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Remember the Time
From: Song and Memory
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Remember the Time by Michael Jackson provides a soundtrack for Pascall's memory of being disciplined by his cousin.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Harrigan
From: Song and Memory
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A Brooklyn woman how on St. Patrick's Day her father and his friends from the neighborhood would sing a spirited rendition of the classic drinking ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Neighborhood, and WFUV


  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 5
Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu
From: Song and Memory
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The exhiled son of Ghana's former emir, king of the Muslim people, remembers the song his father listened to as he carried the burden of leading Gh...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, KCUR, and KZYX


  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 4
March 30: Great Celebrities/ Eric Clapton ( in Russian)
From: Alona Suvórova
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Birthday piece

  • Added: Mar 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:32
March 27: Great Celebrities/ Mstislav Rostropovich ( in Russian)
From: Alona Suvórova
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Birthday piece

  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 03:39
Flat Footing
From: With Good Reason
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For Brenda Joyce, flatfooting is a family affair... and an award-winning one at that.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:30
The Last Letter
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song
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Music historian Bill C. Malone recalls his family gathering around their first radio to listen to old country songs like "The Last Letter."

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WMPG, and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 3
Man in the Bed
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song
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Songwriter Dave Alvin describes his song "Man in the Bed" which tells the story of the last day of his father's life.

Bought by KZYX, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, Hearing Voices and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2005
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 8
Bells of Ireland
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song
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Rosalie Sorrels sings about the gardens her two Irish grandmothers used to keep, and how the flowers they grew were a reflection of their very diff...

Bought by WKNO


  • Added: Dec 02, 2005
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
All Coming Years of Peaceful Love
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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The history of the twentieth century told through a love story, a mandolin, and an 81-year-old husband?s guide to good sex?

Bought by WRNC-LP, KUT, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:18
  • Purchases: 7
The Bed and Bannock
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Most people move out of their parent's home as part of growing up. For Shae Morin coming home was exactly what he needed to do.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 13:22
  • Purchases: 1
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
Home Planet:I Sang a Song for Her
From: Spokane Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An old bluegrass standard, "Who will sing for me?" brings back memories of a life on the road.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 04:59
A Cowboy Christmas
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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A musical and poetic celebration of the Christmas holiday from the open ranges of America's outback.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KUAT, KETR-FM, High Plains Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2005
  • Length: 54:24
  • Purchases: 83
Sad Happy Birthday
From: Pete Mills
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sad Happy Birthday Voicemail

  • Added: Jun 07, 2005
  • Length: :32
The Change In Farming
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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This story by Adam Goddard, a Toronto-based composer, is a celebration of the life and character of his grandfather.

Bought by WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, KCUR, KGLT, WMPG and more


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 6
My Dad's Records
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Kent Hoffman draws an intimate portrait of his late father through the memories triggered by an inherited record collection.

Bought by XRAY.fm, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 7
A Mother's Symphony
From: Muriel Murch
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Could this be how we first become aware of otherness?

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Oct 29, 2004
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
Songs to Make You Smile
From: WRYR 97.5 FM
Series: What Will We Hear Today?
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Upbeat intro for new listeners to What Will We Hear Today? children's music series

  • Added: Oct 22, 2004
  • Length: 57:21
That's My Song: Under Pressure
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
Series: That's My Song
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One boy's bittersweet association with a David Bowie song.

Bought by KALW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KUOW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2004
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 8
The Miseducation of Josh Frank
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A teenager decides to give up his social life to play the trumpet.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 10:09
  • Purchases: 2

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