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Is it possible to make “music” from “noise”? Is it possible to enjoy it? Randy Wenner reports on an experimental music genre making a comeback of s...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 04:13
- Purchases: 2
Musician and legendary innovator, Afrika Bambaataa, discusses the origin and legacy of hip-hop. [13:35]
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Feb 20, 2014
- Length: 13:35
- Purchases: 1
Not only was Washington, D.C., the site of The Beatles' first full North American concert in 1964... It was also the first North American city to a...
- Added: Feb 07, 2014
- Length: 09:45
The Mummers Day Parade is as quintessentially South Philadelphia as Ben Franklin or Willy Penn, a Philly cheese steak or Italian water ice.
It’s un...
- Added: Dec 13, 2013
- Length: 23:29
One of the best loved tunes around is Bonaparte’s Retreat. But why? Is it the title? The melody? Lyle Lofgren and Phil Nusbaum seek a solution to t...
- Added: Nov 24, 2013
- Length: 12:00
The Bay Area is known for inspiring all kinds of great music, especially in the 60s and 70s when groups like Creedence Clearwater and the Grateful ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2013
- Length: 09:41
Can you name California’s State Song? Are you even aware that California has a State Song? Well, it does, and it used to be sung widely at special ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2013
- Length: 10:47
Afrika Bambaataa's vinyl archive was on display for one month in New York City.
- Added: Aug 22, 2013
- Length: 12:04
- Purchases: 2
A guitar-shaped building in Bristol, TN gives a glimpse into the roots of country and bluegrass in the region.
- Added: Aug 15, 2013
- Length: 20:18
A half-hour music-rich documentary on Liberace and the former Liberace Museum. His story is told using historical clips from Liberace himself in pe...
Bought by WORT, KFAI Minneapolis, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 29:42
- Purchases: 3
Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 03:58
Step into the world of Alan Lomax, his archives, and his legacy - The Association of Cultural Equity. Featuring interviews with his daughter Anna ...
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 05:38
Marfa Public Radio's Joe Nick Patoski, Willie Nelson biographer and host of the Texas Music Hour of Power, looks back on the life and career of the...
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 56:36
Steven Spielberg’s recent film Lincoln stirred up a lot of talk about what history sounded like. Spielberg even recorded one of President Lincoln’s...
Bought by KENW and Radio Newark
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
A common historical myth is that Native Americans were an “oral people” who didn't engage in literacy. But one scholar argues that Native Americans...
Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and WFHB
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...
- Added: Mar 15, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 20, 2012
- Length: 12:53
- Purchases: 1
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
For the second week of February (2/9): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a performer who blended a variety of ethnic infl...
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the third week of August (8/19): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who conquered Nashville on her own terms.
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the last week of May (5/31): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a keyboard player who was part of Texas music royalty
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the fourth week of May (5/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texas singer who was as popular abroad as he is he...
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:30
For the third week of May (5/15): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who managed to turn lemons into lemonade.
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of March (3/7): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the states most gifted songwriters who went ...
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the last week of December (12/28): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a self-proclaimed white trash musician who helpe...
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
