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Appalachian Vibes featuring Casey Noel, A Jordan & Resonant Rogues
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
Caption: Appalachian Vibes , Credit: Amanda Bocchi
This week on Appalachian Vibes, my guest is Casey Noel, a Costa Rican Appalachian singer-songwriter from Greensboro NC-she reveals her latest singl...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:34
Matthew Decker: I Really Like to Paint a Picture With My Music in the Listener's Mind
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Matthew Decker, Credit: Shefik
Imagery - Matthew Decker is a recording artist from New York. He started his own label Matteo Mafia Records in 2012. His music is very different fr...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:16
Matthew Decker: Some Dreams Are Harder Than Others
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Matthew Decker, Credit: Shefik
Dreams - Matthew Decker is a recording artist from New York. He started his own label Matteo Mafia Records in 2012. His music is very different fro...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2021
  • Length: :59
1920's
From: George Harter
Series: A Night on the Town
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Likely the most historic decade in launching the Musical Comedy as an American art form; Showboat; The Gershwins & Cole Porter

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUPR low power FM, and WRR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 3
Music of the Philippines
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Listen to Philippine hits from the last thirty years of the last millenium...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:35:32
Ten From David: A David Bowie Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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Paul Ingles and NPR Music's Ann Powers host a survey of the music of British musician David Bowie, who died January 10, 2016 of cancer at 69.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KHNS, Prairie Public, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 57:52
  • Purchases: 38
Not Your Average Teen Composer
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Leila Mohaddes
Having fallen in love with the piano as a toddler, now as a teenager, Leila Mohaddes is composing her own music and transposing her songs for strin...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 05:06
John Coltrane’s “Offering: Live at Temple University”
From: Mark Gunnery
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Marc Steiner Show producer Mark Gunnery shares an appreciation and review of the latest John Coltrane release, Offering: Live at Temple University....

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Warren Wolf
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I did a lot of practicing with my dad. We were practicing five days a week Monday through Friday for 90 minutes a day starting at the age of 3 up ...

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


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 14:23
  • Purchases: 3
Hank Mobley
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Hank Mobley
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe illuminates the importance of those who will not settle for a glory in mediocrity, but who urge others to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Chris Potter
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"The music is not just the music. It's a reflection of how to live. I think I started out I just really liked the sound of the music and I had no i...

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


  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 20:34
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Michael Cuscuna
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I guess it was about 3rd or 4th grade that I got hooked on R & B and early rock & roll. I just became a fanatical record collector even at that ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 17:26
  • Purchases: 2
JazzStories: Reid Anderson
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit," in particular sounds like a modal jazz tune. That's one of the funniest things to me. It says so much about people's att...

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


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 16:32
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Stefon Harris
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"When I started to play jazz... I started in the middle. I wanted to play Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and all of that stuff first... When I started c...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Mary Halvorson
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I want to have clarity of ideas and I want to be able to execute ideas. So if I'm going to play something really sloppy, I want it to be sloppy on...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 18:32
  • Purchases: 2
JazzStories: Christian McBride
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I always thought of the acoustic bass as the quintessential jazz instrument... I knew that jazz meant cool, and hip, and on the cutting edge, and ...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 16:39
  • Purchases: 4
Sound, Art and Enchantment
From: Isabel Theriot
Caption: The Music Box art and sound installation
This radio documentary is about the Music Box art and sound installation located in the Bywater Neighborhood of New Orleans. It blends the sounds o...

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Vijay Iyer
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Vijay Iyer
"I kind of had a revelation once seeing him [Randy Weston] play live. It happened for me in a particular time in my life when I recently made the d...

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


  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 3
Americana Nueva
From: Sam Margolis
Caption: Comanchero - Boston-based Americana Jam Band
The Americana music scene is thriving in New England, with a growing fan base and musicians alike. Boston has been a particular hot spot, with a g...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Music of Roland Sebastian Faber
From: Iain Wilson
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Profiles the work of electronic artist Roland Sebastian Faber, with music from his latest release 'Gropiusstadt'.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2010
  • Length: 10:20
Scab Artist
From: Sean McCandless
Series: Shards
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A piece from the heart, surveying the urban mental landscape through the eyes of a "Scab Artist"

Bought by BSR Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 05, 2007
  • Length: 18:07
  • Purchases: 2
Cullen Anderson; Come On Home
From: Ryan Smith
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6 minute thought provoking piece on local musician...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2007
  • Length: 06:00
Music from the Nortec Collective reflects life on the border
From: KPBS
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Electronic musicians from the Nortec Collective talk about how life on the border influenced their music. The piece has music weaved throughout.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 13, 2006
  • Length: 17:13
  • Purchases: 1
Aaron Copland and Agnes De Mille
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Composer Aaron Copland and choreographer Agnes de Mille speak about the relationship between music and dance. (1958)

Bought by WUAL and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 2
Aaron Copland - Movie
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Composer Aaron Copland predicts professional legitimacy for “movie music.” (1958)

Bought by WKMS, WUAL, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3