PRX - Pieces for Tone: Thoughtful
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Nothing drove Europeans to the United States like the promise of personal independence. In England, there was a lot of cooperative farming. In the ...
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- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 08:16
- Purchases: 1
One-man band Mark Martin tells us how his one man band got started and how he does it.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jun 24, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Nostalgia and happiness. They are not all they are cracked up to be. Well, at least not in Bluegrass Songs. It’s because in bluegrass songs, nostal...
- Added: Jun 17, 2014
- Length: 04:55
Apollo Male Chorus artistic director Sean Vogt talks about the development of new choral works that relate to jazz and pop.
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- Added: May 23, 2014
- Length: 05:00
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Play bluegrass music from the 1940 and compare it to what’s being played today. You’ll hear some changes, but overall, you can tell that the two so...
- Added: May 16, 2014
- Length: 07:21
When Bill Monroe started the bluegrass boys, he was looking for a new sound. But his ideas about what that sound would be were not well formed. Ove...
- Added: May 05, 2014
- Length: 06:02
It's the first Courageous Endeavors CD, and they're showcasing songs from the CD at the Ice House in Minneapolis, Friday night May 9 at 11 PM
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- Added: May 01, 2014
- Length: 05:00
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When it comes to well-known songs, there are always multiple versions. You might even say that songs become vehicles for the individual styles of p...
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 05:33
Tunes inspire other tunes. How so? It’s well-known that you can take an already existing piece, make some changes to it, and then you have a new pi...
- Added: Apr 12, 2014
- Length: 06:24
Melvin comments in his poem, that there are too many people in our society not really connecting with one another.
- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 04:26
Herbert addresses the importance of free speech in our country.
- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 02:21
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 01:51
Alex was influenced to go in the direction of this poem by listening to the work of his peers.
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- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 02:43
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If you read your history books, you might think that America’s involvement in the war against Japan began with the attack on Pearl Harbor on Decemb...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 08:12
The old rockabilly cats were fans of Bill Monroe. Well, Elvis Presley, the original rock and roll icon recorded Bill’s Blue Moon of Kentucky early ...
- Added: Mar 08, 2014
- Length: 07:29
Blue Moon of Kentucky was Bill Monroe’s greatest hit. He first recorded it in 1946, and then recorded it later in his career. The song has had stay...
- Added: Mar 04, 2014
- Length: 09:03
As whites fled Washington D.C. to live in the suburbs in the 1950s, Stronghold was born. This piece reveals how residents gave the neighborhood its...
- Added: Feb 23, 2014
- Length: 14:07
Back in the 1950s, the music world was becoming aware that musicians and fans now had easy access to many styles of music. Today, the internet is d...
- Added: Feb 20, 2014
- Length: 05:42
Minneapolis high school student is from the point of view of the positive side of a young mother giving her baby up for adoption.
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- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 03:00
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Frankie is in love with words and the rap format and sees himself as a professional rapper. You can see by this piece that he has definite potential.
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- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 01:33
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In this piece, a middle school poet from Minneapolis tells of his background, including slavery and citizenship.
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- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 01:25
- Purchases: 1
nice images in this poem about going downtown
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- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 01:43
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Dylan's poems to to a young woman who has caught his eye.
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- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 01:58
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Danielle, a Minneapolis Menlo Park Academy student tells us what she's all about.
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- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 01:18
- Purchases: 1