PRX - Pieces for Tone: Provocative
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Taboos associated with menstruation limit public discussion of a primary event in the lives of more than half of the human population of the world....
- Added: Dec 07, 2009
- Length: 28:55
"Everybody's a critic," as the saying goes – and that's true now more than ever, according to percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Use this 24 second cli...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :24
Travels around Tasmania to learn about the fate of the little Devil
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUT, and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 14, 2009
- Length: 06:11
- Purchases: 3
In this half-hour radio documentary, "survivors" of solitary confinement paint a picture of what it looks, sounds and feels like to live for years ...
Bought by KMUZ, KOSU, KGNU Community Radio, KUT, Remix Radio and more
- Added: Aug 13, 2009
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 8
How do Black people think Anglos (white people) think they talk?
Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KUER, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Aug 08, 2009
- Length: 02:58
- Purchases: 3
When Gustav Holst wrote what would become his most famous work, "The Planets," he did not include Pluto in the seven movement suite. Coincidently,...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :23
- Purchases: 1
The middle of the 20th century saw both enormous growth and struggle for new classical music. Part of the struggle, according to composer John Cor...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :24
While some composers are inspired by nature and walks in the countryside, others approach it as a job where they show up and put pencil to music pa...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :22
The name of the piece is "Mirror in Mirror." It's a seven minute work by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers describes it as...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :26
Cuban guitarist Manuel Barrueco has been playing guitar and making music for more than 40 years. His love affair with the guitar began almost inno...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :22
Every orchestra has a trademark - it can be their overall sound, an instrumental section within the orchestra like the Chicago Symphony Brass, or i...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :29
IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2009
- Length: 54:15
Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 29:03
Conductor Arturo Toscanini was known as the poster child for bad behavior on the podium. Fortunately, the days of the yelling, screaming, raging t...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :25
This month we are in San Francisco, California exploring what it means to be American through those involved in the struggle for same-sex marriage ...
- Added: Feb 23, 2009
- Length: 09:49
The "Without Comment" series began last April with a look at the Democratic primaries using only sound bites from politicians, political pundits an...
- Added: Feb 11, 2009
- Length: 16:35
An exploration of underage prostitution in Oakland, California
- Added: Feb 09, 2009
- Length: 20:45
The political difficulties that ruled the life of Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich were more than just minor aggravations. His refusal to fol...
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: :27
- Added: Aug 09, 2008
- Length: 27:59
GOVERNMENT INSIDER SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE WAR IN IRAQ
- Added: Jul 29, 2008
- Length: 28:00
If you've ever lived next door to a musician, or lived under the same roof, you're more than familiar with the musician's practicing routine. That...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :25
The role of Sharia law in civic life in the Middle East and policies that encourage the advance of nuclear capabilities
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: 27:59
- Added: Jun 13, 2008
- Length: 28:01
- Purchases: 1
When the soloist and orchestra are playing a concerto, who's in charge? Is it the soloist, the conductor - the orchestra? Someone has to make sur...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :20
Creating a dialogue with people who are homeless may be the first step to understanding how to help effect change.
- Added: May 06, 2008
- Length: 29:36
- Purchases: 3
