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'Renaissance Fables For The World' 47
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'St. John The Baptist', Credit: Leonardo da Vinci
This program is 5 minutes in length, and is part of the 76 episode series on PRX that explores renaissance fables.

  • Added: May 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 46
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Venus And Mars', Credit: Botticelli
This program is a spoken word rendition of renaissance fables with appropriate music. It is 5 minutes in length.

  • Added: May 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 44
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Portrait Of Clarissa Strozzi', Credit: Titian
This 5 minute spoken word program highlights some of the renaissance fables of the prolific Bartolomeo Scala.

  • Added: May 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 43
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Portrait Of A Man', Credit: Luca Signorelli
The apologues or fables of Leon Battista Alberti are numerous and entertaining. This program, for 5 minutes, explores one of the greatest authors o...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 39
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Portrait Of A Man With A Medal Of Cosmo The Elder', Credit: Botticelli
This 5 minute program is a spoken word presentation of renaissance fables written by Bartolomeo Scala.

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 24
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Allegory On Gluttony And Lust', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This 5 minute program utilizes the spoken word embedded in renaissance music to explore more of the fables of Bartolomeo Scala.

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 9
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'The Hermit Saints', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This series presents 76 separate programs of 5 minutes in length. Four great authors of fables from the renaissance are explored here through spoke...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 5
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'The Outcast', Credit: Botticelli
This program explores the fables of a great renaissance author, Bartolomeo Scala. It is a spoken word tribute of 5 minutes in length, and part of t...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Hong Kong Mixtape II
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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In Hong Kong Mixtape II, guest producer Him Cheung of Contemporary Musking Hong Kong introduces sound art projects that respond to volatile current...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 34:43
Island Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Sam Ku West
Music from the Hawaiian Islands is distinct. Their steel and slack string guitars set them apart from everyone else.

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash. and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 06, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
NEA Jazz Moments with Bassist Dave Holland
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short moments celebrating 2017 NEA Jazz Master, Dave Holland.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 11
Footsteps #2 Winter NYC
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The sounds of: Walking on packed snow, on a city sidewalk in January 2017. Cold: 19 degrees: Prospect Ave & Terrace PL: Brooklyn, NY. Early evening...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: :48
Personality Plus
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Josephine Baker
All that was required to stand out among your peers in the entertainment business was style, charisma, stage presence, phrasing, and, oh yes, perso...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1472 (Hour 1 & 2) - 04/16/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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For the fourth year in a row, Hacksaw Jazz broadcast from Boston Street, to the south of the main stage at the 2015 Chandler Jazz Festival, happeni...

Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, KPVL, and WOUB


  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:52
  • Purchases: 4
Mark Strand: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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We honor the life of poet Mark Strand, who passed away on November 29, 2014 at the age of 80. This archive recording features the former U.S. Poet ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Alchemy's Rainbow: Pigment Science and the Art of Conservation
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: An Alchemist in his Studio, Thomas Wijck. , Credit: CHF Collections
This episode explores the colorful (and sometimes risk-filled) history of pigments and painters, and the conservators who save paintings from the r...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:34
  • Purchases: 1
PPW - New York: Voices UnBroken
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop
Caption: Voices UnBroken, Credit: Voices UnBroken
A poet famous for writing about the civil rights movement and for epitomizing black arts movement feminism, Sonia Sanchez passed through Attica’s g...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Queue 01/19/2014: Don't Tell Your Mothers
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week we take a closer look at drugs and alcohol and their relationship with Minnesota. Reporter Amy Friedman explores the caves and the speake...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Mulgrew Miller
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“I think of a lot of things when I’m playing the piano and one of the last things I think about is the piano…you try to somehow think and feel li...

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


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Needle Drop: 01-23-13
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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New music from Milo, Foxygen, Factory Floor, and more.

Bought by WTIP, WNJR, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 57:11
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Gretchen Parlato
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Vocalist and songwriter Gretchen Parlato's music is introspective and crafted with a knowing touch. Winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocalis...

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


  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 15:06
  • Purchases: 4
Series 1 Edition 15: Artist's Block
From: Barika Edwards
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Artist's Block- When your career is stopped at the door because of things beyond you. What do you do, when you are blocked at the border, when the ...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:48:28
JazzStories: Lee Konitz
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Lee Konitz , Credit: Frank Stewart
Widely admired for his original sound, the 83 year old alto saxophonist Lee Konitz is a master of improvisation who continues to travel the world s...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 11:01
  • Purchases: 6
The Needle Drop: 01-15-10
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from British Sea Power, Cake, and more.

Bought by KSJD, KISU, KPVL, Yellowstone Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 57:11
  • Purchases: 6
JazzStories: James Moody's Mood for Love
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: James Moody, Credit: Frank Stewart
"Moody's Mood for Love" is one of the most memorable and recognizable solos in jazz history. But for James Moody, the song contains a bigger history.

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 8