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if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Sarah Vaughan
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Sarah Vaughan
With her ability to banter with the audience and outspoken sense of humor Sarah Vaughn was best described as “sassy.” Her first big break came afte...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Price of Admission: A Musical Biography of Florence Beatrice Price
From: WQXR
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Florence Beatrice Price wrote more than 300 musical compositions. Some of her works have been lost, others are unpublished, and some of piano and v...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, WUGA (part of GPB), WFMT Station Account, Troy Public Radio, WVIA and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
The Live Feed Presents: Low Bridge
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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We continue our coverage of Boats & Bluegrass 2012 with a band from "way up north". Low Bridge is comprised of two husband and wife duo's - one fro...

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 36:57
The Live Feed Presents: Sarah Kruger
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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If you like music that you can relate to, with hauntingly intoxicating vocals to back it - then you are in for a real treat. Sarah Kruger straight-...

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 31:40
The Live Feed Presents: Katey Bellville
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Katey is a bluegrass singer-songwriter from Minneapolis MN that performed at Boats and Bluegrass 2012. Katey blends modern pop sensibilities with f...

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 56:42
The Live Feed Presents: Jake Manders
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Jake Manders is a singer-songwriter born in Minneapolis MN. Jake is an original member of the alternative bluegrass band, The Pistol Whippin' Party...

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 55:29
The Live Feed Presents: The Fiddle Heirs
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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We continue our coverage of Boats & Bluegrass 2012 with The Fiddle Heirs from St. Paul Minnesota. This group is comprised of four fiddlers hailing ...

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:36
Louis Armstrong
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Louis Armstrong
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong is consider one of the most important musicians of the 20th century. With his innovations in ensemble playing and his dis...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Art Garfunkel: The Singer
From: Joyride Media
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An hour of Art Garfunkel's music and highlights from his many writings.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KPVL, Radio New Zealand, and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 41:00
  • Purchases: 4
Elvis Presley: Prince From Another Planet
From: Joyride Media
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Highlights from Elvis' one and only appearance in New York City.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KMXT, KPVL and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
KUT's Views and Brews: Leonard Cohen-A Life in Art
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Leonard Cohen
The Cactus Cafe was packed for this magical evening. We hope you enjoy this Views and Brews Remix highlighting four of Cohen’s tunes along with the...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:24:21
  • Purchases: 1
All Mixed Up-Thanksgiving
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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The Holiday classic: "A Shortcut Back Home" plus music from Charlie Chaplin, Neil Young, the Avett Brothers, Laura Nyro, Ray Davies, Kronos Quartet...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KUCB, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 41
Music Loving Bears
From: Roy Trumbull
Series: True Bear Stories by Joaquin Miller
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two men and a boy were taking a load of wheat to a mill and while they stopped to rest for the night one of them played the fiddle. On the other si...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 07:27
Episode # 27 - Castaway: Keith Powell Beyland
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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Our 27th castaway on October 8, 2012 was Keith Powell Beyland. Keith serves as the Artistic Director/Founder of Dramatic Repertory Company in Port...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:23:43
Episode # 22 - Castaway: Ruby Simkoff
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On September 3rd our castaway was Ruby Simkoff, who since 1990 has been one of the most recognized voices on WMPG Radio in Portland, Maine. Ruby ho...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:22:44
Episode # 21 - Castaway: David Greenham
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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David Greenham has been a resident of Maine since the summer of 1985 when he moved here with a group of friends from Syracuse University to begin a...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:20:19
StudioTalk No. 1: Music follows Behaviour.... with Mandolin player Sri Sugato Bhaduri (Kolkata)
From: ElJay Arem
Series: IMC - India meets Classic presents... StudioTalks
Caption: ElJay A. on microphone
Sri Sugato Bhaduri is one of the few mandoline maestros in Indian Classical music and from Kolkata (India). The Mandolin is an Italian instrument b...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
07 - 'Are ye right there, bye?'
From: Raymond McCullough
Series: Celtic Roots Radio
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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Barbarian Pipe Band, Rudy Barrett, Paisley Close, The Slip, Brobdingna...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 29:33
06 - ‘Aye, there y'are now! Where are ye?’
From: Raymond McCullough
Series: Celtic Roots Radio
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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Throwed Together, Rodney Cordner/Jean-Pierre Rudolph, Quagmyre, Sharon...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:32
05 - 'Ye can'nae dae aught, if ye hav'nae go' aught ..'
From: Raymond McCullough
Series: Celtic Roots Radio
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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Mactalla Mor, Makke, Contea, Keys2Eden, John Batdorf, ‘Eden Mi Qedem...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:31
Tales from the South 085: Delta Music Show II
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
Caption: Jimbo Mathus
Our second annual Delta Music Show, featuring singer/songwriter and Delta bluesman Jimbo Mathus singing and telling stories. True stories told by t...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Levon Helm Rambles Home: An Appreciation (58:00 / 53:00)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Levon Helm
A one-hour music and commentary show about the late musician Levon Helm, drummer for the seminal Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Band, and a r...

Bought by Prairie Public, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Radio Catskill, Prairie Public, CBC Inside the Music and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 57:50
  • Purchases: 35
Janis Joplin: The Pearl Sessions
From: Joyride Media
Series: The Milestone Series
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Janis Joplin's friends and family talk about her final album,"Pearl."

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMUN, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
Remembering Eric Lowen of Lowen and Navarro
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Dan Navarro and Eric Lowen
Eric Lowen of the singing/songwriting duo Lowen and Navarro died March 23rd, 2012 at the age of 60 after an extended experience with Lou Gehrig's d...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2012
  • Length: 19:19