PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

2712 results


Card House Dreamers: An Interview With This Providence
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Piece image
Zoe interviews indie rock band This Providence about music, Christianity, touring, and more...

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Glorious Youth Parade
From: Valerie Lapinski
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of the Glorious Youth Parade, a fledgling band in Sitka, AK

  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 05:57
For the love of synthesizer
From: Dan Trudeau
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A New Hampshire man has made his home into a shrine to synthesizers

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Country songwriting legend Bobby Braddock talks about love, life and his new book, Down in Orburndale.
From: Katie Ball
Piece image
In this interview country music songwriting legend talks about growing up in rural Florida and how it affected him as a songwriter.

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 16:24
Virtuoso Voices - Jennifer Higdon (Turning Down Work)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Piece image
There's an old saying in the music business: never turn down work. Composer Jennifer Higdon maintains a full schedule of commissions, and sometim...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 2
A Rolling Stone Gathers No What?
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Intern at Rolling Stone doesn't know who Jann Wenner is. Consequences for America.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:00
This I Believe - Wayne Coyne
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
Piece image
Rock musician Wayne Coyne believes happiness isn't coincidence, but something we make within ourselves.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WBHM, and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 22, 2007
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 4
The Sounds of Lunch
From: Ken Cormier
Piece image
I'm able to spend more time writing music now. I quit my job. . .

Bought by Room Tone Selects, WBEZ, and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 3
Islands Are Forever...An Interview With Islands
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Piece image
Canadian rockers Islands give us the inside scoop about their name, their sound, and much more!

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Kerrville Folk Festival From A Teenager's View
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Piece image
The Kerville Folk Festival is often thought of as a place for old hippies, however Devin Prikryl-Martin explores the festival as a teen hangout!

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Paganini Under the Influence)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Piece image
While Nicolo Paganini's violin playing brought him enormous prestige and adoration from his many female admirers, he also got around on the guitar....

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Magnolias and Lighthouses: An Interview With The Hush Sound
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Piece image
Zoe Cordes Selbin interviews The Hush Sound, an up-and-coming piano-rock band.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Playing Barefoot)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Piece image
Percussionist Evelyn Glennie plays shoeless, but she says it's not to make a fashion or social statement. Use this 30 second clip to introduce any...

Bought by WITF, WEKU, and New England Public Media


  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
The Phantom of Crestwood
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A recounting of a partly imagined, partly remembered cinematic thriller.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: :41
Cowboy Story
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A recounting of an imagined classic Western.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
Gravity/Massachusetts/Newton
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Three unrelated subjects connected by a musical theme.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:46
A-E-I-O-U (Guitars, pt. 1)
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A surreal guitar lesson that is all over the map, with a sampling of guitar sounds to punctuate.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:07
Horseshoe-Shaped Organ
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A breathtaking pace for a tale of barely learning to play the organ.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:19
Saddle Kate, She Cried
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The recounting of an imagined classic Western movie

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:08
What is The Meaning of Life?
From: mal sharpe
Piece image
Comedy and Jazz: Man on the Street, Mal Sharpe wanders around America looking for the "meaning of life."

Bought by KZYX, WYSO, WMNF, KRCB 104.9, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 11
The Trouble with Harry (Nilsson)
From: Jackson Braider
Piece image
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
The Young Marquis' Howlin' House Party! Show #3
From: J.J. Johnson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Theatre-of-the-mind radio. Blue-collar rock 'n' roll! Not the usual.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 1
Darondo
From: Chris Roose
Piece image
A long-lost Bay Area soul singer, newly found.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WMPG


  • Added: Mar 12, 2006
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 2
Goldfrapp Interview
From: Dan Kramer
Piece image
Goldfrapp previewing new alubm

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 59:02
I Liked Diamond When Diamond Wasn't Cool
From: Ellen Birkett Morris
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Secret Neil Diamond fans unite -- finally Diamond is cool!!

  • Added: Jan 03, 2006
  • Length: 01:43

Narrow the results by Topics

Narrow the results by Formats

Narrow the results by Tones