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Hip-Hop "University"
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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North Carolina based hip-hop artist and his student-run label

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: FAMILY AFFAIR
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour music intensive radio documentary about Sly & the Family Stone, their music, their turbulent history, and the indelible marks they left be...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WSGE, KMXT and more


  • Added: May 15, 2007
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 40
Virtuoso Voices - Cho-Liang Lin (Fairy Tale)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The First Violin Concerto by Prokofiev is not the traditional concerto where the soloist dominates the stage with long romantic melodies and show s...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: :19
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Cho-Liang Lin (Respect Your Vivaldi)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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At times, Vivaldi is the "Rodney Dangerfield of composers." He gets no respect from the many pundits and experts who say he wrote the same concert...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side: Clues
From: B-Side Radio
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B-Side's Tamara Keith plays "Clue" with a couple of friends as we explore mysteries and clues.

  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
I'm a Monk, You're a Monk, We're All Monks
From: Aaron Rietz
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personal essay on obscure yet revolutionary 60's ex-gi band "the monks"

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:42
#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
Johnny Cash: Amazing Grace
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour radio documentary explores Johnny Cash's love for Gospel music, his roots in the church, and the stories behind his greatest Gospel record...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KSRQ, Troy Public Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: May 07, 2007
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 19
Country songwriting legend Bobby Braddock talks about love, life and his new book, Down in Orburndale.
From: Katie Ball
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In this interview country music songwriting legend talks about growing up in rural Florida and how it affected him as a songwriter.

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 16:24
#3: Hang Time with Igor at Post 43
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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The unusual setting where Igor Stravinsky conducted many of his recordings -- Hollywood Post 43 of the American Legion

  • Added: May 02, 2007
  • Length: 16:18
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Bed Time)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Richard Stoltzman
Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman's two children both grew up to pursue musical careers. It's not something he pushed, but music was one of the parenti...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Cho-Liang Lin (The Big Picture)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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With concertos, it's completely natural to focus our attention on the soloist. But while it's important to hear the solo part, violinist Cho-Liang...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :18
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Awadagin Pratt (Loud and Colorful)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Pianist Awadagin Pratt likes to play music loud. Unlike most piano students, Pratt didn't spend hours studying the recordings made by famous piani...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Little Lenny Bernstein)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Richard Stoltzman
The "what if" question game is always an interesting game to play. What if Leonard Bernstein had pursued composing over conducting? What would he...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Don't be Boring)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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When you've played a piece of music for 20 or 30 years, it's easy to fall into old habits and the old ways of doing things. Clarinetist Richard St...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
The Two Sides of Sgt. Pepper: An Honest Appraisal of The Beatles' Classic
From: Paul Ingles
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Musicians, writers and fans explore the lore and speak their minds on the Beatles' landmark album SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND.

Bought by KBBI Alaska, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Spokane Public Radio, KMSU, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2007
  • Length: 01:57:48
  • Purchases: 61
Old Maid Aunts
From: Bernadette Cahill
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The Story of a Song

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:19
BEAT LATINO 008 - Emigrant, Immigrant
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
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Songs about leaving your land for another, accompanied by chants from the Chicago Mayday Immigration March!

Bought by WKAR and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 17, 2007
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
What Music to Listen To When Writing? A 3-minute primer
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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What music is most conducive to writing - the answer might surprise you

  • Added: Apr 15, 2007
  • Length: 02:52
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
The Beatles Greatest Single Ever: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane
From: Paul Ingles
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Musicians, writers and Beatle fans weigh in on what some critics call the best pop/rock single ever: Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, KSUT, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 19:33
  • Purchases: 6
HEAT -- The End of the Beginning
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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A reflection on changes in 1990 South Africa from a poet, the playwright Athol Fugard, musicians, Ambassador Lindewe Mabuzeh and everyday people.

Bought by WCPN, KERA, KLCC, WCQS, and KUT


  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 5
HEAT -- Chance Encounters of Love
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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Chance encounters of love with singer Nora York, renown chef Vertamae Grosvenor and a reading of Raymond Carver's "What We Talk About When We Talk ...

Bought by WCPN, KERA, WCQS, and KUT


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 4
HEAT -- A Long Sweet Visit
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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John Hockenberry visits with bluesman Mose Allison and his daughter, singer Amy Allison.

Bought by Prairie Public, Iowa Public Radio, WCPN, KERA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 7
Virtuoso Voices - Sarah Chang (Young & Fearless)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Overnight success does happen but it's more myth than reality. Violinist Sarah Chang made her debut when she was 8 years old. Her success that ev...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :18
  • Purchases: 2

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