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I Heard it on the X !
From: KUT
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Do you remember...? It's the song that immortalized Border Radio. Here's the story behind the song.

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Little Willies
From: Joyride Media
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The Little Willies (Lee Alexander, Jim Campilongo, Norah Jones, Richard Julian, and Dan Rieser) discuss their American-roots based side project wit...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2006
  • Length: 59:56
  • Purchases: 15
Nick Drake's Fans
From: Jeffrey Dugan
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Fans of an obscure musician unite online - and then in person.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Feb 18, 2006
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 1
Outsider
From: Anthony Mascorro
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Interviews, phone conversation, with music.

Bought by KUHB


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 55:44
  • Purchases: 1
Factory Girl
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song
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Folklorist Archie Green rediscovers one of America's oldest work songs during a field trip in which he meets an aging mill worker who sings "Factor...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2006
  • Length: 04:41
Q and Not U
From: Laura Kwerel
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A piece about a band on the verge of breaking up

  • Added: Jan 07, 2006
  • Length: 04:18
The Last Letter
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song
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Music historian Bill C. Malone recalls his family gathering around their first radio to listen to old country songs like "The Last Letter."

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WMPG, and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 3
So, You Wanna Be A Rock Superstar?
From: Matthew Spitz
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A step-by-step guide on how to be a rock star in today's music industry.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 16:34
"In Other Words, Townes Van Zandt"
From: KUT
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A personal, in-depth profile of legendary singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt

Bought by Prairie Public, Radio New Zealand, KGLT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 19
Bells of Ireland
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song
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Rosalie Sorrels sings about the gardens her two Irish grandmothers used to keep, and how the flowers they grew were a reflection of their very diff...

Bought by WKNO


  • Added: Dec 02, 2005
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
Escalante Adios
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song
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Curly Musgrave talks about "Escalante Adios" his ballad that gives a cowboy's perspective of the establishment of a national monument in Southern U...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:39
The Bed and Bannock
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Most people move out of their parent's home as part of growing up. For Shae Morin coming home was exactly what he needed to do.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:22
  • Purchases: 1
A Movement For Rosa
From: Richie Duchon
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Composer Mark Camphouse and conductor Marcellus Brown recall the time they wrote and performed a piece of music about, for and with Rosa Parks.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
Voice Box and Flute
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
Caption: CBC Radio's Outfront, Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/91545223@N00/2743081060/">Benson Kua</a>
Sarah Green was a professional flute player who came to learn that she had ALS.

Bought by WTIP and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:29
  • Purchases: 2
Home Planet:I Sang a Song for Her
From: Spokane Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An old bluegrass standard, "Who will sing for me?" brings back memories of a life on the road.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 04:59
J-Money Interview
From: KBOO Youth Collective
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Interview with a local Portland, OR Rapper

  • Added: Nov 09, 2005
  • Length: 12:46
Dear Piano
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Dear Piano is a musical conversation, a duet perhaps, and certainly a love story.

Bought by WTIP, KXOT Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 12:35
  • Purchases: 3
Long Time Home
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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For singer Michelle Rumball "the voice" is the person so when she lost her voice, she lost her sense of who she was.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
Musicians on the Record: Buddy Guy
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Blues man Buddy Guy reflects on his favorite album, B.B King's "Live at the Regal".

Bought by Musicians' Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KDLG, Prairie Public, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 5
A Cowboy Christmas
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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A musical and poetic celebration of the Christmas holiday from the open ranges of America's outback.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KUAT, KETR-FM, High Plains Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2005
  • Length: 54:24
  • Purchases: 83
Interview with Grayson Capps
From: WUSM
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Interview with Hyena recording artist Grayson Capps from New Orleans, LA

  • Added: Oct 12, 2005
  • Length: 29:44
Musicians on the Record: The Decemberists
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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The Decemberist's frontman, Colin Meloy, says he discovered anyone could make music when he heard "Psychocandy" by The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KWCW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians on the Record: Liz Phair
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Rocker Liz Phair praises the Stevie Wonder classic "Songs in the Key of Life"

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians on the Record: Richard Thompson
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Acclaimed singer songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson says he learned about the guitar from listening to an album of piano jazz.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Prairie Public, WUAL, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 4
Musicians on the Record: Steven Page of Bare Naked Ladies
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Bare Naked Ladies Steven Page discovered "Nilsson SingsNewman" during the group's first big tour. Playing big concerts every night made Page crave...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1

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