe swinging ...

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, KHNS, KRZA, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 8
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Shea Marshall’s Holiday Tamale Combo hosted by Hacksaw Tom and Jerry Donato. Aside from brief appearances from Bill Evans and JJ Johnson, this epis...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2019
  • Length: 57:59
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Oregon Repertory Singers with works by PNW composers

Bought by WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
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Performances by 45th Parallel Universe including Jennifer Higdon's Autumn Music

Bought by WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
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The Hermitage Trio play excerpts from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
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The Miro Quartet plays the String Quartet #1 by Brahms

Bought by WCNY, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
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From last year's Brittfest, the world premiere of a piece by Kenji Bunch and more.

Bought by WCNY, KWAX, Rhythm & News Service, and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 4
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From CMNW Summerfest, a new piece by Richard Danielpour and works by Mozart, and more.

Bought by WCNY, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
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Metheny grew up in a musical family, starting on trumpet at the age of eight and switching to guitar a few years later. By age 15 he was mentored b...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
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Chanticleer sings music of war and peace

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KMXT, and KWAX


  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: WBOI's Folktales, Credit: Julia Meek
A mother's work is never done--and this week's Folktale celebrates the love, spirit and dedication of mothers, daughters & grandmothers around the ...

Bought by WFIU, WNMU-FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 15
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The second installment of Moonlight In Vermont themed JazzGrass selections.

Bought by Bandon Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:55:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Little Gray Lamb
The Little Gray Lamb is a delightful, sweet poem by Archibald Beresford Sullivan. The poem was published in numerous collections in 1905 and 1915.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 05:22
Caption: Folktale of Tranquility, Credit: Julia Meek
As they say in Russia, the calmer you go, the further along you will be. We're hoping that'll get you all the way to this week's Folktale of Tranqu...

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
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This week's Folktale of Memories finds us honing our recall and reminiscence skills in a most musical manner--hoping you'll remember to join us!

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Satchmo in 1960.
In this hour, it's a look at the life and music of Louis Armstrong with the good people of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, located in Louis' form...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KMUN, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 40
Caption: Kathleen Gillette and her family in the mid-1990s., Credit: Credit Courtesy of Kathleen Gillette
Kathleen Gillette has had a passion for singing for as long as she can remember. But after spending 15 years as an opera singer, her career began t...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: Bud Brown with his trumpazoo and washboard, Credit: Mary Quintas
Bud Brown is known for singing Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be". A few years ago, his relationship to the song changed: Bud's wife became termin...

Bought by XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, KALW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 13, 2014
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Kate Graves, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Kate Graves discusses her approach to writing songs inspired by The Time Traveler's Wife

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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2010 MacArthur Fellow Sebastian Ruth talks about the community-based arts organization he founded, Community MusicWorks, which won a 2010 National ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:12
  • Purchases: 1
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