PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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You're not alone. Even the music identifying application, Shazam, gets stumped on this show. Songs including knock offs of, "The Battle of New ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:06:27
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It's an episode full of brotherly love. Joe and Dave Henry talk discuss the circuitous route they took to author the Richard Pryor biography "Furio...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, and WLPR


  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:56:51
Caption: Caden and Joe at an ICP show in Easton, Pa., Credit: Allie Wenner
Are fans of popular "horrorcore" band Insane Clown Posse as scary as they look? Allie Wenner talks to ICP fans (also known as "Juggalos") outside o...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2017
  • Length: 19:20
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Late Saturday in the French Quarter music. Songs about "Sittin,"" an autoharp player inspired by Jimi Hendrix, a string harp in a blues song and ...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:50:25
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Dave's Picks Volume 24 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded at the Berkeley Commu...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 17, 2017
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 4
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From Brazil, and vocal royalty, comes Marie Rita (daughter of Elis Regina) then straight into the purest Cuban/Puerto-Rican rhythms one could hope ...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WMOT, KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, WJSU and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 8
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A broader range of music to explore the idea that music can be the abstract unspoken common bond in societies when the spoken bonds are fractured b...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:24:29

  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:31:41
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A couple songs about rocket ships from two women's groups and variations on the standard, Maybelline. Plus a handful of songs by Billy Lee Riley a...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:02:11
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Halloween theme show broadcast on Ozcatradio.com (KZCT-FM, Vallejo, CA). It was Electronics Holliday day and I didn't know it. My Ipad decided it w...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:57:23
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Adam Turla of Murder by Death discusses his band's beginnings and how he became a Kickstarter celebrity. Aaron Weiss of mewithoutYou talks about lo...

Bought by KWIT, WLPR , and KWIT


  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Heartfelt feelings about radio surrounded by instrumental songs (on top of lyrics). A nice little set of that other regional music of the Pacific ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:49:30
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Fire & Brimstone, Credit: Julia Meek
Marlowe's Dr. Faust noticed "Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell," and that's the direction our Folktale of Fire & Brimstone is taking.

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WFIU


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 4
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
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A bunch of mini sets of music including girl groups (without that irritating Phil Spector sound) and girl groups from Detroit (without that pretent...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 02:51:01
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Why instrumental songs with any American Indian tribe other than "Cherokee" seem more authentic than songs with "Cherokee" in the song title. Plus...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:50:25
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Substituting for Peggy Lou after I cancelled Hurricane Nate. Trying to mimic her light touch and California sensibilities ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:31:37
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Stimulating polytonal energy with Roy Hargrove counts off our downbeat, my kind of jazz in the NOW. Respect to tradition, but no napping here, Lizz...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WJSU, WMOT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 6
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Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe of Lucius discuss their longtime friendship and their unique creative approach. Jason Narducy talks about the somewhat...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KWIT, KWIT, and WLPR


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Phosphorescent frontman Matthew Houck discusses his need for solitude when writing music and the difference between a musical palace and a musical ...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, and WLPR


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Wayne Kramer of the legendary proto-punk outfit The MC5 talks about his time in prison on drug charges and gives you the lowdown on The MC5's surpr...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, and WLPR


  • Added: Sep 08, 2017
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Comedian and former Daily Show correspondent Wyatt Cenac talks about why he gets on stage as a stand-up — and why comedy matters. Olivia Jean discu...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Broadening the Saturday night sound but keeping the connections to the theme of foundational music. Tonight including Sun Ra's doo wop phase, musi...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:45:58