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Blues File: The Blues Transformed
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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a look at challenging efforts to produce the blues form in new ways

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KFOK-LPFM, KFOK-LPFM, WEFT and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 9
"In Other Words, Townes Van Zandt"
From: KUT
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A personal, in-depth profile of legendary singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt

Bought by Prairie Public, Radio New Zealand, KGLT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 19
Interviews from Strawberry Fields: John Lennon Fans From Around the Globe Reflect on the 25th Anniversary of the Singer's Death
From: Edward Meagher
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An interview with Lennon fans at Strawberry Fields, the memorial in New York's Central Park. Set to Lennon's "Imagine," the piece features intervi...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Imagination is the Instrument of Compassion
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Of the many books which have appeared in new genre which has been called ?post-9/11 fiction? one of the most striking is Jonathan Safran Foer?s ?Ex...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 30, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds
From: Peter Crimmins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Beach Boys regain hip cred with Pet Sounds.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 08:20
The Dive
From: Peter Crimmins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Family mourns skydiving death of father through art.

Bought by KUT and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 07:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Mighty Wurlitzer!
From: Peter Crimmins
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Demonstration of the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:53
Language is an Antibiotic
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
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Stories and poems about a personal relationship with words.

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 1
Voice Box and Flute
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
Caption: CBC Radio's Outfront, Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/91545223@N00/2743081060/">Benson Kua</a>
Sarah Green was a professional flute player who came to learn that she had ALS.

Bought by WTIP and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:29
  • Purchases: 2
Blues File: Sidemen take center stage
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Blues File: a look at Blues sidemen becoming band leaders

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of "The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 6
The Third Unheard: Connecticut's Hip-Hop History
From: Derek John
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A long forgotten hip-hop scene is unearthed in the unlikeliest of places.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 29, 2005
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: Jelly Roll Morton Complete Library of Congress Recordings
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Jelly Roll Morton "The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KHNS, WEFT, WQJC and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 7
Dear Piano
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Dear Piano is a musical conversation, a duet perhaps, and certainly a love story.

Bought by WTIP, KXOT Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 12:35
  • Purchases: 3
Dave Douglas: Redemption Song for "Fatty"
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Jazz artist pays tribute to silent film star

  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 04:37
Blues File: Hard Time Killin' Floor, Skip James & Son House
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of CD "Hard Time Killin' Floor"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 7
Musicians on the Record: Buddy Guy
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Blues man Buddy Guy reflects on his favorite album, B.B King's "Live at the Regal".

Bought by Musicians' Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KDLG, Prairie Public, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 5
Handcrafting Mandolins
From: With Good Reason
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A visit to the workshop of master instrument-maker Gerald Anderson as he works alongside his luthier apprentice, award-winning musician Spencer Str...

Bought by KPVL and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians on the Record: Matisyahu
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Matisyahu performs reggae and hip-hop. He's also a Hasidic Jew. As a teenager, Matis found spiritual sustenance in an album by the jam band Phish.

Bought by KWCW and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 2
Eddie Palmieri
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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Latin Jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri explains how he fuses jazz and Latin

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WEKU, 90.5 WSNC, and KGOU


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 4
Coleman Hawkins
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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Reinventing the saxophone, a musical look back at the life of Coleman Hawkins

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, Marfa Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and KGOU


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 4
Chucho Valdes
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes excells in playing Latin, jazz and even classical

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and KGOU


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 2
Dave Douglas
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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Dave Douglas blasts his trumpet for great jazz and social justice

Bought by WEKU, 90.5 WSNC, and KGOU


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 3
Musicians on the Record: Nanci Griffith
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Austin based artist Nanci Griffith says Bruce Springsteen's "Tunnel of Love" helped her recover from a broken relationship.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KUT


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians on the Record: The Decemberists
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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The Decemberist's frontman, Colin Meloy, says he discovered anyone could make music when he heard "Psychocandy" by The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KWCW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 2

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