PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging

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In the 1950s and 60s, as the Cold War & the civil-rights movement heated up, the U.S. State Department sent jazz musicians on goodwill tours around...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
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It was a year of raised hopes and devastating tragedy, and the world of jazz continued to reflect both the growing unease and the youthful vitality...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Life During Wartime, Credit: by Josh Brown
A retrospective of the Second Decade of The 21st Century mixing the sounds and emotions of an incredibly dark and stormy decade into a three hour m...

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and KVMR


  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 02:57:47
  • Purchases: 2
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From Nat King Cole to Miley Cyrus: how music tells the story of American democracy.

Bought by KMUN, RadioStPete Florida, WJCT, WMUU-LP, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 16
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On Stay Human - a triumph for majority rule: the 100th Anniversary of the Prohibition Amendment. Steve Downing on The Lost Generation, music from t...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2019
  • Length: 59:22
Caption: Queen Elizabeth I playing a lute
Think today’s political intrigues are unusual? Think again! This week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features a look at how political strife ...

Bought by KXIQ , KGHI, KTXK, WICR, WETS and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 40
Caption:  Mrs. President the opera, Credit:  Kevin Patterson
We'll hear music with a political slant by Steven Stucky (August 4, 1964), Michael Daugherty (Jackie-O), and Victoria Bond (Mrs. President). A land...

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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This is a special 90-minute show, live from The Atlas Bar, featuring the music and protest politics of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian multi-instrumentalis...

  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 01:32:39
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Legendary folksinger and social activist Pete Seeger is receiving long-delayed appreciation for his immense contribution to American music and cult...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KWIT, KHNS, 90.5 WSNC, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Signing Off - Album Artwork
UB40 went on to become one of the world's biggest reggae acts - but their debut album "Signing Off" still stands as one of their most influential r...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 49:05
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NEA Jazz Master Dave Brubeck on the Power of Music and Exchange.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 18
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Dave Brubeck on the importance of Cultural Exchange

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 19
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Jazz Master Dave Brubeck on US Jazz Ambassadors of the 1950s

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WART FM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 19
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A new one-hour radio special pays tribute to "the only band that matters" with both exclusive and archival interviews.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Prairie Public, WTJU, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
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Historical look at Presidential Elections

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and KGLT


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 27:36
  • Purchases: 2
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One-hour radio special looks back on the life of John Denver

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WMOT, WHRV, WBST, KPVL and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2007
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 13
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A Presidential look at misconduct, dirty politics and Impeachment

Bought by WUTC, KVMR, KZYX, KMUN, KTNA and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 10