PRX - Pieces for Tone: Sound-Rich

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It may be hard to imagine a composer being inspired by public hearings and court cases. But Lake Erie and its problems take center stage in a new o...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: A view from the balcony: the Young Musicians Camp ensemble plays everything from classical to “All About That Bass” at the University of Montevallo. , Credit: Dan Carsen
Fewer reading materials in the home. Less access to camps or museums. Those are some of the reasons “summer learning loss” disproportionately affe...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 04:44
Caption: Courtesy Vizz-Tone Label Group
Go inside Sean Costello's previously unreleased 2005 sessions, now available on the new record "In The Magic Shop."

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
Caption: Courtesy Stony Plain Records
Go inside Rory Block's new album, "Hard Luck Child," a tribute to Blues legend Skip James.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
Caption: Syracuse University Design Professor Zeke Leonard demonstrates his intonarumori noise-making instruments., Credit: A. Randall Wenner
Is it possible to make “music” from “noise”? Is it possible to enjoy it? Randy Wenner reports on an experimental music genre making a comeback of s...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 2
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Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
Caption: The home of bluesman Memphis Slim, a historic site next to the Stax Museum. A partnership with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra plans to turn this house into a place where musicians can practice and record.
It has been more than 50 years since a small recording company moved into the old Capitol Movie theater on East McLemore Avenue, and took the name ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Violence against women is commonplace in Afghanistan. It takes all forms: domestic abuse, forced marriage, rape, even honor killings. This week, w...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Crank up your ipod. We’re going on a musical journey around the world on this week’s edition of the World Vision Report. In Iran, Isla...

Bought by WSLR, KRZA, and WPTC


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Even poor people can be rich in music. It can calm your nerves, please your passions, and spur people to action. This week the World Vision Rep...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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A soundrich experience from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York on April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:25
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A sound collage from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York in April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 03:28
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David Brown explains Brazilian music's love/hate relationship with the global stage.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 05:06
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Half Hour Native News Magazine celebrating current happenings in Indian Country. Today we share another segment of Edge of the Rez and highlights ...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
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Native News Magazine celebrating some of the best things happening in Indian Country today.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
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Half hour weekly Native News Magazine. This week's show features an in-studio performance by Robert Mirabal.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 29:01