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Sound Beat for HALLOWEEN
From: James O'Connor
Series: Sound Beat
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Sound Beat episodes that are perfect to air (or listen to) around HALLOWEEN.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Harford Community Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 6
Holiday special: Noel, Noel!
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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This hour, Harmonia explores the word "Noel" through music from the middle ages to the early baroque. Celebrate the season with this special, eclec...

Bought by KTTZ, KRPS, KRPS, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUFT and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
In Italia: A Renaissance Christmas from Venice, Naples, Milan and Beyond
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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We’re celebrating the holiday season with Nativity music from the late Renaissance to the early 17th century in Europe, performed by the musicians ...

Bought by Tri States Public Radio, Maine Public Radio, KWIT, WNIJ, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
A Baroque Christmas in the New World
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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An hour-long program of early music, celebrating the holiday season with festive music from 17th- and 18th-century Mexico, Peru and Bolivia perform...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KWIT, High Plains Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WNIJ and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Memorial Day with Lefty Lee
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today is Memorial Day. So happy Memorial Day. Many people have the day off work today and many will be spending time with friends and family. But w...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 15:53
The Easter Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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The Easter season, and the music it inspires, combine tragedy and triumph, sorrow and celebration—joining with the coming of spring as a symbol of ...

Bought by KUAT, KCUR, WVTF, WVIA, KALW and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Funky Presidents Day
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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Have your listening audience enjoy Presidents Day with a fun musicial experience.

Bought by KMXT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:01:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Birthplace of American Spirits (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Craft distilleries are popping up in small towns and big cities across Virginia. In this special holiday episode, we connect the present to the pa...

Bought by WCNY, WUGA (part of GPB), Georgia Public Broadcasting, WTJU, WRGY and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 10
Holiday Favorites and Memories (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Holiday favorites from Judy Garland's ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” to the Pogues’ rowdy “Fairytale of New York" and John Lennon’s “Hap...

Bought by KUHF, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUHF, WCNY, KUHF and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 12
HARM 18-50: A Medieval Christmas, 12/10/2018
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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This time of year, we are surrounded by Christmas music. This week on Harmonia, join us for something a little different, as we explore Christmas m...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
An American Christmas
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Music by American composers in celebration of Christmas.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KVNO, WDPR, Morehead State Public Radio, KWAX and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 57:32
  • Purchases: 21
Culmination of the Pleiades
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Many wonders over the desert skies—both known and unknown—give reason to be out on cool autumn nights, celebrating rituals.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
MIDNIGHT IN THE ASYLUM CEMETERY
From: Diane Ladley
Series: Hist-eerie
Caption: Image is an actual photo taken by a ghost tour guest inside the asylum cemetery. Could this be the infamous "Gassy Ghost"?
"America's Ghost Storyteller", Diane Ladley, reveals actual, untouched recordings of mysterious paranormal activity experienced by guests of her ha...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Symbols and Cymbals
From: Wind & Rhythm
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George Washington is said to have asked 24 year old Betsy Ross to create a flag to be the symbol of our nation in 1776. Historians also have mentio...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KTXK, WUAL, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KMFA


  • Added: Jun 04, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
April Fools - Happy Birthday Tammy
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It's a celebration of April Fool's Day with a list of songs that include the word "Fool" in their title.

Bought by WOUB, KSRQ, KSKQ, WYAP, KRSC and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Vaughan Williams Christmas Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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The son of a clergyman, he became an atheist in college, then settled for a life as a “cheerful agnostic.” And yet, he probably wrote more Christma...

Bought by WVIA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, and WUAL


  • Added: Dec 28, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Christmas Connection 2
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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December is filled to bursting with carols and other vocal works—and as a result a great deal of instrumental and orchestral music is often overloo...

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WUAL, and KRPS


  • Added: Dec 27, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Christmas Radio Show Paul Sannerud Interview
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we talk to Paul Sannerud, writer and director of Theatre du Mississippi’s 6th Annual Christmas Radio Show at the Black...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2017
  • Length: 22:10
Mysterium
From: Wind & Rhythm
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Seeing wrapped gifts under the tree for days or weeks before being allowed to open them adds to the anticipation, suspense, and ultimately the joy ...

Bought by KRPS, KRPS, KTXK, WUAL, and KMFA


  • Added: Nov 26, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
U of MN has big presence once again at this year's State Fair
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The University of Minnesota is celebrating 158 years at the state fair this summer. The U's vice president of university relations, Matt Kramer, jo...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 13:44
Holidays
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: John Clare and George Crumb, Credit: John Clare
We'll hear masterpieces for the holidays by George Crumb, Krzysztof Penderecki, Christopher Rouse, Samuel Barber, and Rick Sowash on this episode o...

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, WETS, and WGTE Public Media


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Passover: People of the Cookbook: Jewish Cooking with Claudia Roden
From: Nahanni Rous
Series: Can We Talk?
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A visit, a cooking lesson and lunch with the celebrated chef Claudia Roden. Claudia discussed lost Jewish communities through their cuisines. Inc...

Bought by KWMR and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 14:46
  • Purchases: 2
Ani Tuzman, THE TREMBLE OF LOVE & Terry Tempest Williams, FINDING BEAUTY IN A BROKEN WORLD
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ani Tuzman talks about her novel based on the life of the 18th century Jewish mystic, the Baal Shem Tov. Its called The Tremble of Love. Then, we r...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:38:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Lost Vault of Klezmer (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Holiday Specials
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New discoveries from a lost stash of klezmer recordings are changing what we know about the genre - Working class Americans used to love opera... s...

Bought by KUHF and WCWP


  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
The Lost Vault of Klezmer (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Holiday Specials
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New discoveries from a lost stash of klezmer recordings are changing what we know about the genre - Working class Americans used to love opera... s...

Bought by KUHF, WUFT, KEDT, WMUU-LP, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6

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