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A Library Sounds Like This
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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From defunct recording technology to vinyl’s comeback, we've been through a lot of media changes over the last 125 years. And we're still changing!...

Bought by KVNF, KGNU Community Radio, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 25:47
  • Purchases: 3
220429 Rock and Roll Songs That Young Arnold Schwarzenegger Heard
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The bottomless pit of my music library includes a handful of songs from 1963 Austria that are indistinguishable from the best of American rock and ...

Bought by KFCF FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, Prairie Public, WQCS and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2022
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 6
220409 Radio as Art and Art as Civilization
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Bobby Page and the Riff Raffs
An inspired, heartfelt show. Based around an essay on radio as art and art as both a personal way of making a better life and civilization's savio...

Bought by KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WQCS, KPRG, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 04:55:05
  • Purchases: 6
Ep. 137: Midwestern Digging Tri 2021
From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country
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Playing some of the great stuff I found on my recent buying trip to to Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas

Bought by KIYU-FM, KSTK, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
180804 Mystery of New Orleans
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The river and the mystery of New Orleans in music and words.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 02:50:52
The Working Tapes: Piano Player
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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In 1972, Studs Terkel interviewed hotel piano player Norman "Hots" Michels for his book "Working." Hots was the last live entertainment at the Sher...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 3
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Advocate and Writer, Ira Gitler
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Jazz historians and his own son, Fitz, share why writer and jazz adovcate, Ira Gitler is a Jazz Master.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 13
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Vocalist, Dee Dee Bridgewater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these short pieces, Dee Dee talks about scatting, her big break, and studying the moves of Betty Carter.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 13
Rufus McKenzie: From the Dog's Bowl
From: Music Maker Relief Foundation
Series: Music Maker Minute - Race in U.S.
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Rufus McKenzie of Perry, GA shares a tale of degradation in exchange for a meal.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Leonard Cohen: Evolution From Poet to Songwriter and Singer
From: David Tarnow
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Leonard Cohen: How a shy, sensitive poet from Canada became a major recording artist. This one-hour radio show documents Leonard Cohen's very firs...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 57:30
The John Sebastian Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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John Sebastian talks with Jake Feinberg about his mentors and teachers like Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Peter Yarrow Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
The Taj Mahal Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
NEA Jazz Moments with Mose Allison [second installment]
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three more short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Mose Allison. In this batch, we learn about Mose's move from Mississippi to NYC, his gri...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
JazzStories: Mulgrew Miller
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“I think of a lot of things when I’m playing the piano and one of the last things I think about is the piano…you try to somehow think and feel li...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Needle Drop: 10-22-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Kuedo, Michael Beach, and Tom Waits.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 6
Elvis Presley: Young Man With The Big Beat
From: Joyride Media
Series: I Am An Elvis Fan
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A look into the year that Elvis became a national star.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 11
The Needle Drop: 12-19-10 (Best Music of 2010 Part 3)
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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It's part three of our tribute to 2010's best music.

Bought by KISU, WTIP, KSJD, Marfa Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: 57:12
  • Purchases: 6
The Needle Drop: 11-06-10
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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Experimental electronics from Skrillex, Gold Panda, and the new Brian Eno album.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KISU, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2010
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 6
The Needle Drop: 07-03-10
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Wavves and an interview with the editor of Inkwell Press.

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


  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 4
Memories of music producer Joel Stout 1976 - 2010
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Joel "Stouty" Stout
Diane Fornbacher, Lewis McCallister and the band Sci-Fi remember the life of Joel Stout. We call Joel's voicemail.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 21:57
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
James Carroll Booker the Third: The Life, Music, and Mystique of the Bayou Maharajah Part 1
From: David Kunian
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Part 1 of 2 part radio documentary about the legendary New Orleans pianist James Booker

Bought by Prairie Public, NPR Illinois, and WNCU


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 56:29
  • Purchases: 3