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Bonjour Chanson Series 13, Episode 65
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 13
Caption: Colorful Roofs in Québec City
A Mosaic of songs by Francophone artists that will delight you even if you do not speak a word of French. When you'll listen to the songs you'll k...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: Remembering Jim Miller
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Jim and Kristi Miller
On Saturday, July 6, the musician who has given the Bemidji area its honest and gritty musical swagger for decades, Jim Miller, passed on. Jim's lo...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Todd Boss - "Leukenbach"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Todd Boss grew up on a cattle farm in Wisconsin, and lives now in St. Paul. His two books of poetry have won rave reviews from all over. His second...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:13
Over Clouds
From: Lee Rosevere
Series: #CCmixtape
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The first mix focuses on the subject of clouds, using a blend of Creative Commons-music licensed under BY-NC (allowing for derivative works) and pu...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 42:45
Bonjour Chanson Series 13, Episode 61
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 13
Caption: Brussels, Mont des Arts
The French language songs in this episode are full of emotion, ranging from the expression of attachment to one's city to the proclamation of the b...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Cellist of Sarajevo
From: Claire Cunningham
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bosnian musician Vedran Smailovic describes the incident on 27 May 1992, during the war in Bosnia, which inspired the act of commemoration and grie...

  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 06:00
A Diva on Oxygen: The Esther England Story
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Esther England
Esther England was good at everything she did. Singing opera around the world, teaching university students who wanted to be her, doing that even a...

  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 09:40
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - The Close of Erika's Pep Band Career
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: Breanne Marie talks with Amy Clark
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Breanne Marie
Breanne Marie is a relatively new country western musician who is rapidly becoming visible, along with her band The Front Porch Sinners, in Duluth...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Three Records from Sundown
From: Charles Maynes
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Producer Joe Boyd remembers musician Nick Drake.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, KFAI Minneapolis, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 7
Those That Left Us in 2012
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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On this week's Rock School we'll be "celebrating" the deaths of those musicians who left us with great contributions to the music world. Macabre in...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 09, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
One year in sounds
From: Guisane Humeau
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One year of recordings of my own life and the lives of others.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:08
Culturology: Erika Kooda reflects on the bittersweet experience of her final Marching Band events
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year Erika Kooda will be checking in with essays reflecting on her senior ye...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 1
Love the French Way 10 - Lost Beauty
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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I'll show courage, I'll channel my anger and let time go by, but it will take a lot more to cope with the loss of your beauty.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 04:33
Love the French Way 9 - Early September
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
Caption: Et Maxence, aka Carole Nortier
The singer/songwriter 'Et Maxence' found her audience through the internet. Her song "Early September", about a relationship full of doubts, is in ...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 05:23
This Week in Texas Music History: Townes Van Zandt
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the second week of March (3/7): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the states most gifted songwriters who went ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Centerstage Minnesota: Big Walter Smith
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Big Walter Smith
This week, in honor of Big Walter Smith, we focus on the blues in Minnesota. The feature segment is an intimate interview recorded in 2010 in which...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTIP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 3
Ban(ne)d by Distance
From: Eleni Lola
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Band by distance… or banned by distance? A radio portrait for one of the two members of a band that is banned by distance, The Pencils!

  • Added: May 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:09
Compact Discoveries 196: Yours, Anne
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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A dramatic musical based on "The Diary of Anne Frank," with music by Michael Cohen and libretto by Enid Futterman. Perfect for scheduling in April ...

Bought by KPVL and KENW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
Parody of Adele's Someone Like You
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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The "original" version of Adele's "Someone Like You" reveals her inner stalker... Listen, weep, wipe, repeat.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:07
Centerstage Minnesota with Jessica McShane
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Retribution Gospel Choir
Jessica features a variety of Minnesota musicians including, Mary Bue, Charlie Parr, Retribution Gospel Choir, Low, Haley Bonar, and The State Champs.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 1
Savannah Music Festival Live Presents: Renaud Garcia-Fons
From: Savannah Music Festival LIVE
Series: Savannah Music Festival LIVE - Season Three
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Tune in to this episode for highlights of a 2010 Savannah Music Festival performance by French bassist Renaud Garcia-Fons, an artist influenced by ...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 2
The Needle Drop: 08-20-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Chelsea Wolfe, the War On Drugs, and More.

Bought by KSJD, KRCB 104.9, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 5
The Young Hearts of Soul! The Chee Chee & Peppy Story (Part C): Interview with Dottie Moore-Thomas
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Chee Chee & Peppy circa 1981 , Credit: Branding Iron
"CHEE CHEE & PEPPY" was a pre-teen / teenage R&B act of the early 1970's. They were a cross between MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL and PEACHES and HER...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 56:04
Kingwood Kowboy's Country Songs: Part 1
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Country Songs
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Return to Yesteryear with "Kingwood Kowboy's Country Songs", classic and vintage country, cowboy and western songs written by the Kingwood Kowboy, ...

Bought by Raven Radio and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Mar 20, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 2

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