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New Sounds of China Episode 3: The Beijing Scene (Beyond Maybe Mars)
From: Peter Vautier
Series: New Sounds of China
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Episode three explores the diversity of Beijing's underground music scene.

Bought by WLRH, WNJR, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 3
From Pakistan to Tanglewood - Vazira Zamindar & Composers
From: Open Source
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Historian Vazira Zamindar talks about the "wound of partition" in today's Pakistan. Then, we meet three young composers - Cynthia Lee Wong, Jacob B...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Blues Unlimited #111 - Down Home Harmonica from the West Coast
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Pictured: A West Coast harmonica classic from The Dixie Blues Boys; Inset: George “Harmonica” Smith.
When you think of Blues Harmonica, you probably think of giants like Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter Jacobs, or Shakey Horton -- but did you ev...

Bought by KHNS, KMXT, Spokane Public Radio, and WUCF


  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 4
New Sounds of China Episode 1: The History of Chinese Alternative Music
From: Peter Vautier
Series: New Sounds of China
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Episode one explores the old sounds that have influenced the new sounds of Chinese alternative music.

Bought by WLRH, KUT, and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
In Global Culture Space - Rana Dasgupta & Hung-Kuan Chen
From: Open Source
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We're with two artists--musical and literary--working that busy space high above the old boundaries of East and West. Rana Dasgupta is the English-...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
Pete Seeger on "We Shall Overcome"
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Folk music legend Pete Seeger explains the history behind the civil rights anthem, "We Shall Overcome", and why this famous song has many brothers ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, KWEMradio.com/KWEM LP and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 17
Blues Unlimited #110 - All About Trains
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: On this episode of Blues Unlimited, it's all about trains!
Trains have figured largely in Blues lyrics over the decades, symbolizing freedom, mobility, a free ride to a better place, or the poignant end of ...

Bought by WJSU, KHNS, and WUCF


  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 3
State of the Union 2011 Coverage: A Complete Musical Analysis
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tired of the usual pundits? This program provides a unique "take" on The State of the Union events--the seating, the speech by the President and th...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 49:38
Donna's Bar and Grill
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: Charlie and Donna In The Kitchen At Donna's
An internationally acclaimed jazz bar in New Orleans where the entertainment on the musical stage was often rivaled by the entertainment behind the...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 12:53
The Felice Brothers
From: Whitney Henry-Lester
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In 2006 the Felice Brothers were busking at farmer's markets, in the subway and on the street to get something to eat. These days they're opening f...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 04:59
A Drum Is Always With Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In Portland, a small community exists around the public performance of Middle Eastern music and dance. Portland is also home to an Iraqi community ...

Bought by WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 3
I Just Am
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Musicians often have trademarks. Elvis had a snarl, Michael Jackson had a glove, and Bret Michaels has bandanas. For Dan Knudsen, it’s a fanny pack...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2011
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 4
Blues Unlimited #107 - "One Shot Wonders" of the Blues
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Willie Joe Duncan & His Unitar, one of the featured artists on this episode of Blues Unlimited.
Join us as we pay tribute to those artists -- a veritable parade of the "famous unknowns" -- with a unique distinction in common: one 78 or 45 rpm ...

Bought by WJSU, KTRL, KHNS, Spokane Public Radio, and WUCF


  • Added: Jan 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Great Migration that Changed America - Isabel Wilkerson
From: Open Source
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Isabel Wilkerson is the epic tale teller of the Great Migration of Southern black people that remade America — sound, substance and spirit — in the...

Bought by KWMR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 90.5 WSNC, WSKG, WRPI and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
Make It Count
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Language and songwriting are bringing teenagers together from all over the world. The Young Writers and Leaders Program is the latest project from ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUT, KUOW, WMPG, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 5
Toiling Away In Secret
From: Jacob Anderson
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Daniel Knox is a self-taught musician and songwriter who works as a film projectionist at Chicago's historic Music Box theater. After years of proj...

Bought by Vocalo.org, KUOW, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 3
Your Singing Really Interferes With My Going-To-Sleep Process
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
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A music teacher tries to stop her newborn’s crying with lullabies. Turns out it’s the worst thing she can do.

Bought by WABE, KPIK-LP, KALW, The Story, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 6
A Shortcut Back Through The 20th Century
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A unique audio retrospective...A Shortcut Back through the 20th Century is an impressionistic glance back at the last one hundred years, featuring ...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:36
Blues Unlimited #105 - Memphis Blues Legends of the 1920s & '30s
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Clockwise, from top left: Frank Stokes, also referred to as "Creator of the Memphis Blues;" Gus Cannon listens to his Stax LP (photo by Bob Williams); Furry Lewis, 1976 (photo by Barney Sellers).
From classic ensembles like Cannon's Jug Stompers and the Memphis Jug Band to great slide guitar masters like Furry Lewis and Bukka White to the ri...

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, WSLR, WUCF, and KISU


  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Mighty Fleiss Radio - Pilot
From: Glenn Richards
Caption: Mighty Fleiss Radio Show Avatar, Credit: Stephen J Proctor Jr
Skippy Records (Snap, Crackle, & Pop). This is the test Pilot epidose of Mighty Fleiss Radio, an hour long radio show of indie & alternative music ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2010
  • Length: 57:28
Blues Unlimited #104 - The Blues Revival of the 1960s
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: The hands of Big Joe Williams. Photo by Joe Alper, 1964.
Join us as we take a look at the "Blues Revival" period of the 1960s -- a magical time of rebirth, rediscovery, and forgotten Blues legends of the ...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WJSU, KHNS, KTRL, WUCF and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Ivan & Alyosha - Fathers Be Kind
From: Andy Cahn
Series: New Music from Public Media Service
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New EP by Seattle-based indie folk-pop band in stores on Feb 1. 5 great tracks for any AAA/Folk/Eclectic music shows or news/talk interstitials. "...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Dec 23, 2010
  • Length: 21:25
  • Purchases: 1
I Don't Know
From: Andy Mills
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A child's Christmas thoughts spring into song.

Bought by KMXT, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KVNF, KMXT, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 14
A Stranger's Smile
From: Andy Mills
Series: THE MEDIA
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a brief sound portrait of a subway performer.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
Fuzzy Bunny gets a "pat-down" with a happy ending
From: Fuzzy Bunny Radio
Series: The Fuzzy Bunny Cuddle Time Hour
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A two hour, weekly theme based, music and discussion show. Every week, hosts Dirk Flytrap and The Doctor pick a theme or topic and explore it throu...

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT


  • Added: Dec 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 1

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