PRX - Pieces for Tone: Thoughtful

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  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 04:10
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Youth Radio's Billy Cruz grew up dreaming of the day he would join the family business... but when the time finally came, his dream job wasn't all ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:03
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In this commentary Youth Radio's Desmond Meagley explains why family time at his home is often overshadowed by technology.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:08
Caption: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Known as "Nica" or "The Baroness" Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a jazz patron who supported artists such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, bo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bud Powell
As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
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4 Moments with legendary drummer and NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR, WART FM and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Soul Sailing, Credit: Missy Rogers
Homo sapien, human being. Homo mustus, human doing. How much of my life is defined by my doing rather than my being?

  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:31
Caption: Soul Sailing, Credit: Missy Rogers
I know my mother and my children, literally, from the inside out.

  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: Soul Sailing, Credit: Missy Rogers
On May Day, the first day of summer in the Celtic calendar, I celebrate the music of Turlough O'Carolan, the last great Irish composer and harpist.

  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 06:02
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What catalyzes change in my life? Although fear and pain top the list, only inspiration is a sustainable fuel.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:36
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When I first walked into the nursing home, I saw the residents as "living cadavers." Later I came to love them and celebrate their lives.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Walking on a beach on Australia's east coast, I witnessed my birthday, and the birth of a new year.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 05:11
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If I viewed my life as an experiment, a Petri dish of experience, what would I devote myself to?

  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 05:24
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Imagine giving thanks for every aspect of Creation - how long would that take?

  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 05:52
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In a used bookstore, I recognize that I view beloved books as family, as paper-bound kin

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:31
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The mind is a vicious master, searching for absolute certainty, which in truth is an illusion.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:15
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Like the ancient Celts, Halloween is a time for me to experiment with new forms and ways of being.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
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A pair of owls hooting in the dawn are harbingers of death and awakening.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:07
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A friend writing her autobiography realizes her life is more fiction than fact.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:38
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Autumn equinox is a fleeting moment of balance, in a seasonal current that moves at breakneck speed.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:22
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How often do I unwittingly add to the debris that already challenges the flow of my life?

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:02
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I struggle to teach my boys to be cautious around strangers, and trust the world.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:27
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Laghunasadh, the beginning of the harvest, is a time to assess the "crops" I have planted this year.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:36
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Parents do not answer want ads in the classifieds, but their unpaid, unheralded job has some of the greatest rewards.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:34
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John, with his Cockney accent and rough humor, is a camouflaged guerilla healer.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:14