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During the night of November 13th, 2015, a series of terrorist attacks claimed by ISIL killed 130 people and injured 368 in Paris, France. Kansas C...
- Added: Apr 01, 2016
- Length: 10:05
Philip Armand ruins a cup of hot cocoa and realizes his mad, sweaty, sloppy rushing is no longer working.
- Added: Mar 21, 2016
- Length: 06:02
In the early 90s, Bruce Saunders started a movie night at the Eric Martin Pavilion, the psychiatric ward of the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria....
- Added: Oct 15, 2015
- Length: 31:49
Join us for an hour-long anthology of nine short features. Each piece focuses on a different aspect of arts and disabilities in Indiana.
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 59:01
Choral music often consists of centuries-old compositions. But one local group—the Singers Minnesota Choral Artists—has premiered more 70 new compo...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 06:03
Teen radio journalist, Lilli Carlsen, traces how her journey to become a feminist directly corresponds to musical artist Beyonce’s lyrics. For many...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 27, 2015
- Length: 06:41
- Purchases: 1
Having fallen in love with the piano as a toddler, now as a teenager, Leila Mohaddes is composing her own music and transposing her songs for strin...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 05:06
Mike Notter (currently with the bands Motopony and Hannalee) used to be in a band with a bunch of other window washers (Shim). Back then, cleaning ...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Dec 05, 2014
- Length: 16:10
- Purchases: 1
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: Summer Institute Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: Summer Institute Edition
At 82, a Texas music legend still charms.
Singer-Songwriter and Willy Nelson collaborator, Aaron Allen, reflects on his long life in the music bus...
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 04:40
Made in the Transom traveling workshop:
Welding large metal structures takes its toll on an aging sculptor. What's an artist's retirement plan?
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 03:59
This is a short profile on a few prominent DIY music promoters in western Massachusetts who host shows in their basements and living rooms.
Featu...
- Added: Dec 15, 2013
- Length: 06:11
Three short "Moments" featuring 2014 NEA Jazz Master, Jamey Aebersold. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn abou...
Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more
- Added: Dec 12, 2013
- Length: 02:57
- Purchases: 14
"I did a lot of practicing with my dad. We were practicing five days a week Monday through Friday for 90 minutes a day starting at the age of 3 up ...
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP
- Added: Aug 12, 2013
- Length: 14:23
- Purchases: 3
This rock band uses music to voice a perspective that is often swept under the rug.
Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 09:00
- Purchases: 2
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2013
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2013
Organic Path: Two teens explore an unusual vocation that inspires new options for their future.
- Added: Jul 30, 2013
- Length: 04:33
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2013
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2013
A Passion for Bharata Natyam: Classical Indian dance comes to central Texas
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 30, 2013
- Length: 05:24
- Purchases: 1
“I think of a lot of things when I’m playing the piano and one of the
last things I think about is the piano…you try to somehow think and feel
li...
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 11:02
- Purchases: 3
Not many aspirational musicians can claim their songs rated alongside groups like Maroon 5 and Gwen Stefani. But, Jordan Corey can! And, she did ...
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 07:00
"Smells Like Teen Spirit," in particular sounds like a modal jazz tune. That's one of the funniest things to me. It says so much about people's att...
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 16:32
- Purchases: 3
Julian Kytasty is a world-renowned bandurist who's family and musical history can be traced from the Ukraine, through exile from Stalinist USSR, to...
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 04:59
"When I started to play jazz... I started in the middle. I wanted to play
Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and all of that stuff first... When I started
c...
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 07:39
- Purchases: 4
"I want to have clarity of ideas and I want to be able to execute ideas. So if I'm going to play something really sloppy, I want it to be sloppy on...
Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 18:32
- Purchases: 2
"I always thought of the acoustic bass as the quintessential jazz instrument... I knew that jazz meant cool, and hip, and on the cutting edge, and ...
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 16:39
- Purchases: 4
In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...
- Added: Mar 15, 2013
- Length: 59:00
How do musicians come up with the scores for Hollywood blockbuster films? Mark Graham, seasoned music preparation supervisor, reveals the hectic be...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 07:02
