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The Old Farmer's Ball is a regional folk dance organization in Asheville, North Carolina that is best known for its lively Thursday night contra da...
- Added: Feb 22, 2021
- Length: 49:50
When Carlos Acosta was a kid, he wanted to be the next Michael Jackson. He spent all his time break-dancing in the streets of Havana. Until one day...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 23:02
From: Melissa Saenz Gordon
A story about North Nashville contemporary artist Marlos E'van, who uses the social-practice art form to build community.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Nov 17, 2020
- Length: 06:12
- Purchases: 1
Dhows were the UAE’s lifeline. Salah Bin ouq explains that everyone in the UAE used to work on dhows, their entire lives were on boats. Because wit...
- Added: Jul 08, 2018
- Length: 07:48
This a bonus podcast sharing piece of the interview that didn't make it into the Architecture and Tile podcast.
- Added: Jul 05, 2018
- Length: 02:39
At the begining, we were skeptical about
choosing Pottery as our topic, as there did not
seem to be many things to say about the topic.
However, th...
- Added: Jul 05, 2018
- Length: 08:46
Episode 05: Weaving Investigation
- Added: Jul 05, 2018
- Length: 08:55
Jewelry is a huge part of the UAE’s history, and is very prevalent in modern age. Traditional jewelry used to have an incredibly specific purpose a...
- Added: Jul 05, 2018
- Length: 08:38
Initially we assumed that it wouldn’t be difficult to find people interested in speaking to us about the architecture in the UAE. We were wrong. Fi...
- Added: Jul 05, 2018
- Length: 07:11
Hand crafted over centuries, Arabic calligraphy has not only withstood the test of time, it has also preserved it. Just a glimpse of the richness o...
- Added: Jul 05, 2018
- Length: 10:09
Listen to the art and craft in perfume making in a soundscape. Audio was captured during a field investigation with a master craftspersons in the U...
- Added: Jul 05, 2018
- Length: :44
Dang Nguyen, an aspiring filmmaker, revisits friends in his old college town of Boston to shoot a personal video project that's been on hold for 4 ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 06, 2017
- Length: 16:49
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of The Live Feed, we visit with the combined acoustic and electric guitar duo Land at Last. The two musicians fill us in on their c...
- Added: Jul 07, 2017
- Length: 30:01
On this episode of The Live Feed, we visit with Ben Strand, the founder of Black Sheep Poetry. Ben writes slam poetry and hosts an open mic session...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Jul 07, 2017
- Length: 30:30
- Purchases: 1
Gary, now in his 50s, recalls how Paul Weller and The Jam impacted upon his younger years.
- Added: May 15, 2017
- Length: 04:49
"You can play notes, but if you don't put anything in the notes, that's what it is...just notes." - Pharoah Sanders.
Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more
- Added: Jul 06, 2016
- Length: 02:57
- Purchases: 11
Somali artist Aziz Osman left home for Florence, Italy, as a young man to pursue his dream of becoming a painter, sculptor and architect. Extensiv...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 05:05
In 1999, The Band officially called it quits. In this hour long audio essay, Don McIver looks at the history of The Band to examine the nature of ...
- Added: Apr 29, 2014
- Length: 58:03
Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes. This month's program is about human rights.
- Added: Jun 05, 2012
- Length: 02:03:38
Despite being a woman in what's traditionally considered a man’s field, Suzanne Leahy has worked her way to becoming a master wooden boat builder -...
Bought by WABE and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 29, 2012
- Length: 04:32
- Purchases: 2
Paralyzed from the shoulders down and colorblind, Tim Lynn managed to become a talented painter whose work has hung in several San Francisco Bay Ar...
- Added: Oct 12, 2011
- Length: 11:14
A labyrinth is a circular path that leads to a center. Walking a labyrinth is an ancient ritual that pre-dates religion. Eunice Schroeder found a n...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Sep 01, 2011
- Length: 03:52
- Purchases: 3
“I understand Filipino Kulintang, it's melodic phrasing, how it moves linearly, very similar to how perhaps bebop moves in jazz…there’s a lot of si...
Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, 90.5 WSNC, and KFOK-LPFM
- Added: May 31, 2011
- Length: 10:53
- Purchases: 4
Prolific pianist and composer Jason Moran fuses stride piano, avant-garde jazz and sampled sounds. Hear the 2010 MacArthur Fellow "a Texas computer...
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, KFOK-LPFM and more
- Added: Jan 26, 2011
- Length: 10:37
- Purchases: 6
Artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji sat down with producer Rebecca McInroy to discuss her inspirations, goals and life as an artist.
- Added: Sep 03, 2010
- Length: 08:12
