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Program 3; Chamber Music Northwest 2019
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Chamber Music Northwest 2019
Caption: Join Suzanne Nance (left) and Robert McBride (right) for the 48th Annual Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival
This is the third in five installments of the Chamber Music Northwest Radio Series. CMNW creates an environment for great chamber music to exist at...

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, WBAA, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, and KWAX


  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 5
The Art of Jazz Drumming (Ep. 21)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: The "greatest drummer i n the world," Buddy Rich
Jazz drummers have got to be some of the most unheralded of jazz's many unsung heroes. This week we dissect their art and craft with world-renowned...

Bought by KMUW, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WCPN and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
05 Lubliner Nign
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
At the Sabbath table on a Friday evening, the Khasidim of Eastern Europe sang tish nigunim, “table songs” praising God . . . seeking to get closer ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:16
04 Lustig Zayn
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
Sometimes, klezmer songs borrowed from popular folk melodies. “Lustig Zayn”, also known as “My Yofes” came from Polish peasants. But the more kle...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:24
03 Simkes Hanefesh
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
This is a more spiritual tune. In 18th Century Poland, the Jewish mystic philosophy of Khasidism was born. The Khasidim believed that singing song...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:53
02 Sofia's Song
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
In the audio drama “The Witches of Lublin,” Sofia is a teenaged girl in love – all that matters to her is that the object of her affection shares h...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:44
01 Shtayn Gart's
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
This lively dance is a bulgar. It is exactly the sort of music one would hear at one of the market fairs held in Easter Europe during the late 1700...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 09:55
Artland: A Pushing Boundaries Special
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Stage and Studio
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Producer Dmae Roberts embarks on a one-hour exploration of what makes Portland, OR a creative haven for artists, performers, writers and media peop...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
Dream Jobs 2011 Promos
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
15 and 30 second promos for "Dream Jobs 2011: Outside the Cubicle"

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KMXT, WEKU, WNIN, WCPN and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2011
  • Length: :45
  • Purchases: 9
Sustaindinavia: Copenhagen's Integrated Approach to Energy
From: Denis Du Bois
Series: Energy Priorities
Caption: "Sustaindinavia!" is a miniseries about sustainability in Scandinavia, from Energy Priorities., Credit: Energy Priorities
Carbon policy is a big issue. It's a great time to examine how Copenhagen Denmark has solved multiple problems by integrating energy systems right ...

Bought by WSKG


  • Added: Nov 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Youth
From: With Good Reason
Series: Folklife FieldNotes
Caption: Adam Larkey
Many of the musicians who perform at fiddlers' conventions and music festivals throughout southern Appalachia are, in fact, young kids.

Bought by WMMT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Rhubarb: The Daffodil of the Vegetable Garden
From: Muriel Murch
Series: From Field to Fork
Caption: Rhubarb Emerging, Credit: Muriel Murch
Rhubarb: The daffodil of the vegetable garden. The earliest of spring fruits it is tart yet fresh. Full of colour and flavour. Follow this harvest ...

  • Added: May 03, 2009
  • Length: 12:15
Show 2: Dylan and the Three Kings
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Bill King in Folk Mode
Radical Solitude in "Just Like a Woman" and a Radio Drama

Bought by Prairie Public, KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 59:35
  • Purchases: 8
Shindig
From: KUOW
Series: Dance, Dance, Evolution!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The process of choreography requires vision, perserverance, and most of all, courage.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Men in Tights
From: KUOW
Series: Dance, Dance, Evolution!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Meet several generations of men who say they just have to dance.

Bought by KLCC, WUFT, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 08:34
  • Purchases: 4
The Turning Point
From: KUOW
Series: Dance, Dance, Evolution!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The artistic director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet has a goal to preserve ballet's classical roots, and at the same time, help to push the boun...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
After the Weekend
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Past post mistress Anne Crotts sings at the 4th July. Postal workers in Ghana make music to make their work go smoother

  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 09:57
La Colifata Buenos Aires
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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A visit to La Colifata radio in Buenos Aires

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 11:43
  • Purchases: 1
Taking the Stage to Buenos Aries
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Traveling from the farm to Buenos Aries

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 1
Buzzing home to Bolinas
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Fetching bees from a bee farm

  • Added: May 05, 2008
  • Length: 08:44
Apple Harvest
From: Muriel Murch
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Picking, pressing and pouring Apples to cider

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Oct 03, 2007
  • Length: 19:44
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People and Clues
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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Kind of like the cool songs found on the back side of a vinyl 45, we've dug up stories about people who may seem ordinary at first. But, are any o...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, Remix Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
B-Side: Food and Coping
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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How do you cope with a rough day? Perhaps some comfort food? This is B-Side and we're talking about food?and coping.

Bought by WLRH, WRVO Public Media, KXOT Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
B-Side: Dawn and Dusk, aka The Life Crepuscular
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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What happens just before dawn and just before dusk? More than you'd expect. On this edition of B-Side we explore the life crepuscular.

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KXOT Public Radio, KUOW, and KVNF


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4