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The very first rock billboard arrived on the strip fifty years ago, just in time for the Summer of Love. It was the brainchild of Elektra Records...
Bought by KALW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WOUB
- Added: Jul 10, 2017
- Length: 05:12
- Purchases: 4
Mosques here are generally identified by sect, you have, say, the Sunni Mosque, the Shia Mosque, the Sufi Mosque. But the Islamic Cultural Center o...
- Added: Feb 05, 2015
- Length: 07:52
Twelve dancers -- men and women all dressed in black rehearsal clothes -- move with fierce and graceful undulations through the space. They dance t...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 09:04
- Purchases: 1
It has been more than 50 years since a small recording company moved into the old Capitol Movie theater on East McLemore Avenue, and took the name ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 20, 2013
- Length: 04:37
- Purchases: 1
One of America’s greatest composers was Aaron Copland, who wrote among other things, an opera called The Tender Land, which premiered at the New Yo...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 11, 2013
- Length: 06:31
- Purchases: 3
The groundbreaking soundtrack of "The Descendants," marks the first time a Hollywood movie has ever been scored entirely with Hawaiian music.
It fe...
- Added: Feb 17, 2012
- Length: 07:17
Producer Rebecca Lavoie talks with singer-songwriter Mike Doughty about his unusually interactive presence on social media sites, the new narrative...
- Added: Feb 10, 2011
- Length: 08:06
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
- Added: Mar 11, 2008
- Length: 09:53
- Purchases: 1
Ever since Lyle Ritz recorded the world's first jazz ukulele album in 1957, he earned the title, "Father of Jazz Ukulele." He was also a bass play...
Bought by PRX Remix, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and WYSO
- Added: Aug 07, 2007
- Length: 09:02
- Purchases: 3
Producer Frank Browning visits an Irish town where economic prosperity has locals wondering how to move forward while keeping their traditions intact.
- Added: Jul 06, 2006
- Length: 10:36
The history of Chuck Berry and rock & roll.
Bought by KWMU St. Louis, 90.5 WSNC, WHQR, and Public Radio East
- Added: Jan 05, 2005
- Length: 07:16
- Purchases: 4
