PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging
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"I was always fascinated with saloons. As a kid on State Street in Chicago, I was always running under the swinging doors." - Bricktop
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 12, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
In the 1920s, the answer to that question was an important factor in the success of a song. Every few weeks a new dance was introduced, and fans lo...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 08, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
They were best known as The Whoopee Makers, but they had the habit of adopting new names at the drop of a hat. The Lumberjacks, Louisville Rhythm K...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 21, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Those beautiful female voicalists who became pioneers in the art of jazz voicing in the early 1920s.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 18, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
ONE HAS EACH FOOT ...
Bought by KRCB 104.9
- Added: Aug 28, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Laughter is the best medicine. But, it feels that today's musicians may be taking themselves too seriously. Here are selections from the 1920s to t...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
American icon Cole Porter learned piano and violin at age six. He became very good at both, but he disliked the violin's harsh sound and so his ene...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Sidney Bechet and Josephine Baker were the most recognizable expatriates on the Parisian seen in the 1920s. If you've seen the movie "Midnight in P...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 58:59
THEY LINE UP LIKE WELL-BEHAVED CHILDREN...
Bought by KRCB 104.9
- Added: Apr 06, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
A HEAD AND A TONGUE MADE OF SILVER OR BRASS...
- Added: Oct 22, 2010
- Length: 01:30
This story takes you through the makeshift businesses kids invent when money matters are less complicated, less stressful, and MORE adventurous.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, and BSR Radio
- Added: Oct 07, 2008
- Length: 08:27
- Purchases: 3
A pop song in the classic sense with a quirky monologue of implausible facts about how records are made.
- Added: Jun 18, 2006
- Length: 02:29
