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As Pete Seeger Celebrates 94th Birthday, Biographer Reflects on Folk Music, Media, Democracy
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River
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Folk music legend Pete Seeger celebrates his 94th birthday on May 3. Independent producer Rhonda Miller talks with David Dunaway, author of the See...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 16:41
The Examined Life (w/Jen Sygit and Laura Bates)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Ian Lawton enjoins listeners to be authentic and mindful of true wisdom, by virtue of knowing our highest sense of self. Jen Sygit and Laura Bates...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 27:38
  • Purchases: 1
VoiceBox: Singing Without Sight
From: VoiceBox
Caption: Laurie Rubin
Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin discusses what it takes to lead a successful career as a singer when you're blind and how other sight-impaired...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
Soul Searching (with Garrett Borns)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Host Ian Lawton explores the meaning of soul, and living soulfully, in this episode featuring original singer songwriter Garret Borns.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Compassion
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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As they say in many a folk world, "Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns"--and on this week's edition, you'll find out that caring and sharing...

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


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Miles Davis and Kind of Blue
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Miles Davis
In this short segment Rabbi Neil Blumofe highlights the significance of Mile Davis' album Kind of Blue.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Harmonica
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Akins High School youth producers wanted to learn about New Orleans blues from their geography teacher and blues harmonica player Greg Izor. But w...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Winter Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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Winter may be the coldest season of the year, when days are shortest and the nights are longest. It also brings people indoors, to visit with fami...

Bought by WUAL and WKSU


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Folktale of Peak Experience
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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This week on Folktales, we're headed to the top--with a mountain of good music to conquer. Hope you're up for joining us on the Folktale of Peak Ex...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, KLCC, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Rainfall
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Rainfall, Credit: Julia Meek
From drought, to drizzle, to deluge precipitation is an ancient key--or curse--to a folkworld's prosperity. That's the chart this week's Folktale i...

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


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 11
JazzStories: Vijay Iyer
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Vijay Iyer
"I kind of had a revelation once seeing him [Randy Weston] play live. It happened for me in a particular time in my life when I recently made the d...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 3
Bay Area Beats: Jazz legend Bobby Hutcherson tells his story
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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For more than 40 years, Bobby Hutcherson has lived a life most artists can only dream about. After making his name in the 1960s in New York as one ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 09:57
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Vince Martinez on Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Vince Martinez, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Vince Martinez discusses his song inspired by Chapters 11 and 12 of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, written and p...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Michael Wallenfels discussing Shel Silverstein
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Michael Wallenfels, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Michael Wallenfels discusses his song inspired by Shel Silverstein's My Moon Catchin' Net.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Peace Message in Classical Music (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Composer Karl Jenkins, Credit: www.karljenkins.com
A music historian tells stories about how classical composers have been influenced by the threat of war and the hope for peace in their works. Mus...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WFIU, KHNS, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 02, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Green Band presents Making Music for Making Changes
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this news feature, Arts and Cultural Heritage producer Jeff Carmack visits with Justin Michael, Executive Director of the Green Band of St. Clou...

  • Added: May 20, 2011
  • Length: 27:00
Lullabies For The End Of Life
From: JoAnn Mar
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This program describes music's power to heal and bring comfort to those in the final stages of life.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KALW, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Piotr Anderszewski (Beethoven is Tiring)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Piotr Anderszewski
Piotr Anderszewski’s association with Beethoven’s music goes back a long way. It’s a connection he cherishes, but like all relationships, they’ve ...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: :25
The Fountain City
From: Caleb Pringle
Caption: RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, Columbus, GA
An observation on the city of Columbus, GA and the arts departments of Columbus State University told with sounds of the street and downtown founta...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2010
  • Length: 04:14
Virtuoso Voices - Piotr Anderszewski (Chopin's Immaculate Suit)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Piotr Anderszewski
Like most of his countrymen and women, Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski is proud of Chopin's Polish connection, but he says Chopin has other conne...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:13
Virtuoso Voices - Lorin Maazel (New York Love Affair)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Lorin Maazel
Since leaving the New York Philharmonic in 2009, conductor Lorin Maazel has been as busy as ever, but never too busy to look back at his seven year...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 1
Autumn Show on FM Odyssey
From: FM Odyssey
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This show puts together familiar and not so familar songs, and lots of surprises to rekindle that familiar magic of Autumn.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:55:50
Jennie Lois Windle: Tribute to My Piano Teacher
From: Elizabeth Chur
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tribute to piano teacher Jennie Lois Windle, in music and stories.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 12:05
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
Virtuoso Voices - Helene Grimaud (Opposites Attract)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Helene Grimaud
Pianist Helene Grimaud took a somewhat uncommon approach to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5. She decided to play one side against the other. Use...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :25