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NEA Jazz Master Marian McPartland on Jazz & Marriage
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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IN 1943, MCPARTLAND MET CORNETIST JIMMY MCPARTLAND AT A USO CAMP IN BELGIUM. SHE WAS THE PIANIST AND HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BAND THAT PLAYED FOR ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, KMUW and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods on the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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IN 1956, 2007 NEA JAZZ MASTER PHIL WOODS TOOK A SEAT IN THE RENOWNED DIZZY GILLESPIE BIG BAND. IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG FRIENDSHIP, WITH GI...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 10
Setting The Holocaust to Stage
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: Lexington High School senior Alex Parrish leads the actors in a version of "Two-Headed Boy" by Neutral Milk Hotel, while freshman Emma Feinberg (right) sings along., Credit: Avishay Artsy
Students in Lexington, Mass. have written a play based on the music of '90s band Neutral Milk Hotel.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2009
  • Length: 07:10
The Needle Drop: Yo La Tengo and HEALTH
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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This week, Yo La Tengo play some popular songs.

Bought by WSLR, WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Sep 15, 2009
  • Length: 56:25
  • Purchases: 5
NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods on Composing Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods describes how he composes music.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2009
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb On Recording Porgy and Bess
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb lucked into recording Porgy and Bess.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
North Hollywood Arts District Suffers
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: Cella Gallery logo, Credit: www.cellagallery.com
While the NoHo arts district still boasts a vibrant theater district, the visual arts are suffering, with the closing of six art galleries in North...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2009
  • Length: 02:52
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
Loisaida Cultural Wire interviews Eseohe Arhebamen
From: Eseohe Arhebamen
Caption: eseohe, Credit: KoPAS
Loisaida Cultural Wire interviews Eseohe Arhebamen.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 43:43
This I Believe - Randy Komisar
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Attorney and entrepreneur Randy Komisar says personal growth comes when we let our beliefs evolve.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2
Gees Bend Quilter
From: Tanya Ott
Caption: PRX default Piece image
one of the famous Gees Bend quilters talks about the tradition of quilting and their rise to international fame

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Aug 29, 2008
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 1
Portrait artist on a mission to paint the fallen
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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Vietnam Vet has a new mission: to draw portraits of fallen soliders in the Iraq War, for free

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Poetry Out Loud Champion Chris Estevez Recites "Bilingual/Bilingue"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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2006 Poetry Out Loud Pennsylvania State Champion Chris Estevez recites "Bilingual/Bilingue" by Rhina P. Espaillat, a poem about the challenges of g...

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Power of Music in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Musician Blake Hazard discusses the power of music in Carson McCullers' novel, "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:29
Crusts - Peter Sharer- Orbital Engineer
From: Ray Gard
Series: Crusts
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Careers Vignettes: The passion that got them started: Peter Sharer - Orbital Engineer

  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:20
Crusts - Steven Dick - Historian
From: Ray Gard
Series: Crusts
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Careers Vignettes: The passion that got them started: Steven Dick - NASA Chief Historian

  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:57
This I Believe - Robert Fulghum
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Seattle writer and minister Robert Fulghum believes learning to tango is the perfect way to age gracefully.

Bought by WEZU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEZU, KUOW and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2007
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 9
The "Purban" poetry pulpit
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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The people and urban potery movement

  • Added: Aug 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:52
Cotopaxi Pilgrimage
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Native artists in the Ecuadorean Andes return to their people's sacred mountain.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Judith Jamison
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Choreographer Judith Jamison believes being "good" includes being open, honest and true to oneself.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Mar 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 3
The End
From: Megan Hall
Series: Mixtape for the City
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Second half of demo for mixtape for the city

  • Added: Mar 07, 2007
  • Length: 22:27
A Letter to Jay
From: Megan Hall
Series: Mixtape for the City
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First half of demo for mixtape for the city

  • Added: Mar 07, 2007
  • Length: 08:53
A Letter to Katie
From: Megan Hall
Series: Mixtape for the City
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First half of demo for mixtape for the city

  • Added: Mar 07, 2007
  • Length: 15:22
CL 2006 David Becker "Shades of grey:the power and the passion of the documentary film."
From: WQLN
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Documentary film maker David Becker talks about the art of film.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 58:42
Silvio
From: Zak Rosen
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Italian American, outsider artist speaks his mind

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2006
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1

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