PRX - Pieces for Tone: Sound-Rich
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In this piece six women talk about their mothers, and who they are because of their mothers. From the the secrets they never told their mothers, an...
Bought by WORT, Prairie Public, RadioStPete Florida, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WMPG
- Added: Apr 30, 2021
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 5
While New York City reopens, Harlem musicians continue one of jazz's most revered traditions at the historic Minton's Playhouse.
- Added: Apr 16, 2021
- Length: 04:20
On a clear day, when you stand on top of Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus Mountains, you can see from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea, and it’s this a...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 58:59
One day in the spring of 1986, a woman in Hot Springs, Arkansas named Ruth Coker Burks was visiting a friend in the hospital. She noticed a door do...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 27:33
- Purchases: 1
The song “I Fought the Law” by the Bobby Fuller Four reached number 9 on the Billboard Charts in the week of March 12, 1966. Just months later, Bob...
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 42:01
When Joan Borsten married actor Oleg Vidov, also known as “the Soviet Robert Redford,” he introduced her to beautiful Soviet animations created in ...
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 34:29
In 2010, a $16.5 million Hot Lotto ticket was sold at a gas station in Des Moines, Iowa. At first, no one showed up to claim the prize. And then, a...
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 28:57
One Sunday afternoon, a man named William Mumler decided to take a self portrait. He said he was alone in the photography studio, but as the photog...
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 36:51
“What I recall most is the way that she grabbed my wrist and, shaking a bit, she said over and over again, ‘If it happens, run. Don’t let that happ...
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 33:08
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is celebrated in Hour 1 of this 2-Hour special. Music host Paul Ingles talks with drummer and writer Mike Edi...
- Added: Apr 12, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
“Everything can change just like that.” That’s what Jane says. But there is no snap of fingers. This is the preamble to a story she’s retold a hun...
- Added: Mar 13, 2021
- Length: 27:43
Newest release from a Blues veteran, Nora Jean Wallace, who has been missing in action for the past 16 years.
- Added: Mar 03, 2021
- Length: 59:59
In the spirit of Mardi Gras, this show is devoted to “Fess” -- Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair - the pianist whose music fills the stree...
Bought by KMUW
- Added: Feb 11, 2021
- Length: 51:58
- Purchases: 1
Western Films as America’s origin story, and why they sound the way they do. Featuring Gary Farmer, Rion Amilcar Scott, Jeff Grace and Kathryn Kali...
- Added: Feb 02, 2021
- Length: 50:00
Walker takes us back to the early 2000s when the printed materials were just as high impact as digital materials. She takes us on a journey through...
- Added: Jan 15, 2021
- Length: 05:29
There’s an old story on Cape Cod about a woman named Maria Hallett who fell in love with a pirate. According to legend, when he died at sea, she be...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 27:04
Jessica Schimpf’s job is part weightlifting, part meditation, part sunburn. And that’s only half of what it takes to be a successful glass artist.
- Added: Jan 02, 2021
- Length: 16:01
It was Friday, April 10th, 2020. The pandemic was really starting to roar. PPE was scarce and the supply chains were already breaking down. Every h...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KZYX
- Added: Dec 22, 2020
- Length: 19:31
- Purchases: 3
This moment in time is teaching us to find ways to be alone. That's what it's always been like for James.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 02, 2020
- Length: 04:40
- Purchases: 1
Sugar Ray Norcia and the Bluetones featuring (the late) Little Charlie Baty
Bought by WNMU-FM
- Added: Nov 30, 2020
- Length: 58:37
- Purchases: 1
The Keepers: Archiving the Now — a new hour-long special from The Kitchen Sisters and PRX with host, Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand. Storie...
Bought by Prairie Public, WJCT, WABE, WNMU-FM, WCQS and more
- Added: Nov 24, 2020
- Length: 54:25
- Purchases: 70
A deep exploration of the urban-rural divide and how one group is trying to bring both sides together
- Added: Nov 22, 2020
- Length: 28:19
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.
Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media and more
- Added: Nov 17, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 37
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
This hour features three intimate stories that grapple with the messiness and the triumph of existing as a person, from the outside body to the ins...
Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media, KTSW 89.9 and more
- Added: Nov 17, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 36
A great Blues band from Swanton, Vermont, The Nobby Reed Project is one all blues enthusiasts should hear!
- Added: Nov 13, 2020
- Length: 01:00:09
