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The Art of Rick Barbour
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: All's Well That Ends Well at The Great River Shakespeare Festival, Credit: Kathy Christenson
On this episode of "Art Beat" we visit Rick Barbour from The Great River Shakespeare Festival. Rick has worked in theatre for many years and has do...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 35:04
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Benny Golson
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"...This country lookin' guy was standing there in the door, waiting for me to tell him what to do. So I said, 'play something!' He took out his ...

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


  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 19:40
  • Purchases: 4
Kiki Smith on Tattoos and Making Your Own Art
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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The combination of the beauty marks and the ink on her body, I thought I could tattoo them onto me." - artist Kiki Smith during an interview with G...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Documenting Humanity/A Sense of Place
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 01:48:40
WorldCanvass: Art and Memory
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:52:21
JazzStories: Rudresh Mahanthappa
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"And he said we’ll I don’t want to play any of those 7s or 11s or 13s or 22s. I don’t want to play any of that stuff that you’re writing. He said b...

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


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:32
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Gary Burton and Julian Lage
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"There’s an interesting thing that happens. You prepare a piece. You rehearse it. It sounds perfect...And you go out and play it on the first night...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 16:42
  • Purchases: 4
The Live Feed Presents: The Comedy of Nathan Timmel
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
Caption: Comedian and Author Nathan Timmer
On Saturday, November 19th 2011, it was time for comedy in Winona. The feautre comedian writes for Rooftop Comedy, has performed for the troops ove...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 47:47
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Doug Wamble
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“The essential ingredient of jazz is listening. And then the response... and out of that something unexpected comes rather than some fulfillment of...

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


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:29
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Wynton Marsalis
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Wynton Marsalis
"For me I always grew up watching my father and other jazz musicians, they never played for that many people, they were always struggling. They did...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 6
The Art of Mary Solberg
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this edition of Art Beat, KQAL's Brianna Klapperich visits a Winona artist who is accompanied by her faithful animal companion during the interv...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 17:33
A Conversation with Tenor, Everett McCorvey
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Operatic tenor Everett McCorvey talks about how he was drawn into the music, how he helped build the opera program at University of Kentucky, and t...

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 26:18
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Bobby McFerrin
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Bobby McFerrin has spent four decades breaking ground in jazz vocals – and his music always feels fresh. Hear how Miles Davis changed his life.

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


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 8
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
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
JazzStories: Randy Weston — From Brooklyn to the Berkshires and Back
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Randy Weston , Credit: Frank Stewart
Pianist Randy Weston has seen a lot people and places in his life. Born in Brooklyn in 1926 and served in the US Army during World War II. But it ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WEZU, KPVL, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 12:57
  • Purchases: 8
The Art of Lynette Power and Peter Teller
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Lynette Power and Peter Teller work together on a standing sculpture, Credit: Lisa Ostrander
Lynette Power is a well known Winona artist. You may recognize some of her works around town such as the Blue Heron Sculptures or the Otter Water F...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 32:03
Maureen Gibbon on "Thief"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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We talk with Maureen Gibbon about her compelling new novel, "Thief."

  • Added: Jul 15, 2010
  • Length: 24:28
Julie Kramer on "Silencing Sam"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Realgoodwords is a one-hour weekly radio program for readers, writers and those who appreciate the written word.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 09:03
Landscape Photography
From: Tom Niemisto
Caption: Morning Fog Over Sugar Loaf, Credit: Robert Rodriguez Jr.
Conserving the Hudson Valley through landscape photography

  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Gees Bend Quilter
From: Tanya Ott
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one of the famous Gees Bend quilters talks about the tradition of quilting and their rise to international fame

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Aug 29, 2008
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Ramsey Lewis
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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A fascinating 55-minute three-way conversation between host Mike Cuthbert, the extravagantly gifted and knowledgeable Ramsey Lewis, and his compani...

Bought by WFIU and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Mar 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:02:00
  • Purchases: 2
WWOZ Street Talk- The Kid Camera Project
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The kid camera project started with a single family in the ninth ward and some donated disposable cameras.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:25
The Des Moines Metro Opera
From: Charles Richards
Series: Turn On The Lights
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Interviews with performers in the Des Moines Metro Opera.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2008
  • Length: 22:00
The Crooked Road
From: With Good Reason
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A CD series with an ear for folklife

  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 15:11