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Holiday Harp

From: A. Randall Wenner

A short-form trackless piece exploring the special importance of harp music during the holiday season, filled with relaxing holiday music! Includes...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, 'The Sea', WTIP, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Lake Erie's problems set to music in 'Voice of the Lake'

From: Great Lakes Today

It may be hard to imagine a composer being inspired by public hearings and court cases. But Lake Erie and its problems take center stage in a new o...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio and WBFO

Music brings healing, comfort to the dying

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Bruce Davis, Zen Hospice resident, listens to guitar played by Thad Povey., Credit: JoAnn Mar

There's an increased use of live music at Bay Area’s major hospitals and hospices to bring healing and comfort to people who are near death.

Summer Learning Series: Ambitious Program Gears Up To Push Middle-Schoolers Past High School

From: WBHM
Series: Summer Learning Lifts Graduation Rates

Caption: A view from the balcony: the Young Musicians Camp ensemble plays everything from classical to “All About That Bass” at the University of Montevallo. , Credit: Dan Carsen

Fewer reading materials in the home. Less access to camps or museums. Those are some of the reasons “summer learning loss” disproportionately affe...

Gentrification versus "Jazzification": Birdland nightclub grows vision to spark jazz district

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

How do neighborhoods develop distinct identities? Why was San Francisco’s North Beach an enclave for poetry, for example? Or the Castro a haven for...

The Spiritual Edge: Celebrating the commonalities at Oakland’s ‘Sushi’ Mosque

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Spiritual Edge

Caption: Musicians lead the congregation in Praise Singing at ICCNC, Credit: Hana Baba

Mosques here are generally identified by sect, you have, say, the Sunni Mosque, the Shia Mosque, the Sufi Mosque. But the Islamic Cultural Center o...

Opening the voice with Silvia Nakkach

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Spiritual Edge

Caption: Musician and composer, Silvia Nakkach

Nakkach’s musical philosophies are influenced by both Western and Eastern traditions. She was born in Argentina and attended Mills College before m...

A musician, going deaf, fights for a life in music

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Sandy Mix teaches piano to Diane Wilson., Credit: Rachel Wong

From the moment Sandy Mix wakes up in the morning, she is thinking about music. Over coffee, she plans the day’s lessons.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

The Nile Project: An East African musical journey

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Nile Project musicians rehearse in Kampala, Uganda, Credit: Julie Caine

In a quiet park in Kampala, Uganda, 14 musicians from eight different East African countries sit under a tree.

Bought by PRX Remix

Oakland Museum takes 'Vinyl' off the shelf

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: ‘Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records’ at the Oakland Museum of California is open now until July 19th., Credit: Ashleyanne Krigbaum

Walking into ‘Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records,’ one of the newest exhibits at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), feels like hanging o...

Bought by KUOW

Hip Hop in Virginia (Feature)

From: With Good Reason

The history of hip hop usually centers on major cities, but a new archive is highlighting the rich history of hip hop in Virginia. Allison Quantz h...

Bought by WABE

I'll Take You There: Using Music To Revitalize Soulsville

From: Eleanor Boudreau

Caption: The home of bluesman Memphis Slim, a historic site next to the Stax Museum. A partnership with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra plans to turn this house into a place where musicians can practice and record.

It has been more than 50 years since a small recording company moved into the old Capitol Movie theater on East McLemore Avenue, and took the name ...

Bought by PRX Remix

Opera in the Coalfields

From: With Good Reason

One of America’s greatest composers was Aaron Copland, who wrote among other things, an opera called The Tender Land, which premiered at the New Yo...

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

Soundtracking "The Descendants" With "Real" Hawaiian Music

From: Heidi Chang

Caption: Gabby Pahinui (center), playing music in his backyard with Leland “Atta” Isaacs (left), and his sons – Phillip, Cyril and Martin Pahinui (from left to right). , Credit: Photo courtesy of the Pahinui Ohana.

The groundbreaking soundtrack of "The Descendants," marks the first time a Hollywood movie has ever been scored entirely with Hawaiian music. It fe...