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HEAT -- The Contenders
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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Singer/Songwriter Billy Bragg rewrites "The Internationale", Joyce Carol Oates spars with George Foreman, and Spalding Gray turns the tables on Joh...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WCPN, KERA, and WCQS


  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 4
Mardi Gras Indian Music
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
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The Musical Tradition of New Orleans' Black Indians

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WBHM and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 10
La Nona Kanta ("The Grandmother Sings")
From: Julie Subrin
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Profile of Flory Jagoda, an 83-year old Sephardic folk singer from Sarajevo

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, KZYX, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 14:22
  • Purchases: 11
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah Twist)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Recycling one's own music was a common practice in Handel's day. Interestingly, or strangely, one of the best known choruses from Handel's Messiah...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (Messiah 360)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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There's a longstanding debate over the appropriate time of year to perform Handel's "Messiah." With its Christmas and Easter messages, is it more ...

Bought by WKYU, WITF, New England Public Media, KISU, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 5
Virtuoso Voices - Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (Tchaikovsky is Star Wars)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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One person's trash is another person's treasure. Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg readily admits the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto is mostly fluff...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 28, 2006
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 2
Shodekeh: The Human Beat Box
From: Aaron Henkin
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An audio portrait of Shodekeh, master of vocal poly-rhythms

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KGOU, KCUR, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Oct 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 5
Virtuoso Voices - Leila Josefowicz (Shostakovich the Movie)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich spent most of his entire creative life worrying about whether his government was going to send him to jail or...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 02, 2006
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Alexander Kobrin (Brahms' Paganini Demon)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Without question, the beauty and craftsmanship within Brahms "Variations on a Theme by Paganini" are substantial. 2005 Van Cliburn Piano Competiti...

Bought by WITF, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, and New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 02, 2006
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Andrew Litton (Walton's Henry V)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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If you have any doubts about the quality and integrity of film music, and the music's ability to stand on its own without the picture, composer Wil...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 2
JS Bach 24 Fugues
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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all 24 fuges from the Well Tempered Clavier at once!

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz from Enceladus
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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what's hot on Saturn's tiny moon

Bought by PRX to iTunes and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Leila Josefowicz (Smiling is Easy)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Among his many talents, Charlie Chaplin was also a composer. He wrote the sweet and melancholy song, "Smile." Violinist Leila Josefowicz loves th...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Sep 02, 2006
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Evelyn Glennie (Playing Barefoot)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Percussionist Evelyn Glennie plays shoeless, but she says it's not to make a fashion or social statement. Use this 30 second clip to introduce any...

Bought by WITF, WEKU, and New England Public Media


  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Recruiting Musician Soldiers
From: Nathanael Johnson
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The Army is using craigslist to recruit musicians.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WVTF, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, WMUK, KRCC-FM and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 6
The Free Monks
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Jon Miller visits a nationalistic rock band comprised of Orthodox monks in Greece.

Bought by PRX Remix and KZUM


  • Added: Jul 07, 2006
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 2
Phish: The Final Curtain
From: Vermont Public
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A one-hour documentary on the fan culture of the jam band Phish, told as the band broke up and played its final weekend concert festival in Vermont.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD, KGLT, and KUCB


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
What is The Meaning of Life?
From: mal sharpe
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Comedy and Jazz: Man on the Street, Mal Sharpe wanders around America looking for the "meaning of life."

Bought by KZYX, WYSO, WMNF, KRCB 104.9, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 11
Rocky Mountain High
From: Song and Memory
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A song and memory story about a Christian summer camp, John Denver and a psychotherapeutic fad from the seventies.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KRCC-FM


  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 4
BEATLES BABES (various female artists cover the Beatles)
From: Theresa Orlando
Series: She Grooves Radio Hour
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Various female artists (older & new) cover the Beatles!

Bought by KSJD


  • Added: Apr 12, 2006
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Black Classical Masters series: Bobby McFerrin
From: David Person
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Profile of classical and jazz artist Bobby McFerrin, with interview excerpts

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: The Story of the Carmina Burana
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Its got to be one of the most recognizable pieces of music we know, spanning classical and pop cultures, yet not many people would recognize the Ca...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2005
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Third Unheard: Connecticut's Hip-Hop History
From: Derek John
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A long forgotten hip-hop scene is unearthed in the unlikeliest of places.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 29, 2005
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of West Coast Jazz
From: Reese Erlich
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A musical exploration of this lyrical and controversial style of jazz

Bought by KMUW, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WDUQ, WILL and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 13
An Unlikely Partnership
From: KVMR
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A California State Prisoner/Poet and a Swedish Classical Composer create "Frihet for de fanga" (Freedom for the prisoners)

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 1

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