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William Goldstein: What's Really Special to Me About Ana Luisa
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: William Goldstein, Credit: Shefik
Spirit - William Goldstein was previously a recording artist for Motown Records and CBS Masterworks. He has over 50 albums currently available. He ...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2020
  • Length: 03:22
Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips: My Legal Name Is "J-Bird"
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips, Credit: Shefik
Birds - In 2012, Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips founded J-Bird Music for the Arts, with the vision of reviving arts programs by providing much needed equ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 03:28
S03 Ep52: Humorous Music, 8/24/2019
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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Who says classical music needs to be stuffy? This week, music with a sense of humor.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2019
  • Length: 58:30
Violin Sonatas
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Violinist Tasmin Little, Credit: Chandos Records
Sonatas for Violin & Piano

Bought by KMUN, KWAX, WETS, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVNO and more


  • Added: Mar 05, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Peggy Lee, The Singer-Songwriter
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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Miss Peggy Lee (born May 26, 1920) was more than a pop star: she was also a world-class songwriter in the male-dominated world of jazz. On this Aft...

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Women's History Month: Blossom Dearie On Verve
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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Singer Blossom Dearie could be coy, cute, heartbreaking funny, and intimate, and she exhibited all of it on her six albums for Verve Records in the...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Musician's Spotlight - I'm with Her - 672
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Sarah Watkins, Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Jarosz all had successful solo careers on their own before forming the acoustic music supergroup I’m With H...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WSLR, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Musician's Spotlight Promo- Andrea Harsell- 657
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Missoula, Montana recording artist Andrea Harsell returns to the program to discuss her most recent album “Something For The Pain” and how she’s ca...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2017
  • Length: :46
Band Box Records of Denver, Colorado
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Band Box Records was a 1950's rarity, a woman-owned recording business. More exceptional, Vicki Morosan was a Romanian immigrant making a daily be...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:39:22
Women's History Special - Miss Peggy Lee, Songwriter
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A one-hour program focusing on jazz singer and songwriter Peggy Lee. Great for Women's History Month!

Bought by KMUW, WJSU, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Speed of Sound: Sarah McLachlan
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Sarah McLachlan has been a source for many, some that you wouldn’t expect like DMC from Run DMC, who’s on record saying that her song Angel saved h...

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and KSUT


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz Mother of the Piano: Mary Lou Williams
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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She was called "The First Lady of the Piano", "The First Lady of the Jazz Piano" and "The First Lady of Jazz". She was Mary Lou Williams and was a ...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WVAS, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 3
That's All
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Annette Hanshaw
She was known as “The Personality Girl,” with a singing style that crossed over between sweet and hot jazz-influenced presentations. Annette Hansha...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Female Bassists and Drummers
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Usually when a woman is in a band she is singing or playing an instrument that society has deemed a "woman's" instrument. Very seldom do we see a f...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Wayward Maggie - Collaboration in Harmony
From: Liz Massey
Caption: Jess Hawk Oakenstar (l) and Kate De La Pointe (r) at the Glendale (Ariz.) Folk Festival. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Wayward Maggie.
Jess Hawk Oakenstar and Kate De La Pointe, after working separately as professional musicians, met on the job at the library and began a new phase ...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2013
  • Length: 09:01
Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 23
From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Author Jeannie Kerrigan and Musician Jonathan Taylor.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
Wild About Harry
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: "42nd Street" by Warren
Composer Harry Warren is best remembered for the music he wrote for Judy Garland, and the musicals, 42nd Street and The Gold Diggers, however, long...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
Episode # 36 - Castaway: Ann Foskett
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On December 17, 2012 the British born actress and director ANN FOSKETT became the 36th castaway on "Desert Island Discs". Ann's recent directing c...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:18:02
Episode # 28 - Castaway: Aimsel Ponti
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On October 15th our 28th castaway was Portland Press Herald music columnist AIMSEL PONTI who has been obsessed with - and inspired by- music since ...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:28:32
Joy and freedom onstage
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Classical piano or "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"--makes no difference, as long as Aleksya can be onstage, performing for an audience.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:20
Summertime!
From: Jen Towner
Series: Radio Go Girl!
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Entertainment, car care, talk for women!

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 51:54
The Rock and Roll Life of Debra Marquart
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Debra Marquart
Debra Marquart talks about her life growing up in rural North Dakota, her rebellious departure, and how she’s returned in her imagination. She rea...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
Dolly Parton
From: Joyride Media
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Dolly Parton and friends talk about her history, songwriting, business savvy and philanthropy.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, Troy Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
Tango!
From: Evan Roberts
Caption: PRX default Piece image
There once was a woman who loved the tango so much, she married it.

Bought by WBHM, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 17, 2004
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 5
A Cook's Notebook: Groovin' with The Toll House: Chocolate Chip Cookies
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Two New York girl-d.j.'s bake cookies as they mix dance beats

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1