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Beethoven wrote one opera, Fidelio. A 2003 production so captivated Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she wrote a letter to the director.
- Added: Dec 11, 2020
- Length: 03:11
This moment in time is teaching us to find ways to be alone. That's what it's always been like for James.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 02, 2020
- Length: 04:40
- Purchases: 1
Tonight on The Sound we have Minnesota bluegrass band Barbaro with us to talk about their latest album, “Dressed in Roses”. Dressed in Roses was re...
- Added: Dec 02, 2020
- Length: 53:52
Even starting a piece that's 639 years long is an act of incredible optimism.
- Added: Aug 04, 2020
- Length: 07:54
Art is best experienced in person. But what happens when events get cancelled during a pandemic? Artists do what they do best: improvise.
- Added: May 29, 2020
- Length: 15:47
“When the Stones Came to Town: Rock 'n' Roll Photos from the 1970s” is a book by Fred Case and Eric Dregni, published by the Minnesota Historical S...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Mar 24, 2020
- Length: 06:25
- Purchases: 1
Illustrating comics saved Ralph Reese as a teenager. Now, at 68, Ralph's living in South Dennis with a new creative outlet.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 06, 2018
- Length: 04:22
- Purchases: 1
In this piece, the *brand new* Emmy Award-winning Jacobs discusses the art of music supervision and shares stories from her work on four projects i...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 09:23
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Gus Garcia YMLA 2017 Stories
Series: Gus Garcia YMLA 2017 Stories
Austin-based composer and Atash director Roberto Riggio brings new perspectives on playing to young musicians.
- Added: Jun 05, 2017
- Length: 11:43
Singer-songwriter Matthew Mayfield has experienced both ends of the musical career spectrum. Formerly signed to a record label and now operating as...
- Added: Mar 14, 2016
- Length: 26:44
Colin Meloy says he wishes he would have never used the word "hiatus" when referring to his band The Decemberists taking time off after The King Is...
Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 07:04
- Purchases: 4
As a member of The Strokes, Albert Hammond Jr. was always caught in the Keith Richards roll; the great ax-man behind Julian Casablancas’ Jagger. An...
Bought by KSUT and KRCB 104.9
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 07:03
- Purchases: 2
Pat Zakaib's bitter-sweet memory of friendship lost and found spans decades as she shares a frustrating tale of her travels from Paris to Athens.
- Added: Sep 05, 2015
- Length: 05:01
Ambessa Cantave and I are taking a walk in West Oakland, looking for an old music venue he used to go to. He’s having some trouble finding the plac...
- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 06:57
Award-winning composer Jenny Olivia Johnson explores synesthesia, where sound is perceived as color or touch. Her feature is a work of sound art as...
- Added: Apr 10, 2015
- Length: 10:09
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...
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 07:06
A 5-1/2 minute, sound-rich ride through the audio-guided Bjork exhibit (much lambasted in the press) at New York's Museum of Modern Art, March 8 th...
- Added: Mar 12, 2015
- Length: 07:51
Lorenzo Manuel started impersonating Michael Jackson after the singer’s death. At the time he found impersonating Michael helped him to cope with t...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 05:13
- Purchases: 1
Kathleen Gillette has had a passion for singing for as long as she can remember. But after spending 15 years as an opera singer, her career began t...
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 06:15
Bud Brown is known for singing Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be". A few years ago, his relationship to the song changed: Bud's wife became termin...
Bought by XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, KALW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Dec 13, 2014
- Length: 07:41
- Purchases: 4
Bryson Alexander is a Contemporary Classical music composer. At 16 years old, he’s composed nearly 40 pieces...all without knowing how to read or ...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 09, 2014
- Length: 04:32
- Purchases: 2
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2014
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2014
Layalina is a unique musical collective whose members have connections to the Middle East. Three members of the group share their perspectives on t...
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 05:36
The final episode of the series looks at the future of Irish experimental music. We find out how techniques like ‘Live Coding’ (where computer prog...
- Added: Jul 08, 2014
- Length: 30:01
Scott Britton has never been to Trinidad, but he really loves calypso.
Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Jan 05, 2014
- Length: 06:36
- Purchases: 2
The Gyuto monks, followers of the Dalai Llama, live in cultural exile in India. They teach love, wisdom and kindness by performing programs of thei...
- Added: Dec 31, 2013
- Length: 05:00
