PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging
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Guitarist John Penny Is in touch with many jazz styles, and he uses many as sources for his new compositions. Also, when John performs, he offers i...
- Added: Feb 12, 2023
- Length: 08:00
Kevin Washington views himself as an artist in the tradition of Pharaoh Sanders and john and Alice Coltrane, of spirituality and healing. When Kevi...
- Added: Oct 14, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Kevin Washington views himself as an artist in the tradition of Pharaoh Sanders and john and Alice Coltrane, of spirituality and healing. Kevin lea...
- Added: Oct 14, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Davu Seru is a north Minneapolis composer who has been influenced by experiences in Chicago and Ghana, and it all comes out in his music. Davu lead...
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 08:00
This time we profile Floyd Jones, a serious and thoughtful songwriter, who was in the studio for Chess Records in 1951.
- Added: Apr 28, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile guitarist Big Joe Williams and harmonica ace John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, who last recorded together, this week in 1947.
- Added: Apr 27, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Robert Johnson, who made his recording debut the week of Thanksgiving, 1936.
- Added: Apr 20, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Big Maceo, who recorded his “magnum opus” — the barnstorming instrumental “Chicago Breakdown” — this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 11, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile the Memphis Jug Band, whose 1929 recording, “K.C. Moan,” was one of the 84 selections on the “Anthology of American Folk Music.”
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Sid Hemphill, who was recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress, this week in 1942.
- Added: Mar 31, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Davu Seru is the current Studio Z composer in Residence. Among his goals is combining west African-based traditions such as drumming and the blues...
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 05:00
Sitting on top of the world has been around a long time. The song was written by Walter Vinson and Sam Chatmon, members of the blues group, the Mis...
- Added: Jan 10, 2017
- Length: 05:55
Only recently did Mayyadda make the decision to perform professionally. But she’s come a long way in a short time, playing prestigious clubs such a...
- Added: Aug 09, 2016
- Length: 07:50
Don Cheadle talks commitment, new connections, and being real.
- Added: Apr 05, 2016
- Length: 16:32
It’s Black Music Month and we’re celebrating with a look at only a few of the many many incredible artists who have shaped music, crossed genres an...
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Jun 17, 2015
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 1
Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 03:58
When we think of early rock and roll most of us think of musicians like Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. But all these legends grew ...
Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, and KUOW
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 02:40
- Purchases: 4
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
The piece investigates the mutual influence of African American and European American on each others' music styles.
- Added: Jan 27, 2010
- Length: 08:10
A short documentary featuring pianist Art Neville and bassist George Porter Jr. about the Mardi Gras standard "Indian Red."
Bought by KSLU, WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KREV-LP
- Added: Jan 18, 2008
- Length: 05:50
- Purchases: 4
Interview/Performance by Singer/Songwriter Kierstin Gray
Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT
- Added: Dec 05, 2004
- Length: 01:59:16
- Purchases: 1
Ann Searcy is a 76-year-old jazz singer. She grew up as one of the only people of color in Old Orchard Beach, Maine where music legend, Duke Elling...
Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), SALTcast Podcast, Iowa Public Radio, WJAB, 90.5 WSNC and more
- Added: Feb 18, 2004
- Length: 06:05
- Purchases: 7
