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Folktale of Direction
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Direction, Credit: Julia Meek
Hard to figure out where in the world you're going? Musical orientation abounds this week on Folktales!

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


  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Quick Queue: SoundScope - The Writer's Soundtrack
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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by Alex Mehrtens: The mind of the writer is filled with words. But not every writer can concentrate with another person's voice bumping out of thei...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:40
A. Wolf & Her Claws
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Off The Record; On To Video
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A. Wolf & Her Claws live in Studio K.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 1
Cellmate
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Off The Record; On To Video
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Cellmate live in Studio K.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 14:06
  • Purchases: 1
Pop-up shop revives Jewish American music
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Up Next Episode 7 - David Ingber
From: John Russo
Series: Up Next
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Actor / writer / composer David Ingber has created musicals about Zombies, and Fantasy Football, an ESPN web series, and several screenplays. He ch...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:04
The Art of Tribal Music
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Twelve-year old youth producer Vanessa Sanchez explores Mexico's relatively new artform of "Tribal" music, which merges cumbia with traditional Lat...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 03:28
fjngers
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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the yankee yarn tells of a different time

  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 03:19
dutchy
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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enjoying crystallized disco in a time capsule

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:27
astor
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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not of the bandoneon, but of the band on the run

  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: :54
eternal at one time
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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a slowly sinking pachanga

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: :36
Fuzzy Bunny welcomes Analog Moon
From: Fuzzy Bunny Radio
Series: The Fuzzy Bunny Cuddle Time Hour
Caption: Analog Moon, Credit: www.analogmoon.com
A two hour, weekly theme based, music and discussion show. Every week, hosts Dirk Flytrap and The Doctor pick a theme or topic and explore it throu...

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 02:00:24
  • Purchases: 2
The Boogie-Woogie Pianist
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with world famous piano player, Ed Reinhart, who also masquerades as Earl Dixon and Rico Suave when he's in Ecuador.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
I Just Am
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Musicians often have trademarks. Elvis had a snarl, Michael Jackson had a glove, and Bret Michaels has bandanas. For Dan Knudsen, it’s a fanny pack...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2011
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 4
Piano Red - Dr. Feelgood: The Music Makes You Feel Good
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Piano Red
Piano Red's music makes you tap your feet and smile.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:01
Jill Zimmerman
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC Monday Night Live
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Monday Night Live Fall '09. Growing up, Jill Zimmerman spent a lot of time singing to her bedroom walls, her tape recorder, and her dog. She also s...

Bought by KMSU


  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 1
Rip this band off: Billy & Dolly and the art of giving it away
From: Eric Winick
Caption: Dahlia Gallin Ramirez and Bill Rousseau, Credit: Gabriela Hasbun
What's an unknown band to do after pouring blood, sweat, tears, and its own money into making the most awesome record ever?

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 20:45
  • Purchases: 2
An Evening with Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An hour of music and interviews with Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers recorded live at the Rialto Theater in Tucson Arizona in 2006

  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
Songs of the Humpback Chubb
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song
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Ecologist Larry Stevens sings the saga of the Humpback Chubb, a small odd-looking fish that lives at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and which has ...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 6
Indian Brass Bands
From: WNYC
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Thanks to instruments left behind by the British army, brass band music has become an integral part of Indian musical culture.

Bought by WEFT, WGVU, 2SER FM 107.3, and WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 4