PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging
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A moment of passion taken from the final movement of Barber's Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6
- Added: May 03, 2017
- Length: 04:08
A moment of exuberance taken from the Chaconne of J.S. Bach's Partita in D Minor, BWV 1004.
- Added: Apr 24, 2017
- Length: 07:39
The exquisite "Amen" from Brahms' Geistliches Lied, Op. 30.
Performed by Singers of Anam Cara, directed by James Jordan.
- Added: Apr 14, 2017
- Length: 06:29
Today's Musical Moment is taken from the Adagio movement of Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16, featuring Van Cliburn, Eugene Ormandy & The ...
- Added: Apr 11, 2017
- Length: 04:35
This is a beautiful audio production about the more profound nature of our relationships with animals and the natural world. Hosted by NY Times bes...
- Added: Mar 31, 2017
- Length: 47:22
- Purchases: 2
The Kronick Quintett plays frequently at the Public Kitchen and Bar, which faces the north side of Mears Park in Saint Paul. The group’s next perf...
- Added: Mar 09, 2017
- Length: 05:00
As New Orleans lost its commercial position as a major port and blacks fled the oppression of the American south, the cream of NOLA musicians hit t...
Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCNY, KMUN, WMOT and more
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 25
A few years ago, Jeff Senn and Mac Santiago, experienced Minnesota jazz players, noticed a lack of a Latin Jazz Orchestra locally. So they recruite...
- Added: Feb 16, 2017
- Length: 05:00
Old Joe Clark has been around forever seemingly. It’s used as a square dance tune, so that helps keep it around. That it crooked and difficult to l...
- Added: Dec 31, 2016
- Length: 07:21
Penelope Freeh co-created Test Pilot with composer Jocelyn Hagen... Their original, live chamber orchestra, dance opera brings the history of aviat...
- Added: Sep 15, 2016
- Length: 07:08
Edmund Catlin is a young Twin Cities drummer who, while still in college, plays in a variety of jazz bands.
To Edmund, playing jazz requires a comb...
- Added: Jun 29, 2016
- Length: 06:53
When you listen to a big band recording, you have the pleasure of engaging with a large number of talented musicians. But even if it is a small big...
- Added: May 20, 2016
- Length: 08:10
It’s a challenge to be a full-time jazz musician. But challenging or not, that’s what Joel Shapira does. He does it by becoming expert at many phas...
- Added: May 01, 2016
- Length: 08:01
The Southside Aces is a Minneapolis-based New Orleans-style Jazz group playing uncompromised traditional Jazz. They play it the old way, but when a...
- Added: Apr 07, 2016
- Length: 09:10
From: Paul Ingles
Two sampler clips for the long-form special (NOW AVAILABLE AT PRX) from award-winning Beatles' history producer Paul Ingles to mark the December 3r...
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 10:03
Singing shaped notes is a long American tradition of singing, mostly based on Christian scriptures. As a folk tradition, it evolves with reference ...
Bought by KSRQ and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Jun 21, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 2
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
Historically, bluegrass music is a an evolved type of old time string band. But although bluegrass follows the old time string band in history that...
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 07:18
In the old days of the northern Minnesota and Wisconsin lumber camps, many of the shanty boys had emigrated from Ireland. Of course, they brought t...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: May 22, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Orkestar Bez Ime, Bulgarian for orchestra with out a name, or OBI for short, has been performing in our town and more widely for well over a decade...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Mar 22, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
On this show...a mix of Cuban soul, Colombian dance, Mexican-American hip-hop and a way cool mix of vintage Latin pop music that Felix 'discovered'...
- Added: Mar 12, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
Music festivals all around the country are great places to hear live music. However, not everyone can enjoy the music. Many of the stages have an a...
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 06:22
From: Paul Ingles
A celebration and exploration of "Blood on the Tracks," the Bob Dylan album voted his best in a Rolling Stone magazine fan survey. Music writers, ...
Bought by KZYX, KRCB 104.9, WYSO, KGLT, KSUT and more
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 18
Jack Klatt talks about how he met Charlie Parr, and also reflects on his work with Charlie, as we play examples of Jack's work solo and with Charli...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Aug 06, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
An hour-long program of classic jazz, exploring the orgins of "hip."
Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KHNS, and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Jun 09, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
