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It might take a village to raise a child. But it took three continents to raise one little village in Bengal from its ashes.
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 16, 2015
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 2
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
Thanks to a quirk of history — and a love of bananas — New Orleans has had a Honduran population for more than a century. But that population explo...
- Added: Nov 07, 2014
- Length: 12:42
A Jewish museum just opened in Kolkata. Not a brick and mortar museum, but an online museum.
- Added: Sep 10, 2014
- Length: 04:30
The Archie comic book character is as American as it gets. But in July of 2014 (Issue No. 36 of "Life With Archie") Archie dies. His death reverber...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jul 21, 2014
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
September 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. What started out as a modest two day affair heavy on regional ...
- Added: Sep 06, 2011
- Length: 55:44
Janis Joplin. Roky Erikson. Doug Sahm. Stevie Ray Vaughan. Names like these helped establish Austin’s global reputation as hothouse for great music...
- Added: Aug 22, 2011
- Length: 01:00:00
Spoofs have never been more popular. What makes parodies work and not work online? On this edition of the TippingPoint, we take a closer look.
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 30:37
‘Tis the season to buy and sell. We take a closer look at some of the current trends in retail online.
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 26:10
The snow has started to fall. What does the internet offer for amusement in the winter? Matisyahu, Charlie Brown, and curling in the same audio pla...
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 19:42
Are mashups the new metaphors– combining rather than comparing unlike things — as a commentary on our culture? How have mashups influenced and chan...
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 23:37
The Winter Olympics only comes around every four years, but fans of the peculiar sport of curling can find curling content online all year round. T...
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 04:46
Steve Earle had a lot in common with his songwriting hero the late Townes Van Zandt. Both spent time in Houston, both played guitar and both had h...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Oct 08, 2009
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
How a ballet company and an orchestra battled the recession and won with creativty, hard work, and a renewed commitment to community.
- Added: Aug 25, 2009
- Length: 10:26
Who's the next Spoon, Shawn Colvin, or Stevie Ray Vaughan? Hear about the bands being hailed as "The Next Big Thing" from Austin...
Bought by KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Jul 13, 2009
- Length: 52:04
- Purchases: 1
From Coldplay and My Morning Jacket to Lyle Lovett and Johnny Cash--its an hour of classic performances and the untold histories behind them.
Bought by KHNS, WCPN, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more
- Added: Jul 02, 2009
- Length: 54:14
- Purchases: 6
From the Darfur Radio Project: we explore how a small radio studio in the Netherlands is connecting Darfuris to each other--and to the rest of the ...
- Added: Apr 05, 2009
- Length: 07:55
From the Decemberists to the Heartless Bastards, from Department of Eagles and Vetiver to the Low Anthem, Asa and beyond...
Bought by KRCB 104.9, KUNM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., NPR Illinois and more
- Added: Mar 27, 2009
- Length: 55:04
- Purchases: 6
The Reincarnation of an Austin Rocker
- Added: Mar 13, 2008
- Length: 04:49
- Added: May 17, 2007
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 1
Native artists in the Ecuadorean Andes return to their people's sacred mountain.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 11, 2007
- Length: 05:45
- Purchases: 1
A short profile of Philadelphia born DJ, remixer and record producer King James Britt
Bought by WABE
- Added: Feb 12, 2007
- Length: 05:13
- Purchases: 1
Soul Singer Solomon Burke has had something of a comeback since his days with Atlantic in the 1960's. Tracey Tanenbaum profiles "the King of Rock ...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Feb 08, 2007
- Length: 06:13
- Purchases: 1
Poet Ursula Rucker sets her smooth voice and sharp tongue to dance-worthy music.
- Added: Feb 06, 2007
- Length: 04:59
Christian McBride is one of the jazz world's most sought after talents. He also leads his own band and is an ambassador for the music.
- Added: Feb 05, 2007
- Length: 05:28
