PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging

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Covering all decades from the 1950s to now, we spin blues, Latin, big band, ballad, vocal, & even a Christmas category this episode. Starting a lit...

Bought by KRZA, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WMOT, WVBI-LP, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 6
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Decades from the 1950s to the present encompass our sounds of salsa/blues/bop beginning with bassist Ray Brown’s generation hosting saxophonist Jos...

Bought by WMOT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WSLR, WVBI-LP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 9
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Multi-talented vocalist/producer Lari White is known as Nashville's "Renaissance Woman." She made history as the first female producer of a male su...

Bought by KUOW, KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 06, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Vocalist Madeleine Peyroux started out busking on the streets of Paris. Today she’s an acclaimed performer whose voice instantly recalls the Golden...

Bought by Prairie Public, KUOW, KISU, WFAE, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Pianist, singer, composer, and producer Allen Toussaint defines the sound of New Orleans. He penned early R&B hits including “Mother-in-law,” “Work...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMXT, KUOW, KISU, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Three-time Emmy Award winner Elaine Stritch (February 2, 1925 – July 17, 2014) became a star on Broadway before going on to play acclaimed film and...

Bought by KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Grammy-winning opera star and actress Renée Fleming has performed some of the greatest operatic roles ever written at the world’s leading concert h...

Bought by KUOW, KISU, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Jazz & pop vocalist Johnny Mathis has been wowing listeners since the 1950s with his dynamic voice backed by lush arrangements of ballads like “Cha...

Bought by KMXT and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Vocalist Patti Austin made her debut at age four at the Apollo Theatre. In her career she has been a prolific session musician and top performer on...

Bought by Vermont Public, KISU, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Pop icon Barry Manilow got his start arranging for TV and writing commercial jingles. He was Bette Midler’s pianist before he recorded his 1974 bre...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KUOW, KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Dena Kaye is the only daughter of larger-than-life entertainer Danny Kaye; a man of boundless roles including singer, actor, comedian, humanitarian...

Bought by KUOW, KISU, KFOK-LPFM, Delta College Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 31, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick has been a pillar of Broadway for over 50 years. His hit musicals include Fiorello!, Fiddler on the...

Bought by KUOW, KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Actor/singer Cheyenne Jackson is equally at home on stage and in front of the camera. He won a Theatre World Award for his role in All Shook Up, an...

Bought by KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Pianist Thomas Lauderdale is a co-founder of the eclectic ensemble Pink Martini, which bridges classical, jazz, world music and old fashioned pop. ...

Bought by KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A Jubilee Episode, the 50th, in which we bring the diverse world of French Language Popular Music to English speakers. This genre will enrich your ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 25:40
  • Purchases: 1
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When The Limns performed at the Blue Ox in Bemidji for KBXE's Spread the Love party, I sat down with them before the concert and recorded a convers...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1
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The particular and universal state of mind of libraries is one of random discovery.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Guido has always been overly interested in books, and he tells about some of his favorite libraries.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Last week, Aaron's oldest son signed up for his first Library card... to them, the library is spoken about like a mythical place.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:41
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"Alicia Corbett" by Charlie Pulkrabek. When I first saw Alicia Corbett play, it was about 1993, soon after she’d arrived in Minnesota from norther...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 32:11
  • Purchases: 1
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"The Color Pharmacy Fills My Prescription" By Doug MacRostie. The Color Pharmacy is definitely one of the most exciting bands out of Minnesota. The...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 40:36
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"Music is Todd Clouser's Second Language" by Doug MacRostie. Todd Clouser's "A Love Electric" is an instrumental album with a lot to say. For some ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 36:09
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As to Shower vs. Bath, Guido will take both. And if there can be a sauna in the same room, all the better.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 04:33
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Most showers take place in a tub - that's America for you. Why waste a little water when you can create a system designed to waste 20% more?

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 02:34
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Sela Oveson: Her Music's In My Bones, by Doug MacRostie. I have been quoted saying "Sela is one of my favorite MN musicians - she has a fire that b...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 37:53