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Blues Routes - Lynching Protest and the Blues
From: Thom Butler
Series: Blues Routes Weekly
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An historical and musical examination of the history of lynching and racial protest over the past 100 years.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:02
Quid Pro Quo?
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Nancy Pelosi
We continue our political journey towards Impeachment with Donald Trump, Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi, Mick Mulvaney, Peter Welch, William Taylor, Ge...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:12
60 Watts Interviews Doug and Aaron of Glose
From: Brian Babinec
Series: 60 Watts
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(For release week of 26 Aug 2019) Coming straight from the United States' grunge capital itself, 60 Watts is Public Radio's weekly underground and ...

Bought by KRSC


  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
Who's Back There?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bessie Smith
As jazz evolved, musicians began experimenting with improvisation behind the vocalist. Band members wanted their accompaniment to sound as fresh an...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
From the Grand Terrace: Earl Hines
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Earl Hines
In the late 1920s Chicago was the broadcast center of America. And, the name Earl Hines became synonymous with jazz. He was the pianist and bandlea...

Bought by KMUW and KCBX


  • Added: May 01, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
An Inside Look At "America's Most Hated Subculture"
From: Allie Wenner
Caption: Caden and Joe at an ICP show in Easton, Pa., Credit: Allie Wenner
Are fans of popular "horrorcore" band Insane Clown Posse as scary as they look? Allie Wenner talks to ICP fans (also known as "Juggalos") outside o...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2017
  • Length: 19:20
Myth - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Grant Hawkins is a Masters student in Music and a lover of sounds. His Song Story is about love and winter and his song, “Myth” by Beach House, is...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2015
  • Length: 05:41
Hurricane Katrina's Impact on the New Orleans Hip Hop Scene
From: Scott Gurian
Caption: MC Know One
Musical profile of the founder of a New Orleans hip hop label and one of his rappers discussing how they were impacted and influenced by Hurricane ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 003: Mongo Speaks
From: John Brice
Series: The EDM Hour
Caption: DANCE music you can LISTEN to.
The best of what's brand new in the world of EDM.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
Episode 003: Phutek
From: John Brice
Series: DJ Mongo Presents:
Caption: Incredible Guest DJ Sets from around the world.
In this episode I present a set of Techno music by DJ/Producer Phutek, out of the U.K.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:01
Tupac Shakur on Life and Death
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play" - Tupac Shakur in 1994. From an unheard interview recorded by Benjamin Svetkey, then a writer for...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVNF, KJZZ, PRX Remix, and KALW


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 5
Kristoff Krane
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Off The Record; On To Video
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Kristoff Krane in Studio K.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 1
Handsworth Evolution
From: Robin Valk
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Calypso, Reggae, Rap, Soul, Asian Rap and Sound Systems in Birmingham, England, in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 50:12
  • Purchases: 1
Loaded Radio
From: Scott Penfold
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Loaded Radio is a 1 hour weekly hard rock and metal broadcast catering to the casual to hardcore listener.

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Jan 07, 2010
  • Length: 55:41
  • Purchases: 1
Moby: Wait for Me
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Moby has made his most personal album yet with Wait for Me, a CD of deep textures, soulful ruminations and unexpected turns.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
Lights Out Asia and Near the Parenthesis
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Post-rock ambience in Milwaukee, and San Francisco glitch melancholy

  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 03:27
Ozric Tentacles: Psychedelic warriors in a techno age
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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...the Grateful Dead of Space Music

  • Added: Sep 04, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
Global Warming Rap
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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Music and VoxPop blend into a hard-hitting critique of America's response to global warming

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 3
Unperformable? A Punk/Kabuki Play
From: BSR Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of a new interpretation of the Kabuki play "Drum of the Waves of Horikawa," approaching the text from a punk-rock perspective.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 07, 2007
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 2
Sister Sunshine
From: Tim Moyer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Newest of Tim Moyer's work

  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
A-E-I-O-U (Guitars, pt. 1)
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A surreal guitar lesson that is all over the map, with a sampling of guitar sounds to punctuate.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:07
The Trouble with Harry (Nilsson)
From: Jackson Braider
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Harry Nilsson: The Beatles called him their favorite group, and though he died 12 years ago, there's resurging interest in the artist and his work.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jun 06, 2006
  • Length: 11:08
  • Purchases: 1
David Byrne Does PowerPoint
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Trust David Byrne -- master of image, music, and text -- to reveal the creative potential of Microsoft PowerPoint.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 22, 2004
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
From Anarchy to the Ballot Box: Punx for Dean
From: Angela Taylor
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a hard feature on a traditionally marginalized American sub-sulture that is shedding its anarchical robes for a new political voice.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2004
  • Length: 06:32