PRX - Pieces for Topic: Music

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

229 results


Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ben Dumbauld explores Sunnyside, Queens and Muzica Populara, a Romanian genre where "the politics was never as important as the dancing."

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Orkesta Bez ime, Credit: Stefan Iwaskewycz
Orkestar Bez Ime, Bulgarian for orchestra with out a name, or OBI for short, has been performing in our town and more widely for well over a decade...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Twin Cities guitarist Zacc harris and vibes player Dave Hagedorn met over their admiration for a 1962 year old LP: Bags Meets Wes by vibraphonist M...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Dean Sorenson in his UMN Office, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
The University of Minnesota Jazz Festival is a great event in scholastic jazz. It’s where high school kids make college choices, and where the whol...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Twin Cities Jewish Chorale, Credit: Peter Eckert
The Twin Cities Jewish Chorale was formed six years ago to provide opportunities to sing types of Jewish music other than that which is sung in syn...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
This program features lesser known music and artists from the 70's, as radio programming transitioned from AM Top 40 to more progressive free form...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:56
Caption: Barriers keep people under 21 out of many areas at the Capitol Hill Block Party. , Credit: KUOW Photo/Noah Phillips Reardon
Music festivals all around the country are great places to hear live music. However, not everyone can enjoy the music. Many of the stages have an a...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:22
Caption: Twin Cities Jazz Sampler CD, Credit: Tim Nyberg
This Saturday night, the jazz community will be toasting itself, as the Twin Cities Jazz Sampler CD has it’s release party. The CD contains work by...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
A preview of Choreographers' Evening 2014 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis with Kenna-Camara Cottman and the dancers of In New Company.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Courtesy Vizz-Tone Label Group
Go inside Sean Costello's previously unreleased 2005 sessions, now available on the new record "In The Magic Shop."

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
Caption: Courtesy Stony Plain Records
Go inside Rory Block's new album, "Hard Luck Child," a tribute to Blues legend Skip James.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
Caption: Jack Klatt, Credit: James Eastman
Jack Klatt talks about how he met Charlie Parr, and also reflects on his work with Charlie, as we play examples of Jack's work solo and with Charli...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Steve Heckler in the Jazz Festival office, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
The Twin Cities Jazz Festival is a great showcase for Jazz, including the great variety of local acts.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Anita Monga and Timothy Brock talk the difference between live and recorded music, the surprises lurking in archives, and why being fired by Chapli...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 19:41
Caption: Alma Andina, Credit: Hugh Garrido
Alma Andina (Andes folk music) shares the bill with Malamaya (playing a variety of Cuban forms) at the Cedar Cultural Center, Dec 6, 2013.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
Piece image
Blues Team's CD Release Party and Anti-Cancer Charity Event. Piece for Nov 25-29, 2013. Paul Metsa and Willie Walker are releasing a new set of Bl...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
It's a swing band with two great Twin Cities singers, Rhonda Laurie and Mary Anne Sullivan. From listening and dancing points of view, it is bond t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dee Langley, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
In the land of 10,000 accordion players, this is an annual highlight accordion event not to be missed. Listeners hear about the event and the playi...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 09, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rey Rivera, JazzMN percussionist, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
Tito Puente had a career spanning over 50 years, and is considered one of the prime movers of Latin Jazz. This show gets listeners ready for the Ti...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Excited for Sweden?, Credit: www.digitalspy.co.uk
Lucy Wark (Cam FM, PopTarts) gives you the lowdown on Eurovision pop culture ahead of the final in Malmo, Sweden on Saturday 18th May.

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 05:35
Piece image
The Books were known for making use of sounds and audio samples that aren’t typically heard in music. The Books disbanded in 2012, but Nick Zammuto...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dave Brubeck with "Jazz on the Bay" host Melanie O'Reilly at the Brubeck Institute, Stockton.CA
Irish jazz singer and radio host Melanie O'Reilly, visited the Brubeck Festival at the Brubeck Institute in Stockton, in 2007. In this program of...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 51:54
Caption: "Forward/Return" by The Album Leaf
Jimmy LaValle of The Album Leaf talks about the band's EP "Forward/Return."

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:17
Caption: The Album Leaf
A growing group of musicians are returning to old analog keyboards, sometimes refurbishing and playing instruments older than they are.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:46