PRX - Pieces for Format: Soft Feature

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

24 results


Instrument of War No More: Bagpipes in Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Piece image
Bagpipes arrived in Minnesota in the 1850’s, brought by Scottish immigrants to what is now Blue Earth county, as settlers moved in, occupying Dakot...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 06:32
Rudos in the ring, técnico in the community
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Wytt Torsden and tag team partner Kanan Korus celebrate after winning their match at Rudos match in April 2023 , Credit: Julie Censullo
Lucha libre is a style of Mexican wrestling that blends acrobatics, combat, and classic narrative tropes of good and evil to engage audiences. One ...

  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 05:56
A Sharp New Skill
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Bad Axe site lead Ollie holds an ax in front of a target at Bad Axe Throwing - City Center in Minneapolis, Credit: Dixie Treichel
While ax throwing was historically reserved for frontiersmen and lumberjacks, it is becoming a popular recreational activity, thanks to spaces like...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 04:29
FOLK SALAD AIRING 6-12-2022-
From: SCOTT Aycock
Series: Folk Salad- Certified Organic Music
Piece image
It's all about the band sound on this installment of Folk Salad. We will be playing songs from the Rolling Stones, Oklahoma's own Double Not Spyz,...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
Breakin' in the 612: How breakdancing has evolved in the Twin Cities
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Jack "Boogie B" Riley and Charles Thorstad a.k.a. Stepchild, Credit: Bao Lee Riley
Despite being far removed from places like New York, Los Angeles, or Houston, Minneapolis and St. Paul and their suburbs have earned some hip-hop s...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 05:46
Action Figureland
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: A sculptor at NECA works on a Heath Ledger/Joker action figure., Credit: Eric Molinsky
Action figure collectables for adults is booming, even when kids are loosing interest in little plastic guys.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 18:11
  • Purchases: 3
When Human Met Creature
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Frank Oz performing Yoda, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Which is more believable, a computer animated creature or a puppet? I talk with an animator who worked on the Star Wars prequels and a puppeteer wh...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 15:51
  • Purchases: 3
Michael Lyons - Ojibwe artist
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Call of the Wild
Caption: Tippy, Credit: Karen Oothoudt
Milt Lee talks with Michael Lyons, Ojibwe artist.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 1
Origin Stories
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Luke Skywalker action figure, Credit: Eric Molinsky
What makes a great origin story -- for superheroes or regular people going on a job interview?

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 15:21
  • Purchases: 3
From Ukraine to Michigan: The Bandura Still Sings
From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide
Piece image
Julian Kytasty is a world-renowned bandurist who's family and musical history can be traced from the Ukraine, through exile from Stalinist USSR, to...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
Moving Closer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Piece image
Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 2
Something's Missing
From: Blake Cooper
Piece image
An experimental narrative music piece for Radiolab/Longshot Radio's project exploring creativity, failure and revision.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:32
The Mad Scientist
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Piece image
David Kontak builds bizarre musical machines out of found objects and uses them to produce experimental soundscapes.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
Weberdance: An Audio Portrait
From: Chris Engles
Caption: Weberdance, Credit: Chris Engles
Audio portrait of a dance company in Boston, MA.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2010
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
Grateful Dead/The Dead parking lot (with producer voiceover)
From: Brad Horn
Piece image
A soundrich experience from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York on April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:25
A Musician's Life: Duncan Sheik
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
Piece image
Singer songwriter Duncan Sheik feels much more at ease watching other people perform his work. He likes writing and recording his own albums but h...

Bought by WGDR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and Mississippi Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: Joe Ely
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
Piece image
Part storyteller, part wanderer, Texas songwriter Joe Ely talks about lessons he learned from a life of travel.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 20, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Austin City Limits Festival 2007 Artist Profile: Amy Lavere
From: KUT
Piece image
A profile of Texas's beauty behind the bass Amy Lavere.

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 08:21
  • Purchases: 1
Austin City Limits Festival 2007 Artist Profile: Spoon
From: KUT
Piece image
A profile of Austin's hometown heroes Spoon.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2007
  • Length: 07:59
Austin City Limits Festival 2007 Artist Profile: Reverend Horton Heat
From: KUT
Piece image
A profile of the high priest of Texas rockabilly the Reverend Horton Heat

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 07:29
  • Purchases: 1
Women Making Music: Dar Williams
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
Piece image
Folk singer Dar Williams reflects on the craft of songwriting

Bought by WSGE, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, KVNF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2006
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 6
RN Documentary: From Brooklyn to Banja Luka
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
Piece image
A personal portrait of an unlikely international romance.

Bought by KVSC, KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, KPFA, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 6
Hassidic (yes, Hassidic) Reggae
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Matisyahu is a Hassidic Jew, and the front man for his own reggae band.

Bought by KBBI Alaska, PRX, KZUM, KCUR, Audible and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2004
  • Length: 12:48
  • Purchases: 6
The Organ Builder
From: Aaron Henkin
Piece image
A a pipe organ builder discusses the theatre of a religious ceremony, and misses his days as a performing organist.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: Aug 25, 2004
  • Length: 12:23
  • Purchases: 1