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Forging a Path from Metal
From: Christopher Mosson
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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
Maggie McKaig and Luke Wilson
From: Brian Bahouth
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As part of my exploration of musicians who live in the vicinity of Nevada City, California I visited the home of Maggie McKaig and Luke Wilson. Tog...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
That Kid's Fatal
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Jason Allen, aka Fatal J, is a 21 year-old from Bangor, ME who uses hip-hop to cope with the struggles in his life.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 1
Mood Indigo - Boris Vian, Surrealist (Short Version)
From: Pod Academy
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The new film 'Mood Indigo' is based on a novel by Boris Vian - so who was Vian? One of France's most popular authors of the 20th Century, musician,...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 14:45
Where@bouts - Episode 002 - Hugh Bob's Van
From: Mad Genius
Series: Where@bouts
Caption: Hugh Bob's van, outside another club. Anywhere, USA., Credit: Mad Genius
"Where@bouts" is the short radio series about the sense of place. Our guests conduct their world like a song in an imaginative feat of radio art. M...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 15, 2014
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Mad Scientists of Music - Episode 2 - Growing Up Digital
From: Gareth Stack
Series: Mad Scientists of Music
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Episode two explores the videogaming backgrounds of a variety of Irish experimental musicians.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Digging for Disco
From: JP Davidson
Caption: Michael Boothman - Touch 12" Vinyl, Credit: Invisible City Editions
Music genres come and go, but it seems that the reports of disco’s death have been greatly exaggerated. That is at least according to a couple of e...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
It Makes No Difference: A Celebration and Appreciation of The Band
From: Don McIver
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In 1999, The Band officially called it quits. In this hour long audio essay, Don McIver looks at the history of The Band to examine the nature of ...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 58:03
17: Most Relaxing Song (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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There's a song out there that could make you crash your car... but in the most relaxing way possible.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Gunther Schuller: A Life in Pursuit of Music & Beauty, Part II
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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We're picking up the thread of a long conversation with Gunther Schuller. He’s the man who first mapped a Third Stream of “jazzical” music between ...

Bought by WMNR, KMUW, KPIP-LP, and WABE


  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 33:10
  • Purchases: 4
Bay Area Beats: Growing up with Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Thao Nguyen grew up in Northern Virginia, and started playing music at age 12. Since then she has released three critically acclaimed albums, and s...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 08:13
Michael L-5
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: New Artists
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Steven Bickell hosts New Artists: Featuring Mn Artist/Musician Michael L-5 Leitheiser

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 35:18
  • Purchases: 1
Mindless Chanting: Catfish Courtesy
From: Thomas Kenning
Caption: The members of Catfish Courtesy, circa 2002.
Mindless Chanting is a documentary tracing the DIY history of an obscure and unheard band called Catfish Courtesy.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2014
  • Length: 36:04
Shenandoah Valley Shape Note Singers
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Cross Keys Ruritan Hall, Harrisonburg, VA, Credit: Sarah Cumming
Contributor Kelley Libby visits a shape note sing event in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Sometimes this style of singing is referred to as Sac...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 10:18
  • Purchases: 4
Knoxville's Miss Biscuit
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Liz Barr, reigning Miss Biscuit, Credit: Tanner Latham
One of the highlights of Knoxville’s International Biscuit Festival is the Mr. & Miss Biscuit Pageant. This piece profiles Liz Barr, the reigning M...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 4
Singer-Songwriter Josh Vasa
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Singer-songwriter Josh Vasa, Credit: Tanner Latham
Birmingham, Alabama, singer-songwriter Josh Vasa of the band Sanyasi talks about his Indian heritage, writing, and the value of cheesy lyrics.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 3
Hungarian Blues
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
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Little G Weevil is a Hungarian-born Blues musician living in Kennesaw, Georgia. When he talks, you know he had to come from Budapest. But when he s...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WABE, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 5
Scott and the Calypsonians
From: Ethan Chiel
Caption: The Mighty Sparrow
Scott Britton has never been to Trinidad, but he really loves calypso.

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 2
Sonny Newman, Tango Master
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: Sonny teaches tango
Not many of us get to live our dream and do what we love for work. Sonny Newman is the exception. He charted his own course and along the way, disc...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 07:53
NO JERKS: The House Venues of Pioneer Valley
From: Jonah Fried
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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
The Impossible Blue Rose
From: Veronica Simmonds
Series: Visual Arts News podcast
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From Paradise City to Death Valley, Lisa Lipton drummed her way around North America in search of the Impossible Blue Rose

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:59
Will Robinson's Brutalist Inspiration
From: Veronica Simmonds
Series: Visual Arts News podcast
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Halifax based artist Will Robinson is trying to play a library like a record.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:04
Episode 38: Jake Kolatis/The Casualties – Bobby Pickles’ Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Jake Kolatis of The Casualties, Credit: Adrien de Martini
Bobby podcasts from Jersey City Tattoo Co., located in downtown Jersey City, with Jake Kolatis, guitarist of the New York City hardcore punk band, ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2013
  • Length: 30:19
Howard Smith interviews John Lennon & Yoko Ono 12/19/1969
From: Ezra Bookstein
Series: The Smith Tapes
Caption: Collection 2 - Aquarian Theatre, Credit: Masaki Koike
Howard Smith's interview with John Lennon & Yoko Ono on Dec. 19th, 1969 at Ronnie Hawkin's ranch outside of Toronto.

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
Howard Smith interviews Pete Townshend 6/8/1970
From: Ezra Bookstein
Series: The Smith Tapes
Caption: Collection 8 - Songwriters, Credit: Masaki Koike
Howard Smith's interview with Pete Townshend, June 8th 1970. The day before, the Who performed 2 shows of Tommy at the Met.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1