PRX - Pieces for Tone: Inspiring
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From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Austin-based entrepeneur Barton Knaggs recounts the first days of the ACL festival, when everything was on the line and nothing was certain.
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 04:38
The Century jazz Ensemble is a group of community members who just can’t enough of big band playing, and as a result the whole community benefits. ...
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 07:34
They sing many types of traditional songs, they play many instruments, they write songs and their repertoire is a mile wide. But to folksinging due...
- Added: Nov 11, 2015
- Length: 08:25
Maryam Yusafzadeh has been involved in many adventurous musical project over the years, and she’s at it again with a new Jazz group that combines m...
- Added: Oct 31, 2015
- Length: 05:00
Live Art, sponsored by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), is the only program of its kind in the country. It’s th...
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 25:38
Merle Knudson was a saxophonist with a distinctive sound who also acted to help young jazz players get going. Phil Nusbaum talks to Doug Haining an...
- Added: Oct 15, 2015
- Length: 05:00
To Sarah Porwoll-Lee, it isn’t only that she plays new music on the clarinet. When she talked with Phil Nusbaum, she revealed that she gets excited...
- Added: Oct 09, 2015
- Length: 07:57
A few years ago, Todd Harper quit his teaching job to devote full time to the piano. He got himself a steady playing gig which attracted a followin...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Sep 18, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Irish music is great, seemingly everywhere, including Our Town. This Friday through Sunday, the Center for irish Music presents Minnesota irish Fai...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: May 27, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Legendary bass player Carol Kaye, one of the top session musicians of the 60s and 70s and the only woman in this elite group, recalls recording wit...
Bought by WJCT
- Added: Apr 30, 2015
- Length: 28:16
- Purchases: 1
Every once in a while, producer Nancy Rosenbaum goes out and sings together with strangers. The point isn’t to rehearse or perform or even to sing ...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 05:11
On this episode, we will chat with yoga instructor and Bay Area native Lindsay Foreman about how she became a yogi while Making It Work living in t...
- Added: Feb 23, 2015
- Length: 17:06
“I think our music promotes the bridging of all tribes,” Nahko says. “The lyrics and the stories and our energy as a group break down people’s wall...
- Added: Jan 28, 2015
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 10
With host, Akeisha Johnson, we'll talk with the lead singer of the band, "Planet Booty," Dylan Germick, to find out about how he is Making It Work!
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 30:52
Joan Griffith and Reuben Ristrom are two jazz guitarists who love working together to interpret music on their guitars. The piece features Joan tal...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jan 04, 2015
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 1
Every two years, San Francisco’s Soundwave Festival asks artists and musicians to focus their talents -- and their ears -- on one sonic idea. This ...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 05:18
Eleanor Warren talks about her song, "Coming Home."
- Added: Nov 02, 2014
- Length: 04:09
- Purchases: 2
Sunset Youth Services is an organization that supports transitional age youth and their families with things like parenting classes, food assistanc...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 04:32
- Purchases: 1
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer
Series: A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer
A. Curtis Farrow recorded the last public broadcast conversation with Soul Artist Ben E. King.
- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 19:58
We talk to president of the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association. To Gary, the bands at a typical bluegrass festival are great, and t...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Kari Kirkland stands on a narrow platform high above the ground. As a trapeze instructor, her job is to convince students to jump off that platform...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, and KUOW
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 16:18
- Purchases: 3
Jack Hopkins got his first harmonica at age 7, and nearly 90 years later, he is still going strong.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 2
Ben Kaufmann, bass player and singer for the Yonder Mountain String Band, talks about his roots and the band’s latest EP, YMSB EP 13. A funky mix ...
- Added: Mar 30, 2014
- Length: 31:36
This is a story about music and family and survival. Though not necessarily in that order.
- Added: Mar 26, 2014
- Length: 09:20
It's a music-filled podcast with New Orleans composer, producer, and pianist Allen Toussaint who combines elegance with funk. [29:29]
Bought by KISA Digital Studios, KCSM, WABE, and Marfa Public Radio
- Added: Feb 27, 2014
- Length: 29:29
- Purchases: 4
