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The Peace Work of John Lennon and Yoko Ono (54:00 / 59:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: John & Yoko at Montreal Bed In 1969, Credit: Photo by Ivor Sharp/©Yoko Ono
In 1969, musician John Lennon and his wife, performance artist Yoko Ono, were among the most high profile peace advocates on the planet. We'll spot...

Bought by KUOW, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUOW, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
What Ever Happened to the Buena Vista Social Club?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The "Buena Vista Social Club" CD and documentary film were hits, but may have created some myths about Cuba and the musicians themselves. Independe...

Bought by KQED, KRZA, WGBH Radio Boston, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
Loisaida Cultural Wire interviews Eseohe Arhebamen
From: Eseohe Arhebamen
Caption: eseohe, Credit: KoPAS
Loisaida Cultural Wire interviews Eseohe Arhebamen.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 43:43
A Musician's Life: Blues guitarist and songwriter Michael Hill
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Michael Hill says he doesn't judge people but he does judge actions. His music addresses the injustices he sees in the neighborhoods of New York a...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and Mississippi Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Dec 23, 2008
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Obama Speech Suite [Obama 2008 Speech and Music Mix-28:00]
From: Paul Ingles
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Clips from Barack Obama's2008 victory speech are mixed with Obama campaign trail song favorites and others that underline his remarks.

Bought by PRX PromCom, WGBH Radio Boston, and WKMS


  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 27:55
  • Purchases: 3
Power of Song
From: WXPN
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Musicians routinely sing about love--love in bloom and love gone bad. But there's another songwriting tradition as well--the political or protest ...

Bought by WORLDcompass.org, WFHB, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - Vladimir Ashkenazy (Stalin... Go Fetch)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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20th century Russian composers like Dmitri Shostakovich were expected to write what the Party defined as "proper" Russian music. And even though S...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Vladimir Ashkenazy (Cope and Compose)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The political difficulties that ruled the life of Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich were more than just minor aggravations. His refusal to fol...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: :27
Global Warming Rap
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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Music and VoxPop blend into a hard-hitting critique of America's response to global warming

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 3
Show 8: Myths
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Dylan Debunks False Myths

Bought by KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:01:55
  • Purchases: 6
Talking to Strangers: Chance Encounters with Fellow Americans
From: Aaron Henkin
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a modern American road trip...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2008
  • Length: 49:30
Love Peace And Music
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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My veiw on Political meaning in music

  • Added: May 29, 2008
  • Length: 03:29
Dave Brubeck on the Oneness of Man and Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Dave Brubeck on the Power of Music and Exchange.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 18
Dave Brubeck on Cultural Exchange
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Dave Brubeck on the importance of Cultural Exchange

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 19
Jazz Ambassadors
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Jazz Master Dave Brubeck on US Jazz Ambassadors of the 1950s

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WART FM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 19
Womemories - This Primary Season
From: Bernadette Cahill
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Reflections on the primaries 2008

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 05, 2008
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1
The Clash: Revolution Rock
From: Joyride Media
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A new one-hour radio special pays tribute to "the only band that matters" with both exclusive and archival interviews.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Prairie Public, WTJU, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
Diana Baron-Moore Interviews Sandy O and Pat Humphries From the Band "Emma's Revolution"
From: KUNM
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17 year old Diana Baron Moore of KUNM's Youth Radio project interviews Sandy O and Pat Humphries about their political music.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2008
  • Length: 33:29
Presidential Shortcuts
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Historical look at Presidential Elections

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and KGLT


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 27:36
  • Purchases: 2
Zwoelfzungen#12 Gut te Fux ab te Fut
From: Alessandro Bosetti
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Last installment on the 12 portraits of languages I don't understand. Commisioned by DeutschlandRadio Kultur

  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 05:02
JOHN DENVER: BACK HOME AGAIN
From: Joyride Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One-hour radio special looks back on the life of John Denver

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WMOT, WHRV, WBST, KPVL and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2007
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 13
Reflections on New Orleans - An exclusive interview with Marcia Ball
From: Linda Seabright
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Marking 2 years since Hurricane Katrina - what's happened?- not much

  • Added: Sep 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:38
George Bush Is Dead
From: Ken Cormier
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A musical theme for the final year of George Bush's presidency.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:05
I Sit and Look Out
From: David Grimes
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A musical setting of Walt Whitman's "I Sit and Look Out"

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Jul 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 1

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