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Listening to Ladies: Ingrid Stölzel
From: Elisabeth Blair
Series: Listening to Ladies
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Composer Ingrid Stölzel talks about annoying church bells, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and the importance of mentorship.

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 23:54
160604 Muhammad Ali Tribute
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Mike Marley with his old friend Muhammad Ali and Mike's former employer Don King.
Interrupting my Saturday night music radio show with some words about Muhammad Ali who passed earlier in the day. Ali's impact on me as an 8th gra...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 46:15
The Speed of Sound: Damien Rice
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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It's been 8 since since his last release, but the brilliant Irish songwriter, Damien Rice, has now returned with My Favourite Faded Fantasy. He rec...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Ninth Symphony - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Filmmaker Kerry Candaele’s epiphany on California’s Pacific Coast Highway still resonates with him today.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2015
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 2
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with Death Cab For Cutie
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with Death Cab For Cutie from 88Nine Radio Milwaukee

  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 23:36
Billie Holiday Remembered
From: Will Duchon
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Offerings from newly released Billie Holiday tribute albums. Also some new sounds from Chris McNulty and Rachel Caswell.

  • Added: May 16, 2015
  • Length: 53:22
Rocker Kim Gordon: "Not a Musician"?
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: APRIL 2015
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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
Guitars: Share the Love
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
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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
Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come
From: Devon Strolovitch
Series: Inside the National Recording Registry
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Sonny Rollins, John Litweiler, and Denardo Coleman tell the story of this groundbreaking 1959 album, selected for the National Recording Registry i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, PRX Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 4
Scott and the Calypsonians
From: Ethan Chiel
Caption: The Mighty Sparrow
Scott Britton has never been to Trinidad, but he really loves calypso.

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 2
Country Fried Rock Interviews Caitlin Cary of NC Music Love Army #1339
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: We Are Not For Sale: Songs Of Protest, Credit: Skillet Gilmore
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
Kristofferson: Smiling at 77
From: Mark Haslett
Caption: Kris Kristofferson , Credit: NPR
Kris Kristofferson talks about his most recent album, "Feeling Mortal," and a lifetime spent with words and music.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 13:49
JazzStories: Abbey Lincoln
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"The artists are the ones who make it possible for people to remember what the time was like, and who was there, and what we did as human beings. ...

Bought by WMOT, WHQR, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 11:41
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Chris Potter
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"The music is not just the music. It's a reflection of how to live. I think I started out I just really liked the sound of the music and I had no i...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 20:34
  • Purchases: 3
The Live Feed Presents: Steve Mireau
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Steve Mireau is a source of inspiration. Within a minute or two of meeting him you'll realize why. Steve is a musician and motivational speaker who...

  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 31:13
JazzStories: Michael Cuscuna
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I guess it was about 3rd or 4th grade that I got hooked on R & B and early rock & roll. I just became a fanatical record collector even at that ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 17:26
  • Purchases: 2
Alloy Orchestra: New Music for Silent Films
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Terry Donahue, a member of the Alloy Orchestra, a group of multitalented musicians who provide live, in house, orchestral...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
JazzStories: Stefon Harris
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"When I started to play jazz... I started in the middle. I wanted to play Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and all of that stuff first... When I started c...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 4
Bud Powell
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Bud Powell
As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
Midnight Melodies: MIT After Hours
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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For Joe, the best part of playing the piano is doing it where no one’s listening.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
Centerstage Minnesota: Ben Kyle talks with Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Ben Kyle
Ben Kyle is well known for being the singer/songwriter that has fronted the Minneapolis band Romantica for 10 years and three records. His new self...

Bought by KSRQ and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Live Feed Presents: K.I.N.G. Kronos
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this edition of "The Live Feed" KQAL's Adam Lusch visits with K.I.N.G. Kronos and his hip hop group Synchronized Minds. They will tell us about ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 56:45
  • Purchases: 1
"A Radio Show About Radio: A personal journey thru am/fm/lp and internet radio"
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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This week's episode of " What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" is a personal journey thru 4 decades of radio...as both a listener...and as a practitio...

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 55:45
The Live Feed Presents: Bitch
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this edition of The Live Feed, KQAL's Teri Tenseth visits with Detroit Born, New York based musician called Bitch. Trained in classical violin a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 48:51
  • Purchases: 1
Ron Davies: The Missing Link in Pacific Northwest Music History
From: Dave Beck
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It may be hard to believe but the glam rocker David Bowie, the folk singer Joan Baez and the pop band Three Dog Night all share something in commo...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 10:17