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Folktale of Rainfall
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Rainfall, Credit: Julia Meek
From drought, to drizzle, to deluge precipitation is an ancient key--or curse--to a folkworld's prosperity. That's the chart this week's Folktale i...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, KLCC, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 11
Parody of Adele's Someone Like You
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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The "original" version of Adele's "Someone Like You" reveals her inner stalker... Listen, weep, wipe, repeat.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:07
Ron Carter: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Ron Carter is an icon of jazz. He has played his bass on more than 2000 albums. His name, however, is most vividly linked with Miles Davis. Carte...

Bought by KMUW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Irish Fiddler, Liz Carroll
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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NEA Heritage Fellow and world-renowned fiddler, Liz Carroll talks about and demonstrates the multiplicity of Irish music. [38:15]

Bought by Prairie Public and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 38:14
  • Purchases: 2
Tremolo
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Tremolo, one of music's most basic effects, has an incomplete history. What we do know links centuries of composition.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota with Don Vidal
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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Focusing on the talent of Minnesota Musicians, this week Don Vidal spotlights Andy Dee and The Roe Family Singers.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Messiah Comes to Town
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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A behind-the-scenes look at how a community choral society in a small town prepares for its own grand holiday performance of Handel's Messiah.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 51:53
Sound Opinions Presents: Like A Rolling Stone - The Music of Bob Dylan
From: Sound Opinions
Series: Sound Opinions Specials
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In this FREE, EVERGREEN one-hour program, Sound Opinions explores Bob Dylan's life and music.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KRCB 104.9, KMUW, WXPR, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 79
Juke In The Back #044
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: The Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
The entire "Juke In The Back" focuses on a tiny Chicago R&B record label with a big sound; Parrot Records. The label was started by Chicago DJ Al ...

Bought by KPVL, 90.5 WSNC, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 3
Piano tuner
From: Lindsay Patterson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Austin piano tuner Nick Litterski describes how to tune a piano.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:54
The Live Feed Presents: Mike Droho
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
Caption: Mike Droho performing in studio on KQAL's "The Live Feed", Credit: Terese Tenseth
KQAL's show "The Live Feed" had midwest songwriter/musician Mike Droho in studio for an interview with Program Director Terese (Teri) Tenseth. Mike...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:48
Still Hungry After All These Years: Musicians Sing for Neighbors' Supper
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River
Caption: Jan Luby at Stone Soup Coffeehouse , Credit: Rhonda Miller
Musicians in America's smallest state are kicking off a year-long project called Singing for Your Supper: The Rhode Island Hunger Project. The goal...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Oct 17, 2010
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Crescent City Blues
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: Still Singing the Blues
Caption: Patrons at Young at Heart Club in New Orleans' Pigeontown neighborhood., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Crescent City Blues takes listeners to the hidden world of New Orleans corner joints—bars far from the French Quarter, in neighborhoods like Centra...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KCMJ Community Radio, Radio New Zealand, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 19
Dancing Into Death
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River
Caption: Rodolfo Akel in the kitchen at West Hartford Town Hall during a dance., Credit: Courtesy of Sheila Browne
None of us knows when our heart will beat its last beat. For Rodolfo Akel that last beat came on the dance floor. Friends in the Cajun and Zydeco d...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:25
Lullabies For The End Of Life
From: JoAnn Mar
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This program describes music's power to heal and bring comfort to those in the final stages of life.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KALW, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
The Rebirth of Madame White Snake
From: Avishay Artsy
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The ancient Chinese myth of Madame White Snake is reborn as an English-language opera.

Bought by PRX Remix and KCUR


  • Added: Feb 25, 2010
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 2
Acoustic Youth
From: With Good Reason
Series: Folklife FieldNotes
Caption: Adam Larkey
Many of the musicians who perform at fiddlers' conventions and music festivals throughout southern Appalachia are, in fact, young kids.

Bought by WMMT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
An Early Music Christmas
From: WFIU
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An hour-long program of seasonal music from the distant past and through the ages -- both sublime and earthly, across time and place, across belief...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WCNY, RadioStPete Florida, Kansas Public Radio, WHRV and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 12
Water Music
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Richmond Virginia's Folk Festival led to the creation of a sister city relationship with Segou, Mali. In time, these two cities will be exchanging ...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 27:41
A Musician's Life: Tim Easton
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Singer-songwriter Tim Easton doesn't drink much anymore but he still writes about people who do. His latest album called "Porcupine" is a raucous ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2009
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Moby
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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On this edition of A Musician’s Life, Tracey Tanenbaum speaks with Moby. Some hail the electronic artist as an innovative genius while others call...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Best of Joan Osborne
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An Hour of Music and Interviews with Joan Osborne, recorded live at the 2002 and 2005 at the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival.

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, WGDR, and KGOU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
An Evening with Guy Clark
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An Evening of Music and Interviews with Texas Legend Guy Clark, recorded live in May of 2005 at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, NM.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KSUT, Prairie Public, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 58:18
  • Purchases: 4
Jennie Lois Windle: Tribute to My Piano Teacher
From: Elizabeth Chur
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tribute to piano teacher Jennie Lois Windle, in music and stories.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 12:05
A Musician's Life: Squeeze founding member Glenn Tilbrook
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Tracey Tanenbaum speaks with Squeeze's founding member Glenn Tilbrook. In the early 1980's critics were comparing Tilbrook and his collaborator Ch...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1

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