PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream. Bruce Springsteen Welcome to this week’s melodically cha...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
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George Bernard Shaw said, “You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.” Welcome to this week’s melodically chal...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
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What is The Blues? Arts and Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack looks for the answer as he explores the Head Water Blues Opry, performed at th...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:25
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I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude. Brene B...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
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Frank Zappa said, “You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some n...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:06
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Dean Karnazes said, “The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.” Welcome to another edition of melodically challenged, when thi...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:06
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Andre Maurois said, “We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.” Welcome to this week’s melodica...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:06
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Stanley Horowitz wrote, ”Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.” Welcome to another e...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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At melodically challenged, we are proud of our show’s sound, and for that we thank Rettward von Doernberg, who generously lets us use his music, B...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:07
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How can insights from the arts and humanities help us cope with difficult times?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
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Autumnal poetry and music.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 24, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, said, “Imagination…can open any door—turn the key and let terror walk right in.” This week on melodically c...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:03
Caption: Lawrence Brownlee and Eric Owens
Tenor Lawrence Brownlee and bass-baritone Eric Owens in concert at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The preshow "Continuing In Their Footst...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 03:12:17
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Poetry and music inspired by casting our votes.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2018
  • Length: 56:51
Caption: Words & Music, Credit: by Mystie Chamberlin
Poetry and music inspired by creatures of the air.

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Mar 18, 2017
  • Length: 56:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Poetry and music about the soul of trees.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2016
  • Length: 57:24
Caption: Poetry & Music, Credit: Donald Wendland
Poetry about desire and longing.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 49:53
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Poetry good for a crisp autumn evening.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 58:47
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Interviews with Author Kevin Hall and Dark Shadows Actor and Author Kathryn Leigh Scott. Plus various musical artists.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:50
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
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with local musician Teague ...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2015
  • Length: 29:44
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Here we are and thus we go – upon the merry-go-round we journey so. . . Join Unbroken Circle tenali for a spellbinding look-see into the puzzling n...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:52:24
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Poetry about September and autumn.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2015
  • Length: 53:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Poems fitting for the remaining summer days.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2015
  • Length: 56:04
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Some favorite poetry from this past season.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:22