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Country Fried Rock #1319: Browan Lollar
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Browan Lollar, Credit: Official Press Photo
After 6 years with Jason Isbell's band, The 400 Unit, the Muscle Shoals-based guitar player left music to focus on painting album art. Within a co...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, KKRN, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 29, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Diva on Oxygen: The Esther England Story
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Esther England
Esther England was good at everything she did. Singing opera around the world, teaching university students who wanted to be her, doing that even a...

  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 09:40
The Americana Minute: Daniel Romano's "Come Cry With Me"
From: Michael Verity
Series: The Americana Minute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A :60 review of Daniel Romano's "Come Cry With Me"

  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Bud Powell
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Bud Powell
As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
KUT's Views and Brews: Benny Goodman and The Art of Intersection
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Benny Goodman
In this Views and Brews Remix feature on Benny Goodman host Rebecca McInroy and Rabbi Neil Blumofe engage in a spirited discussion about Goodman's ...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
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
John Fullbright on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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We sat down and talked with John Fullbright in front of a LIVE audience at the 2012 Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.

Bought by WRNC-LP


  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Part 1 - Hip-hop Artist One Be Lo talks Music, Youth, and Empowerment.
From: Noah Chandler
Series: Imagine 2050 Podcast
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Part 1 of an interview with indie- hip-hop artist, One Be Lo.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
More Than Just A Song
From: WHJE
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That song comes on. You listen to it and suddenly this unwarranted emotional reaction happens and you are taken to another world, happy or sad.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Toshiko Akiyoshi
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Credit: Amanda Brown
"The fact is my parents lost all of their assets. If I didn't have something (I was) really into, in my case was piano and jazz, I think it would h...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 2
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
JazzStories: Gretchen Parlato
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Vocalist and songwriter Gretchen Parlato's music is introspective and crafted with a knowing touch. Winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocalis...

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


  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 15:06
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: George Wein
From: Murray Street Productions
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George Wein, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, has created countless festivals worldwide and can be connected to every important jazz musician ...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 15:27
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Benny Golson
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"...This country lookin' guy was standing there in the door, waiting for me to tell him what to do. So I said, 'play something!' He took out his ...

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


  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 19:40
  • Purchases: 4
Voicebox: Turntable Fable
From: VoiceBox
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Peter Varshavsky of Porto Franco Records and Avi Ehrlich of Springman Records present a candid view of the highs and lows of running a record label...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
JazzStories: Todd Barkan Part II
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Todd Barkan
"One of the greatest joys I have had in my musical career has been providing employment for musicians, actually handing them [work]. Now I hand th...

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


  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 19:52
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Erica von Kleist
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Erica von Kleist
“Essentially Ellington…really made me feel like I could be part of something bigger, musically. Meeting all these other young people from around th...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Natalie Merchant
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Natalie Merchant discusses her love of poetry. [24 :27]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 24:38
  • Purchases: 1
Radiohead's Thom Yorke on Wankers & Confronting Who You Are
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Thom Yorke, lead singer and songwriter for the band Radiohead, tackles the challenges that just about everyone faces: confronting who you are and ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
MARLEY -- Ziggy Marley Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ziggy Marley, Half Moon Bay, CA 4/19/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ziggy Marley talks reggae, filmmaking, and overcoming fear.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 08:06
JazzStories: Gary Burton and Julian Lage
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"There’s an interesting thing that happens. You prepare a piece. You rehearse it. It sounds perfect...And you go out and play it on the first night...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 16:42
  • Purchases: 4
Moments with Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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4 Moments with legendary drummer and NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR, WART FM and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 11
JazzStories: Percy Heath
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"There’s a certain thing on the bandstand that every now and then – not every night, not every composition – there comes a point when the collectiv...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 15:31
  • Purchases: 5
JazzStories: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Doug Wamble
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“The essential ingredient of jazz is listening. And then the response... and out of that something unexpected comes rather than some fulfillment of...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:29
  • Purchases: 4