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The Cowboy Jubilee Radio Show - Episode 1027
From: Cowboy Jubilee Show
Series: The Cowboy Jubilee Radio Show
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS -- David Lowery Phone Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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David Lowery talks the sanctification of love, the embers of twilight, and being a language dork.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 14:09
Pilot Episode - "Any Given Command"
From: Clapping Monkey Productions
Series: Warren Krane
Caption: Warren Krane
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:58
Folktale of Compassion
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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As they say in many a folk world, "Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns"--and on this week's edition, you'll find out that caring and sharing...

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


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Language Bites!
From: Colette Kinsella
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Have you ever wondered where the phrase "to be on the wagon" comes from or even what it means to "get off on the wrong foot"? This series of one-mi...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:31:03
  • Purchases: 1
From School Shootings to Kazoos, Common Fence Venue Encircles Tragedy and Joy
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River
Caption: At Common Fence Music, it's bring your own picnic basket and bottle of wine. At the Gathering of Fiddlers & Fishermen, on stage are, from left, Ed McGuirl, Mike Fischman and MC Jacob Haller., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
While America continues to grieve over the massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut and search for w...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 04:07
Folktale of Closure
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Closure, Credit: Julia Meek
"Where is the good in goodbye?" Meredith Wilson's "Music Man" pondered this question, which we're revisiting with a tour of departures, leave taki...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:11
  • Purchases: 10
'Tis the Season
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A poet, an ethnomusicologist, a conductor, and a vocalist share their favorite Christmas songs and why the music resonates with them this time of y...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WJCT, KMUD, KUAC, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 6
'Tis the Season
From: With Good Reason
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From Leontyne Price to Kate and Anna McGarrigle, the Ronettes to Middle Eastern music…

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRPS, KRPS, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
Bill Fischer, The Dance Caller
From: Cuchulain Kelly
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Bill Fischer grew up in Connecticut, went to Columbia medical school, and then moved back to Bethany, Connecticut in the seventies to practice gene...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:24
Folktale of After Dark
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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You can't stand up to the night until you understand what's hiding in its shadows. For a musical guide to these nocturnal mysteries, join us this w...

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


  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 12
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
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 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
Is Our Town Our Town?
From: Philip Graitcer
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Thornton Wilder's Our Town is the most produced play in America, but does it need an update for today's America?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WILL, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 25, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 4
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
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
Memories Of Michael Jackson's Music
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Young voices reflect on the late, great, King of Pop.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2009
  • Length: 02:39
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
Kealii Reichel - Hawaiian musician and teacher of Hawaiian language and dance
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Kealii Reichel Live in Concert, Credit: Punahele Productions
Hawaiian musician Keali`i Reichel is sharing his passion for Hawaiian language, music and dance in a groundbreaking DVD--the first to offer subtitl...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2009
  • Length: 05:24

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