PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque
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Highly regarded as the “King of the Delta Blues” and a “Father of the Blues”, Son House was a force of nature who’s emotive guitar playing and prea...
- Added: Aug 27, 2024
- Length: 08:00
North Carolina’s most celebrated guitarists, songwriters, storytellers and preservationists, Doc Watson has influenced over five generations of gui...
- Added: Aug 27, 2024
- Length: 08:00
North Carolina’s most celebrated guitarists, songwriters, storytellers and preservationists, Doc Watson has influenced over five generations of gui...
- Added: Aug 24, 2024
- Length: 08:00
The Covid shut down occurred almost four years ago to the day. This piece includes On the Front Lines, with a guy by the name of Leigh Carter, a nu...
- Added: Feb 27, 2024
- Length: 23:28
Composer Jonathan Ammons released an exciting new collection this year and we have the pleasure of hearing him take us through both the tracks and ...
- Added: Mar 14, 2023
- Length: 58:31
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...
- Added: Apr 12, 2021
- Length: 27:53
Page Wilson ten years ago this month, and the Richmond music scene will never be quite the same. Page was a player and host of the most popular “re...
- Added: Apr 12, 2021
- Length: 25:55
COVID-19 cancelled Richmond's premier music event--the Richmond Folk Festival, which annually attracts a couple hundred thousand people to three da...
- Added: Nov 02, 2020
- Length: 26:59
A touching story of fathers, family, and bargains spelled backwards.
- Added: Jul 15, 2020
- Length: 20:30
Laura Ann Singh, as her very name suggests, seemed destined to sing. In the Kingsport, Tennessee home where she grew up music was ever-present. Her...
- Added: Jun 30, 2018
- Length: 26:21
Think about something you've spent your whole life wanting to do. Now try to think about what's kept you from doing it. What comes to mind? For...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 19, 2016
- Length: 10:34
- Purchases: 2
Billed as the world's smallest woman, Gloria Rhoden of St. Mary Jamaica understands the nature of true beauty.
- Added: Oct 14, 2016
- Length: 23:02
Three-time Grammy nominated Uruguayan-born American composer, Miguel del Aguila, shares insight into his most recent lauded composition, Concierto ...
Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge
- Added: Aug 21, 2016
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Elisheva and Amaris,
mother and daughter, know a thing or two about uphill battles where every inch of gained ground costs dearly. Each in her way...
- Added: May 13, 2016
- Length: 26:51
Growing up, my family played a lot of music. We also performed... mostly funerals. The driving force behind it all? My dad. So, in order to better ...
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 28:53
You leave the radio on for your pet, before you leave the apartment. We'll find out if the cat and dog wish you hadn't.
Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, North State Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 11, 2015
- Length: 13:41
- Purchases: 4
CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D audio.
- Added: Mar 05, 2015
- Length: 01:00:00
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM
- Added: Feb 23, 2015
- Length: 01:44
- Purchases: 1
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM
- Added: Dec 24, 2014
- Length: 01:47
- Purchases: 1
CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D binaural audio.
- Added: Nov 25, 2014
- Length: 01:00:00
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM
- Added: Nov 23, 2014
- Length: 01:49
- Purchases: 1
Kari Kirkland stands on a narrow platform high above the ground. As a trapeze instructor, her job is to convince students to jump off that platform...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, and KUOW
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 16:18
- Purchases: 3
Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features spoken-word poet and hip-...
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 10:45
Mindless Chanting is a documentary tracing the DIY history of an obscure and unheard band called Catfish Courtesy.
- Added: Jan 26, 2014
- Length: 36:04
From groundhogs to John Updike to Opera
- Added: Feb 18, 2009
- Length: 49:41