PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky
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For the third week of August (8/19): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a pioneering female of tejano music
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of December (12/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who helped build a gospel music empire.
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. Cody Wilson (Corduroi) talks about using kids' toys for insp...
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 05:40
Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. Hailing from Denton, Texas, Juicy the Emissary is as much a ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 06:06
Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. On this episode, the Vegetable Kingdom talks about illegal d...
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 06:15
In San Francisco, the idea of "pop up" is ubiquitous. Pop-ups are temporary businesses, venues, or events that happen suddenly, in unexpected locat...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 05:32
- Purchases: 1
Citizen voices from the Civic Commons Radio Show, set to hip-hop
- Added: Jan 15, 2012
- Length: 03:39
Boom! Bap! Biff! The CornerCast cruises from Los Angeles to La Ciudad Gotham with the lo-fi, lowrider soul of Chicano Batman.
- Added: Jun 03, 2010
- Length: 06:39
What's an unknown band to do after pouring blood, sweat, tears, and its own money into making the most awesome record ever?
- Added: Apr 12, 2010
- Length: 20:45
- Purchases: 2
Every year, thousands of people flock to Austin from all over the world for South by Southwest Music, which officially gets underway today. Many v...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 17, 2010
- Length: 04:51
- Purchases: 1
Performers at the Gulu-Gulu Café Open Mic Night in Salem, MA
- Added: Mar 13, 2010
- Length: 05:03
Acclaimed jazz guitarist Pat Metheny plugs to the Orchestrion, a massive instrument based on the old player piano orchestrations of yore.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 18, 2010
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
It's been 40 years since Daevid Allen convened his space gypsy rock band Gong which influenced everyone from Ozric Tentacles to Steve Roach. Allen...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 22, 2009
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
On May 19, 100 handbell ringers will descend on Old South Church in Boston. Independent producer Jackson Braider offers the skinny on what listener...
- Added: May 13, 2009
- Length: 05:40
- Purchases: 2
Fernwood mixes Americana sounds with Appalachian strings, along with bouzoukis from the Middle East and Ireland and sitars from India.
- Added: Oct 24, 2008
- Length: 03:30
Still endearing after 20 years, the quirky Penguin Cafe Orchestra's CDs are re-released to a new audience
Bought by WBHM
- Added: Aug 18, 2008
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
Rock and Roll. A term we all know well. But what does the word rock mean? Simple enough question. But how did the term originate? Where -- and ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WMUB
- Added: Jul 22, 2008
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 2
Singer-songwriter delves into dark and quirky places
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jul 17, 2008
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 2
Social partner dancing is in for the first time since the '50s. A look at why more and more of us are trading in our weekends for ballroom, and a g...
Bought by KWIT
- Added: May 19, 2008
- Length: 21:27
- Purchases: 1
San Francisco's last remaining cemetery is a columbarium, containing the ashes of thousands of San Francisco luminaries. Jennifer Blowdryer, ex-fro...
- Added: Nov 09, 2007
- Length: 04:22
- Added: Sep 07, 2007
- Length: 58:55
- Purchases: 1
Our best gig ever: What Cheer? Brigade marching band performs at local elementary schools
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 27, 2007
- Length: 01:42
- Purchases: 1
A profile of the Glorious Youth Parade, a fledgling band in Sitka, AK
- Added: May 22, 2007
- Length: 05:57
Harry Nilsson: The Beatles called him their favorite group, and though he died 12 years ago, there's resurging interest in the artist and his work.
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jun 06, 2006
- Length: 11:08
- Purchases: 1
A delightful look at a unique and unusual Australian music scene.
- Added: Dec 19, 2005
- Length: 09:11
