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The World Accordion to Weird Al feat. DJ Ruby
From: KXCI
Series: Bonus Tracks
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DJ Ruby discusses the life and legacy of “Weird Al” Yankovic, including his favorite parodies and original songs.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:47
012 - Reformation and Counter-Reformation
From: Vermont Public
Series: Timeline
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Explore the influence the Reformation and Counter-Reformation had on the world of music including the work of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
011 - Canon and Imitation
From: Vermont Public
Series: Timeline
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Explore the development of imitation, or canon, as a tool of harmony and musical in the works of Josquin Deprez and Johannes Ockeghem.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
009 - Guillame Du Fay
From: Vermont Public
Series: Timeline
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Discover the music of the 15th Century French composer Guillame Du Fay and how the lines that defined secular and sacred music began to blur in the...

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
008 - Ars Antiqua vs. Ars Nova
From: Vermont Public
Series: Timeline
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Discover the writings of French theorist, poet, philosopher and composer Philippe de Vitry.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
007 - Troubadours - Bernart de Ventadorn
From: Vermont Public
Series: Timeline
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Troubadors, or trouveres, were French composers and performers of secular lyrical poetry and song beginning in the late 11th Century.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
006 - Hildegard of Bingen
From: Vermont Public
Series: Timeline
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Hildegard of Bingen was a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, abbess, polymath, and a literal visionary of the 12th Century.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
005 - Leonin and Perotin
From: Vermont Public
Series: Timeline
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Learn about anonymity and authorship in the Middle Ages.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
004 - Guido de Arezzo
From: Vermont Public
Series: Timeline
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Learn about one of the first music theorists in our Western musical tradition.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
003 - The Birth of Musical Notation
From: Vermont Public
Series: Timeline
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Discover how the practice of writing down music began.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
001 - Ancient Musical Notation
From: Vermont Public
Series: Timeline
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Explore the earliest examples of written music in history.

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Charlie Pulkabek on The Fine Line Cafe, and Performance from Bigtree Bonsai
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Bigtree Bonsai, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek
Charlie Pulkrabek talks about The Fine Line Cafe as a Minnesota music venue, and an impressive set by Minneapolis' Bigtree Bonsai opening up for Bl...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Charlie Pulkrabek on The Brothers Burn Mountain
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: The Brothers Burn Mountain, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek - 4/11/14
For more than eight years now, The Brothers Burn Mountain have been working in and around northern Minnesota. Their performances seem singular, and...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: Dave Ray, Bonnie Raitt, Nikki & the Ruemates, and more
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Dave "Snaker" Ray, Credit: Dan Corrigan
In this edition of Centerstage Minnesota, we hear music from, Dave Ray, Bonnie Raitt, Nikki & the Ruemates, Midwest Paul Cook, Galactic Cowboy Orch...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:45:57
  • Purchases: 2
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
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
May Your Days
From: Julie Shapiro
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Ghana sounds like everything you might imagine, and some things you never could.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2008
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 2
The Day the Music Died
From: Julie Beth Napolin
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A profile of a vinyl record store owner during his last week in business.

Bought by KSRQ, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6
KERA Commentary: Okamoto Polyphonic Spree
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A review of the new Polyphonic Spree CD, "The Fragile Army"

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Stravinsky @ 1-2-5: Three Glances at the Composer's Mirror
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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Three essays about different aspects of Stravinsky's life and work

Bought by WCQS


  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:25
  • Purchases: 1
#4: Toute Suite: Stravinsky, from the Ballet Theater to the Concert Hall
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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How -- and why -- Stravinsky revised theatrical pieces for the concert hall

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 13:53
New Music Review: Lucinda Williams' "West"
From: KUT
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music-rich review of Lucinda Williams' latest album "West", in stores 2/13/07

  • Added: Feb 07, 2007
  • Length: 07:51
Blues File: Precious Bryant
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This piece showcases new work by blueswoman Precious Bryant

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 7