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Up Close And Acoustic with Arielle Silver
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Arielle Silver, Credit: Arielle Silver Music Facebook
Arielle Silver, based out of Burbank California, is a singer/songwriter of the highest caliber. Maybe it's an innate ability, maybe it comes down t...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Aug 20, 2022
  • Length: 56:28
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with Jessica Graae
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Jessica Graae by Carolyn Miller, Credit: Jessica's Facebook
What do you get when you blend a folk-rock style with classical training? You get Jessica Graae! Her latest album is 'Wild River', and to me, many ...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:10
Suprabhatam (Auspicious Dawn)
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Most of us around the world wake up to alarm clocks or the clock radio turning on. For decades thousands and thousands of Indians around the world...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Esperanza Spalding: Emily’s D+ Evolution
From: Anny Celsi
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Jazz musician Esperanza Spalding took up the violin at age five, was a concertmaster at fifteen and graduated from the Berklee School of Music at a...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 06:51
Genya Ravan, 'Rock And Roll Refugee,' Has Stories To Fill Two Lifetimes
From: Allyson McCabe
Caption: Genya Ravan (left) and director Chris Henry on the set of Rock and Roll Refugee, a new off-Broadway play about Ravan's early life in music. , Credit: Shannon Rednour/Courtesy of the artist
She came to this country as a refugee from post-war Europe; learned English listening to the radio; and before long, heard herself on it. She star...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 06:27
A musician, going deaf, fights for a life in music
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Sandy Mix teaches piano to Diane Wilson., Credit: Rachel Wong
From the moment Sandy Mix wakes up in the morning, she is thinking about music. Over coffee, she plans the day’s lessons.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 2
Bay Area Beats: The songstresses of Yesway and their first full-length album
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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Emily Ritz and Kacey Johansing are best friends. They were both in separate bands and living in Marin County when they decided to go on tour togeth...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Calling Voice - Moira Smiley and Voco
From: Anny Celsi
Caption: Voco performing live: April Guthrie, Moira Smiley, Sally Dworsky , Credit: Simone McSparran
VOCO sings folk music - but not the usual coffeehouse fare. It’s music that's steeped in generations of tradition, from far-off, tucked-away corner...

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 1
Eliane Elias bring Brazil to jazz
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: Elizne Elias
Vocalist and pianist Eliane Elias talks about growing up in Brazil and her career in jazz.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
Wendy & Lisa: Former Prince divas become heroic composers
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman came to renown in Prince's 1980s band, The Revolution, helping him compose the music of albums like Purple Rain. But...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Suzanne Polak Composer: Documentary
From: Don Maue
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Documentary of Original Music by Composer Suzanne Polak for Theatre

  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 14:53
Wu Man - Pipa player
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Famed pipa virtuoso Wu Man in her own words and her music

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, WCQS, WEKU, KCUR and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2003
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 7