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Sergei Rachmaninoff's 150th Birthday
From: Wind & Rhythm
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Which famous Russian composer was born on April 1st, 1873? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we play the music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, with selecti...

Bought by WRTI, WQCS, GCR (Global Community Radio), Interlochen Public Radio, WBAA and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 11
Full Moon Hacksaw #1881 (Hour 1 & 2) - 02/16/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We don’t often go to fusion jazz on purpose, but it happens in a few places this episode from Full Moon Hacksaw headquarters. Pete Escovedo plays t...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KHNS, WOUB, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WKAR and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:03
  • Purchases: 8
In Memoriam 2022
From: WBJB
Series: In Memoriam
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A look at the musicians we lost in 2022.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:03
Colombia and Tango
From: Classic107.3
Series: Tango with Cally
Caption: Colombian Artist Botero
The people of Colombia love Tango and have honored Carlos Gardel's legacy since his tragic death there in 1935.

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: Gena Gear and Ryan Walz
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Gena Gear and Ryan Walz at their StoryCorps interview in Minneapolis, MN, on May 5, 2022.
Gena Gear and her son, Ryan Walz, remember Army Sergeant First Class Jodi Walz, a Desert Storm veteran who served as a trumpet player in the United...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 03:02
AG 22-19: Mink Jazz: Peggy Lee In The 1960s, 5/2/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week on Afterglow, our spotlight is on Miss Peggy Lee, with a closer look at the 1960s, a time when her music and persona became more sleek, r...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Requiem (For Tommy Morse)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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A memoriam for a friend, for all those who've been taken from us too soon, and for everyone dealing with unimaginable sadness

  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
Island City Block Party 2021: Dark Bunny
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed we went to the Island City Block Party to hear more from Dark Bunny. Dark Bunny, would describe their music as "dr...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 32:05
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Historias: Carmencristina Moreno and Rosemary Selzer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Carmencristina Moreno and her sister, Rosemary Selzer, remember their father, songwriter Luis M. Moreno, and the bittersweet legacy he left behind.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
In Memoriam 2020
From: WBJB
Series: In Memoriam
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A look at the musicians we lost in 2020.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 20, 2020
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 1
Humbird in Studio
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Humbird live in the KQAL studio. Original air date: 05/15/20.

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 21:36
In Memoriam 2019
From: WBJB
Series: In Memoriam
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at the musicians we lost in 2019.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 57:44
#19-21 Chanticleer: Heart of a Soldier
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Chanticleer: Heart of a Soldier

Bought by KPOV, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: May 20, 2019
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Rodger McDaniel
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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At StoryCorps in Laramie, Wyoming, Rodger McDaniel came into the booth to remember his father and how finding a family treasure helped him see his ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 05:58
Maxine A Voice From The Past
From: Glen Lasley
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This Is The Voice Of Maxine Who Past Away In 2008

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1
Hector Berlioz, Part 2
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Hector Berlioz, Credit: Josef Kriehuber
More from the complete works of Berlioz out on Warner Classics.

Bought by KMUN, KWAX, WETS, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVNO and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
A Voice From The Past, Okie
From: Glen Lasley
Series: Recording
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The Voice Of Jim Adams(Okie)

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2018
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1620 (Hour 1 & 2) 02/15/2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Positive circumstances took me to the south in 1998, but it was Sonny Payne who showed me the ropes once I got there. Memphis and the Sun Studio w...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WEJP-LP 107.1, WMOT, WVBI-LP, WJSU and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 9
The 2017 Musician Memorial Hour
From: Paul Ingles
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Some of the prominent popular musicians who passed away in 2017 are celebrated in a one-hour special hosted by public radio music historian Paul In...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WVAS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KDUR and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
Connecting With a Once Shunned Finnish Past Through Song
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Diane Jarvi, Credit: Courtesy of Diane Jarvi
Finnish immigrants to Minnesota often faced discrimination. Many were radicals. To avoid the "Dirty Finn" label, some Finns shunned their heritage....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 1
Women's History Month: Jazz Guitarist Emily Remler: A Musical Remembrance
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A one-hour program focusing on the work of female jazz guitarist Emily Remler. Great for Women's History Month!

Bought by WNMU-FM, WKMS, KMUW, WCPN, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 15
170429 The South - New Orleans Removes It's Confederacy Statues
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Chess Records' first release was a disastrous Tibbs Brother song expressing displeasure with the then recently deceased racist Mississippi Governor...

  • Added: May 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:08:20
Suicide Prevention Day
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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In honor of Suicide Prevention Day, Rock School discusses suicide throughout the music industry.

Bought by KSKQ, WOUB, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, WYAP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Adam Burrows
From: WNJR
Series: acousticSongs LIVE! from WNJR studios
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Adam Burrows on acousticSongs LIVE! from WNJR.org

  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 58:05
Georgia State Poet Laureate Judson Mitcham
From: New Letters on the Air
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Georgia State Poet Laureate Judson Mitcham shares stories about some of his influences, including the late poets Richard Hugo, William Stafford and...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1