PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative
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Another block added to our ever-growing Patchwork Quilt. No special theme ties these works together. Just outstanding performances and compositio...
- Added: Jul 24, 2020
- Length: 58:30
St. Hildegard of Bingen was a twelfth-century German nun – a writer, composer of chants, mystic and visionary. You might be asking yourself, what o...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Feb 06, 2019
- Length: 12:55
- Purchases: 1
Leigh Hamilton is a dramatic soprano who has been based in Germany for more than 17 years. This episode follows Leigh’s story, which takes her from...
- Added: Dec 19, 2018
- Length: 23:25
Looking back on the midterm elections, we ask the tough questions about white women voters and race, then get introduced to the hi-pinky salute acr...
Bought by KDNK
- Added: Dec 13, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Monika Vischer is program director at Colorado Public Radio Classical. She is also co-founder and board chair of El Sistema Colorado, a non-profit ...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: Oct 25, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In this piece, the *brand new* Emmy Award-winning Jacobs discusses the art of music supervision and shares stories from her work on four projects i...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 09:23
Composer Ingrid Stölzel talks about annoying church bells, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and the importance of mentorship.
- Added: May 08, 2017
- Length: 23:54
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
Electronic music pioneer and founder of Deep Listening, Pauline Oliveros, born: May 30, 1932, Houston, TX, died: November 24, 2016, Kingston, NY re...
- Added: Dec 02, 2016
- Length: 04:14
Patricia Barber is joined by Jazz Double Bassist Patrick Mulcahy and Classical Bassist Andy Anderson to explore the floor of music, the Double Bass...
- Added: Apr 21, 2015
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
Award-winning composer Jenny Olivia Johnson explores synesthesia, where sound is perceived as color or touch. Her feature is a work of sound art as...
- Added: Apr 10, 2015
- Length: 10:09
A boomer reflects: Years have a way of changing people's perspectives, indeed. Kim Gordon, rocker role model and founding member of Sonic Youth, re...
- Added: Apr 02, 2015
- Length: 01:40
A 5-1/2 minute, sound-rich ride through the audio-guided Bjork exhibit (much lambasted in the press) at New York's Museum of Modern Art, March 8 th...
- Added: Mar 12, 2015
- Length: 07:51
In this hour, it's the life and music of Nina Simone—from her roots as a gospel and classical musician to her place as one of jazz's fiercest voice...
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, WCPN, KMUN and more
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 38
I talked to a nice lady at Pike Place Market about why she loves to play the guitar.
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 01:37
This heart of his will never mend until he finds true love, and then, it will take some time, he knows that it's true, for his heart to get over you.
- Added: Nov 08, 2014
- Length: 03:02
Dancing under bar room lights is a delight unless her dancing is with someone else. Music & Vocals by the Singapore Cowboy, Sanjay Lal.
- Added: Nov 03, 2014
- Length: 02:42
The other person makes a triangle love.
- Added: Oct 28, 2014
- Length: 03:39
Caitlin Cary and Jon Lindsay formed the NC Music Love Army after a long phone conversation inspired by a song quickly written and posted on YouTube...
- Added: Nov 18, 2013
- Length: 58:00
Caitlin Cary may be known for her days in Whiskeytown, but the songwriter has forged strong bonds in North Carolina and recently joined with a scor...
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 17:21
Anita O'Day was known for her counter-culture approach to performance. Breaking the molds of the stereotypical "girl singer" with her dress, her st...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 08, 2013
- Length: 03:07
- Purchases: 1
Though Alicia Corbett is an acclaimed musician and songwriter among the musicians inhabiting the Twin Cities, her music is a virtual secret to many...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
The Parlour Suite are fronted by the married duo Joel and Inga Roberts. They are referred to as "Surf Pop" music, though that term seems too limite...
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Alison Scott is a singer songwriter from the Twin Cities that presents music that touches on, but is certainly not limited to Blues, Jazz, and Soul...
- Added: Sep 25, 2012
- Length: 59:01
For one Indian classical singer, a crowded little apartment in Queens--or even just the sound of a shruthi box (an Indian-style musical drone)--bri...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 02:36
- Purchases: 1
