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Choral music often consists of centuries-old compositions. But one local group—the Singers Minnesota Choral Artists—has premiered more 70 new compo...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 06:03
Every once in a while, producer Nancy Rosenbaum goes out and sings together with strangers. The point isn’t to rehearse or perform or even to sing ...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 05:11
Little G Weevil is a Hungarian-born Blues musician living in Kennesaw, Georgia. When he talks, you know he had to come from Budapest. But when he s...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WABE
- Added: Jan 20, 2015
- Length: 07:05
- Purchases: 3
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
Made in the Transom traveling workshop:
Welding large metal structures takes its toll on an aging sculptor. What's an artist's retirement plan?
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 03:59
As part of my exploration of musicians who live in the vicinity of Nevada City, California I visited the home of Maggie McKaig and Luke Wilson. Tog...
Bought by KVMR
- Added: Sep 30, 2014
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 1
We're picking up the thread of a long conversation with Gunther Schuller. He’s the man who first mapped a Third Stream of “jazzical” music between ...
- Added: Mar 25, 2014
- Length: 33:10
- Purchases: 4
Little G Weevil is a Hungarian-born Blues musician living in Kennesaw, Georgia. When he talks, you know he had to come from Budapest. But when he s...
Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WABE, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 08:25
- Purchases: 5
From Paradise City to Death Valley, Lisa Lipton drummed her way around North America in search of the Impossible Blue Rose
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 06:59
Halifax based artist Will Robinson is trying to play a library like a record.
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 06:04
Is there such a thing as true silence?
Bought by KALW, WZEN.org, WRIR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., HowSound and more
- Added: Jul 10, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
Tom Bills creates custom guitars in his basement shop near St. Louis. Hear the sounds of the guitar-making process as well as stories of his most f...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 25:37
- Purchases: 1
The music of Pittsburgh's own rockers, The Harlan Twins, rings true, "I can't be blue in Bloomfield."
- Added: May 09, 2013
- Length: 07:33
How do musicians come up with the scores for Hollywood blockbuster films? Mark Graham, seasoned music preparation supervisor, reveals the hectic be...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 07:02
Teenagers of the modern United States focus primarily on their own society's music and traditions. Brandon decided to deviate from this social norm...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 05:29
- Purchases: 1
Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, LORRAINE GORDON. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn abou...
Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, KJZX-Austin and more
- Added: Jan 04, 2013
- Length: 03:27
- Purchases: 12
The Brussels Choral Society has over 120 members from 26 nationalities, and has been performing since 1979. In this feature, reporter Alison Turner...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 12:50
Synesthesia is a rare neurological condition. It usually involves the involuntary coupling together of two unrelated sensory or cognitive experienc...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 23, 2012
- Length: 09:38
- Purchases: 1
Producer Dmae Roberts embarks on a one-hour exploration of what makes Portland, OR a creative haven for artists, performers, writers and media peop...
- Added: Dec 13, 2011
- Length: 59:01
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
Profiles the work of electronic artist Roland Sebastian Faber, with music from his latest release 'Gropiusstadt'.
- Added: Jan 24, 2010
- Length: 10:20
San Antonio is home to underground music mecca--an understated cinderblock shrine on the banks of the San Antonio river--Taco Land.
- Added: Dec 14, 2009
- Length: 08:24
- Purchases: 2
Every year at Yale, 14 male seniors are tapped to sing in an elite a cappella group called the Whiffenpoofs. Their repertoire ranges from Cole Port...
- Added: Dec 02, 2009
- Length: 05:22
Wilma Pang, Professor at San Francisco City College, shares the influence of Chinese opera, a rapidly-disappearing art form, wherever she can. Pan...
- Added: Apr 15, 2009
- Length: 04:58
- Added: Aug 26, 2008
- Length: 35:12
