PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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An Elizabethan Christmas w/ the Rose Ensemble
From: The Rose Ensemble
Caption: The Rose Ensemble, Credit: Michael Haug
The Rose Ensemble brings the time of the Tudors to life. Splendor, tension and intrigue, all reflected in the dark and light of tender carols, and...

Bought by KCME, WCVE, RadioStPete Florida, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WCVE and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2010
  • Length: 58:14
  • Purchases: 80
Summer Insects
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Soothing sounds from the short lived singers of summer - cicadas, crickets, and grasshoppers.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
The First Memorial Day
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Tiffany stained glass window inside Blanford Church.
Memorial Day, a national holiday of remembrance, was first celebrated south of the Mason/Dixon line in Petersburg, Virginia at Blandford Church Cem...

Bought by KQAL, RadioFreePalmer, KUCB, RadioFreePalmer, KSRQ and more


  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 16:12
  • Purchases: 22
Blessed
From: Daniel Makagon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio documentary about blessing of the animals.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 11:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Arugula Wars: Food as partisan politics
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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(Note: This story has a Thanksgiving hook.) A humorous look at the partisan fight over food.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2009
  • Length: 05:54
Dead and Gone
From: Chatterbox Audio Theater
Caption: Dead and Gone, 2009 - Ink on paper, Credit: Samantha Sherry
A Southern retelling of James Joyce's classic story "The Dead." In early-20th-century Memphis, an insecure schoolteacher struggles to navigate the ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 01:03:20
Amongst the Ruins
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: The courtyard for the violently insane, New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, Concord, NH, Credit: Christopher Payne
A tour of the abandoned buildings and decrepit remains of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane proves that mental hospitals aren’t that scary af...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 07:34
All Hallows Eve
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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Halloween, Samhain, or "All Hallows Eve" marks the end of the Celtic year, and the beginning of a new cycle.

Bought by WPSU, WTIP, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 4
A Celtic Christmas
From: Jefferson Public Radio
Caption: Tomáseen Foley
An hour-long holiday special featuring Irish storyteller Tomáseen Foley and his charming tale "Parcel from America." The program also features mus...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KUCO, RadioStPete Florida, KSUT and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2009
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 33
Father's Day Among the Immortals
From: Charles McGuigan
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My son and I, after many years, were reunited at his home in Mendocino, CA

Bought by XRAY.fm and KZYX


  • Added: Jun 08, 2009
  • Length: 15:03
  • Purchases: 2
A Greener Christmas
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This annual celebration is one that asks a lot of the environment.

Bought by WSLR, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KRUA


  • Added: Nov 19, 2008
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 3
Thanksgiving- Gratitude
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Two words: Thank you. They sound simple enough. But there is always more to a topic, phrase, or ritual than one might think.

Bought by WABE, KOSU, Michigan Radio, KTSW 89.9, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 29
Holiday Shloss
From: Rich McQuail
Caption: PRX default Piece image
My friend, Aaron Shloss, discusses the holidays and the patterns of social acceptance.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2008
  • Length: 17:33
Postcard from Guatemala: No matter where you go...
From: Jake Warga
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No matter where you go, the past goes with you

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, HCC Radio The Dragon, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 4
Shop til you drop. Or else.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look back at the most money-grubbing Christmas yet.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:16
Good Friday, 1865: LINCOLN'S LAST DAY
From: Craig Wichman
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The character of a country, and its President, are revealed -- as a traumatic war winds down, and eerie events presage Abraham Lincoln's own end...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KPVL, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2008
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 17
Hiking in Australia
From: Jake Warga
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A travel writer gets lost in Australia's outback

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
KERA Commentary: Holiday Conflict
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The personal price we can pay at holiday time for our political opinions.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Holiday Light: Singing Angels, Silver Bells
From: William Zukof
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The Western Wind's Christmas Special, narrated by Roma Downey

Bought by KUCO, WQED, WHQR, WNMU-FM, KRPS and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2007
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 34
The Birthday of The World, Part II: Yom Kippur
From: William Zukof
Series: The Western Wind Judaica Series
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Music and Liturgy of Yom Kippur

Bought by WNMU-FM, WRTI, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KWIT, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2007
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 52
My Pink Easter Dress
From: Miles Eddy
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Storyteller Mary Van Pelt remembers shopping for a special dress, her fear of the big city, and receiving gentle guidance and love from her Grandmo...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 4
Home Planet: Behind the mask (The un-Valentine)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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(Could be used as a "dark" Valentine) Public smiles often hide the private anger of those 'perfect' couples

  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:25
La Nona Kanta ("The Grandmother Sings")
From: Julie Subrin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Profile of Flory Jagoda, an 83-year old Sephardic folk singer from Sarajevo

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, KZYX, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 14:22
  • Purchases: 11
The Picture in the Flame
From: WFUV
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A renowned storyteller and a singer-guitarist combine their talents to share a Hanukkah tale.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 11, 2006
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 2
Home Planet: (Christmas) Do you hear what I hear?
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Holiday songs and old familiar carols are the soundtrack of this time of year. But do we all hear the same thing?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2006
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1