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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
Detroit punk band, ahead of its time
From: Michigan Radio
Caption: Hackney Brothers, Credit: Facebook
In the mid 1970s, three teenage brothers from Detroit formed a band. That’s not exactly an unusual story. Motown history is full of bands that made...

Bought by WDBM, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
The Elusive Digital Stradivarius
From: David Schulman
Caption: Data from 12 different locations let violinmaker Joseph Curtin digitize a violin's sonic fingerprint., Credit: David Schulman
The sound of a fine acoustic violin is deviously hard to mimic. But a leading maker now has a digital prototype designed to sound the equal of a St...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, Troy Public Radio, Hark! and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 17
Audio Postcard: Zombie Fest. DIY punk show in Kazakhstan
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Generation Putin
Caption: Zombie Fest, Credit: Alex Stonehill, The Seattle Globalist
Audio postcard from DIY punk music festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
KUT's Views and Brews: Miles Davis and the Making of Kind of Blue
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Kind of Blue
As part of KUT’s Views and Brews series we engaged in a spirited discussion about Miles, his music, his relationships with his musicians, and the g...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 1
It may not sound like medicine...
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The growing field of music therapy found recent success in the treatment of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Her therapists sang or played...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 3
Indie on Demand Reviews HIT SO HARD
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A review of the rock documentary about Hole drummer Patty Schemel.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
MORE About Animals in the News (UPDATE/REMIX 2012)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: 'Sugar' the Cat
A "newsical" overview of the news media craze for stories about animals, our own personal relationships with animals and my own experience as a per...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2012
  • Length: 56:21
"You're Not Getting Older, You're Gettting ......"
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This "newsical" program is an informal survey of pop culture myths and popular music misconceptions about getting older...by a veteran of Pacifica ...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 54:53
  • Purchases: 1
Dancing Into Death
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River
Caption: Rodolfo Akel in the kitchen at West Hartford Town Hall during a dance., Credit: Courtesy of Sheila Browne
None of us knows when our heart will beat its last beat. For Rodolfo Akel that last beat came on the dance floor. Friends in the Cajun and Zydeco d...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:25
Classical Music in 60 Seconds: Starting Beethoven's 5th
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Classical Music in 60 Seconds(tm)
Caption: Roy Goodman
Roy Goodman answers the age old question about the famous first four notes of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: :59
The Real Story of the Buena Vista Social Club
From: Reese Erlich
Caption: poster in Havana, Cuba, Credit: (c) 2008 Julia Adame
Most people think the Buena Vista musicians were impoverished and forgotten prior to the release of their CD. In this 54:00 documentary, Reese Erli...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Radio New Zealand, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Orb: Re-entering the Ultraworld
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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The ambient house pioneers The Orb talk about their sample and slice journey.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
Jamshied Sharifi: Persian moods and vocal ecstacy
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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His CD "One" brings global vocal traditions together

  • Added: Jun 04, 2008
  • Length: 03:32
Will Shade Tribute
From: WKNO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Will Shade, founder of the popular Memphis Jug Band, buried in a pauper's grave had no headstone, until 2008.

  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
Your Brain On Music
From: WHPC
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Studies show that many areas of your brain process music.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:04
That's My Song: Sex (I'm a...)
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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How a song by New Wave band Berlin, and a generous act by their lead singer, helped a young lesbian feel she wasn't alone.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 25, 2006
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
Style Warz: an underground M.C. battle from the inside out
From: Aaron Henkin
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A look at Baltimore's preeminent M.C. competition, Style Warz, from the perspective of the rappers who square off in front of a live audience to do...

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 1
File Sharing Vox Pop
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mick Pratt, youth reporter, filed this vox-pop, featuring teen opinions on file sharing.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 04:13