PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging

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In our fourth episode, RPM looks at New Traditional, beginning with the question: What is it? And how can something be new and traditional at the s...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 21:25
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Bonnie Raitt
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and multiple Grammy-Award winner Bonnie Raitt is profiled in this two hour music and commentary special featuring an ex...

Bought by KZYX, KCUR, WUTC, WGUC/ WVXU, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 31
Caption: Vijay Iyer
"I kind of had a revelation once seeing him [Randy Weston] play live. It happened for me in a particular time in my life when I recently made the d...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 3
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
Caption: Page Wilson
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 52:46
Caption: Lady E. aka
Lady E tells me that some nights when she’s finished singing and returns to her apartment and is having trouble with the zipper on her dress, she’l...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 56:36
Caption: Bob Marley on Tour in Dublin July 6, 1980, Credit: Eddie Mallin via Flickr
Rona Steinberg recalls the time a cancer-stricken Bob Marley came into her hospital and her life.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Sejan Yun
If you hang around with bluegrass people, you’ve heard the concept, “drive.” It is a musical element strong in bluegrass, maybe even unique to blue...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:08
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Sejan Yun
1st of 2 fund raising editions for Fall 2011

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 38:46
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Musicians, music writers, fans and Joni Mitchell herself reflect on Joni Mitchell's most revered album, "Blue," released in 1971.

Bought by WJCT, KUHF, WRGY, KMSU, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 25
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A look inside Pearl Jam's 1993-94 albums, Vs. & Vitalogy as told by the band, fans and close friends. Includes interviews with members Eddie Vedde...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KPVL and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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The story behind the final S&G album “Bridge over Troubled Water” and its classic songs. Includes interview with Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, produce...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KSRQ, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Harford Community Radio, CBC Inside the Music and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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A second hour to celebrate the music of John Lennon. Writers, Reporters, Musicians and Beatle fans share their impressions of 11 more standout John...

Bought by KPIK-LP, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 15
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Writers, Reporters, Musicians and Beatle fans share their impressions of some standout John Lennon songs, recorded with The Beatles, between 1963 ...

Bought by KLCC, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
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"Bom Tempo" or "Good Time" with Sergio Mendes and friends.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KFOK-LPFM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WDSE and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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An hourlong program featuring the music and life of Peanuts composer and jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi. A great special around the holiday season......

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WDCB, WICR, WJAB, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
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This special program explores Ringo Starr's drumming technique and style during his time with The Beatles. Includes a "Top Ten" of Ringo Drum Perf...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, KVLU, WCPN, WMNF and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2010
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 13
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They have no band. No backup. No room for error. In a barbershop quartet the only instrument is the vocal chords.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 06:14
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The making and influence of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme."

Bought by 90.5 WESA, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WJAB, WMOT and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 01:58:20
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: The Beatles: Let It Be, Credit: Apple Records
Music writers, musicians and fans offer a track-by-track assessment of the 12th and last official Beatles album, LET IT BE, released in May of 1970.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WORT, Prairie Public, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, MPR News Stations and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
Caption: Katherin Vasilopoulos
Pauline Oliveros has been a composer and musician for over 50 years. She describes how technology plays a role in her music, her impressions on the...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 1
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What do Ray Charles, Bob Wills, Bing Crosby, and Willie Nelson all have in common? They've all made hits out of the sublime songs of Cindy Walker.

Bought by KCNP, KUPR low power FM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Scott MacDonald in his workshop
Human relations are important even in jobs where you wouldn’t expect them to be. Scott MacDonald may be an internationally renowned guitar builder,...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 09:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John Covach, host
In this special edition of the weekly show Radio Rock, host John Covach provides a musical survey of Michael Jackson's music and career.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1