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Musicians on the Record: Richard Thompson
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Acclaimed singer songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson says he learned about the guitar from listening to an album of piano jazz.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Prairie Public, WUAL, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 4
Salsa
From: Lizzy Cooper Davis
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New York City dancer, choreographer and teacher Joe Burgos (pielcaneladancers.com) talks about the dance.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2005
  • Length: 02:30
Musicians on the Record: Steven Page of Bare Naked Ladies
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Bare Naked Ladies Steven Page discovered "Nilsson SingsNewman" during the group's first big tour. Playing big concerts every night made Page crave...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Musicians on the Record: Steve Forbert
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Folk singer Steve Forbert muses about his favorite album, "Paris 1919". He says this John Cale record is very good for the subconscious.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KUT


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians on the Record: El Vez
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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El Vez calls himself the "Mexican Elvis". Still he found solace and inspiration in David Bowie's 1972 record, "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust."

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Sep 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Musicians on the Record: Lucy Kaplansky
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Therapist turned folk singer Lucy Kaplansky discovered the Joni Mitchell album "Blue" when she was a teenager. Kaplansky says she related to the y...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KUT


  • Added: Sep 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians on the Record: Lizz Wright
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Jazz and folk performer Lizz Wright discovered Abbey Lincoln's " A Turtle's Dream" at a critical juncture in her life. Lincoln's music gave Wright...

Bought by WSGE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WJAB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KUT


  • Added: Sep 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 5
Musicians on the Record: Francis Dunnery
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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As a boy musician Francis Dunnery found refuge in the Genesis album "Selling England by the Pound". It's other-worldly quality helped Dunnery esca...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Sep 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Musicians on the Record: Erin McKeown
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Erin McKeown learned about the craft of record making when she discovered Liz Phair's "Whip Smart."

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
Musicians on the Record: Caitlin Cary
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Singer and fiddle player Caitlin Cary discovered that women can rock when she heard Ricki Lee Jone's 1979 self-titled debut album.

Bought by KISU, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KUT


  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
Musicians on the Record: Joseph Arthur
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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visual and performing artist Joseph Arthur found a friend in Jimi Hendrix when he first heard "Are you Experienced"

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Musicians on the Record: David Gray
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Singer-songwriter David Gray muses on a little known album called "Spirit of Eden" by the band Talk Talk

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Musicians on the Record: Rodney Crowell
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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When he was thirteen, Rodney Crowell discovered Bob Dylan's "Bringing It All Back Home". The album irrevocably changed Crowell's view of the world.

Bought by WTIP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KUT


  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 3
Musicians on the Record: Ted Leo
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Punk Rocker Ted Leo reflects on the personal value of the Curtis Mayfield album, "Curtis"

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KWCW


  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians on the Record: Alison Brown
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Banjo Player Alison Brown reflects on Flatt & Scruggs "Foggy Mountain Banjo", a work that launched her love affair with the banjo

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 1
In Praise of New Orleans Brass Bands
From: Eve Abrams
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This oral essay sings the praises of one of New Orleans' greatest gifts to the world: brass bands.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and WKMS


  • Added: Sep 25, 2005
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Blues File: Otis Taylor "Below The Fold"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review new Otis Taylor CD "Below The Fold"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: B. B. King & Gatemouth Brown
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Contrast music & personality of B. B. King & Gatemouth Brown

Bought by KKRN, KHNS, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2005
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 6
Twilight's Breaking Dawn
From: Jacob C. Norman
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Poetry by Jacob C. Norman set to music.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2005
  • Length: 09:48
Living Room
From: Ed Kliman
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The back-story of two people on a midnight drive to Texas is illuminated by the inclusion of the song Living Room. in this audiodrama short story

  • Added: Sep 12, 2005
  • Length: 05:21
Music Box Man
From: Jonathan Menjivar
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A profile of Chicago's last theatre organist

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and WFUV


  • Added: Sep 09, 2005
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 3
Blues File: retrospective on R. L. Burnside
From: WXPN
Caption: PRX default Piece image
retrospective on career of the late R. L. Burnside

Bought by KERA


  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Imagination is the Instrument of Compassion
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Of the many books which have appeared in new genre which has been called “post-9/11 fiction” one of the most striking is Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Ex...

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Sep 01, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: new Music Maker releases
From: WXPN
Caption: PRX default Piece image
review of four new CDs featuring rural blues musicians from Music Maker Relief Foundation

Bought by KTUH


  • Added: Aug 31, 2005
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
Denny Zeitlin
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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Pianist Denny Zeitlin practices both psychiatry and fine jazz

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, 90.5 WSNC, KGOU, and KMHD


  • Added: Aug 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 4

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