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Both Sides Now from both sides of a life: Essay by Paul Ingles
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Joni Mitchell at Newport Folk Festival - 2022
Joni Mitchell's re-emergence onto the stage at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival had music specials producer Paul Ingles joining the multitude of musi...

Bought by KGLP and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 30, 2022
  • Length: 17:08
  • Purchases: 2
The Most Hopeful Music in the World
From: Dale McGowan
Series: How Music Does That - Shortcuts
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Even starting a piece that's 639 years long is an act of incredible optimism.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 07:54
TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Newsman Art Schreiber on THE BEATLES
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
Caption: Beatles Autographs To Art Schreiber, Credit: Art Schreiber
Radio newsman Art Schreiber was one of only 2 American reporters allowed on The Beatles historic 1964 first tour of the United States. Schreiber te...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Of Fire and Monsters
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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When there’s trouble on the edge of civilization—where the wilderness meets what mankind makes—well, here we encounter fierce things both natural a...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
170429 The South - New Orleans Removes It's Confederacy Statues
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Chess Records' first release was a disastrous Tibbs Brother song expressing displeasure with the then recently deceased racist Mississippi Governor...

  • Added: May 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:08:20
Bill Frisell: The Guitar is My Voice
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Bill Frisell was heavily influenced by surf rock and space travel. Hear him in his own words tell you his origin story. Lots of great music in this...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 12:15
Maritime Medley - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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A Song Story is a mini-history of a time, a place, an individual and a song. It's a personal experience, rising from memory every time we hear a ce...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2016
  • Length: 06:50
Fun, Fun, Fun - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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At 15, Melanie Clarance's world was turned upside down.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:54
Drums in the Distance by Joshua Sirotiak
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
Caption: Opening Second Line, Credit: Wikipedia Creative Commons
Joshua Sirotiak seeks out the history of Second Line Jazz culture in New Orleans. Along the way, he finds a few answers to questions about his own ...

Bought by WFHB and KALW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 2
Cissy Houston Talks About Her Career, Elvis Pressley, and Her Daughter Whitney Houston
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer
Caption: The Great Cissy Houston
Gospel Artist Great, Cissy Houston talks about her career, her children which included her daughter, the late great recording Artist Whitney Housto...

  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:36
Remembering the Magnetic Manna Dey
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy listens back to the music of Manna Dey.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
The District
From: WWNO
Series: Storyville
Caption: One of E. J. Belloqc's Storyville portraits.
This is the premier story for Storyville, about Storyville. University of New Orleans' Robin Baudier looks back on this historic district, and what...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
Clifford Brown
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Clifford Brown
Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown is known for his precise and captivatingly smooth technique yet his life was tragically cut short in a car accident w...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
Bud Powell
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
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
Chapter 9 - Facing a World at War
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Too young for induction into the army, Richard works at Best & Co. and next with Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians in the shipping department. Upo...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 30:34
THE LAST SHUTTLE ( May 2012 Update/Remix)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On April 27th, 2012, I stood on the banks of the Hudson River in NYC.. and watched Space Shuttle Enterprise make a fly-by, strapped to the back of...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 57:37
Paul Simon: Songwriter
From: Joyride Media
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Archival Paul Simon interviews from various moments of his career are intertwined to show the evolution of his creative process. Hosted by Rita Ho...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Prairie Public, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Sting: The Solo Years
From: Joyride Media
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Brand new one-hour special features exclusive Sting interview looking back on music from his solo career.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KPVL, WUKY, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
The Fountain City
From: Caleb Pringle
Caption: RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, Columbus, GA
An observation on the city of Columbus, GA and the arts departments of Columbus State University told with sounds of the street and downtown founta...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2010
  • Length: 04:14
Same Song, Same Chair: Fifty Years Later
From: With Good Reason
Series: Folklife FieldNotes
Caption: Spencer Moore, Credit: Jon Lohman
A masterful songster recorded by two folklorists, fifty years apart.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WTIP, and WAMU


  • Added: Sep 16, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 5