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05: Florasonic

From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds

Walk through the Experimental Sound Studio's Florasonic installation in the new episode.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Nov 29, 2012
Length: 10:33
Purchases: 1

Episode # 30 - Castaway: Robert Moody

From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs

On October 29, 2012 Robert Moody, Music Director of the Portland Symphony Orchestra became our 30th castaway on "Desert Island Discs". Robert has ...

Added: Nov 07, 2012
Length: 01:28:57

This Week in Texas Music History: Gale Storm

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the fourth week of June (6/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a performer who was a real force of nature.

Added: Jul 30, 2012
Length: 01:40

This Week in Texas Music History: Roberto Pulido

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the first week of March (3/1): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an eager student of music who went on to mentor many...

Added: Jul 30, 2012
Length: 01:48

This Week in Texas Music History: Julius Hemphill

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the first week of April (4/2): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a late bloomer who went on to become one of the stat...

Added: Jul 30, 2012
Length: 01:40

Beat Pedaler

From: vanessa lowe

Beat Pedaler is an in-depth exploration of rapper, inventor and educator Paul Freedman’s passion for bike culture.

Bought by KDNK, KUNM, KVSC, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRIR and more

Added: Jun 25, 2012
Length: 30:01
Purchases: 24

Soundtracking "The Descendants" With "Real" Hawaiian Music

From: Heidi Chang

Caption: Gabby Pahinui (center), playing music in his backyard with Leland “Atta” Isaacs (left), and his sons – Phillip, Cyril and Martin Pahinui (from left to right). , Credit: Photo courtesy of the Pahinui Ohana.

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

Ladino Hanukah Songs Shed Light on Endangered Language of Jews

From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Ladino: The Endangered Language of the Spanish Jews

Caption: Rivka Amado performs Ladino songs at the Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living in Danville, California., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller

As the candles of Hanukah connect Jews around the world, holiday songs in Ladino shine a light on a language UNESCO rates as “severely endangered.”...

Bought by KSFR, KUPR low power FM, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WTIP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more

Added: Nov 27, 2011
Length: 04:24
Purchases: 7

The Mikie Show #42, Glenn

From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show

Episode forty-two welcomes back our friend, psychotherapist Glenn Berger, PhD. This is his fourth visit with us and as always it’s great to have hi...

Bought by KUT

Added: Oct 11, 2011
Length: 28:03
Purchases: 1

The Audiophiles: Take a "listen" to the world around you at the Exploratorium

From: KALW

Caption: The Bicycle Wheel Harp at the “Sound – Hearing” exhibit at the SF Exploratorium., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Exploratorium

So far in KALW News’ series of conversations about sound, we’ve taken you to the planetarium of the California Academy of Sciences, and to the uniq...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jun 06, 2011
Length: 07:12
Purchases: 1

Mike Doughty Talks Social Media, Addiction, and Songwriting

From: New Hampshire Public Radio

Caption: Mike Doughty, Credit: Deborah Lopez

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

The Mikie Show #29, Glenn Three

From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show

Join us as we once again chat with our friend psychotherapist Dr. Glenn Berger. This time we discuss the world’s most popular topic: love. Yes, it ...

Bought by KUT

Added: Jan 11, 2011
Length: 28:03
Purchases: 1

Malian Griot

From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio

This week the Global Guru goes to Mali to learn the art of a griot, where storyteller, historian, political advisor, detective and genealogist are ...

Bought by WABE, WTIP, and PRX Remix

Added: Dec 16, 2010
Length: 03:00
Purchases: 3

The Mikie Show #27, Rebecca

From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show

Join us for a conversation with choreographer and dance artist Rebecca Davis. She takes dance performance to new and different levels, using sculpt...

Bought by KUT

Added: Dec 14, 2010
Length: 28:03
Purchases: 1

Impact of Ancient Greece

From: Richard Paul

Where Ancient Greece appears in modern culture.

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

Added: Dec 14, 2010
Length: 15:23
Purchases: 3

The Mikie Show # 26, Fionntan

From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show

Did you know there might be a negative curvature surrounding us that we can’t see? We find out about that and other interesting things during our c...

Bought by KUT

Added: Nov 24, 2010
Length: 28:04
Purchases: 1

Still Hungry After All These Years: Musicians Sing for Neighbors' Supper

From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River

Caption: Jan Luby at Stone Soup Coffeehouse , Credit: Rhonda Miller

Musicians in America's smallest state are kicking off a year-long project called Singing for Your Supper: The Rhode Island Hunger Project. The goal...

Bought by WDBM

Added: Oct 17, 2010
Length: 03:45
Purchases: 1

Ice Drip

From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses

the sound of ice dripping

Bought by PRX to iTunes

Added: Jul 19, 2010
Length: 02:20
Purchases: 1

One Man Dancing Creates Cajun Zydeco Festivals

From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River

Caption: Cajun Zydeco festival producer Franklin Zawacki dances with Delilah Lee Lewis. She is a member of the Cajun band The Creole Belles., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller

The footprints of Franklin Zawacki are on the ground at Cajun and Zydeco festivals he produced in California and New England for three decades. Zaw...

Added: May 11, 2010
Length: 04:18

Sound Kapital And Beijing's Rock Rebellion

From: Avishay Artsy

Caption: A photo of the Beijing rock band Hedgehog, taken from the book "Sound Kapital.", Credit: Matthew Niederhauser

A look at a fast-changing China through the lens of youth culture and rock music.

Added: May 03, 2010
Length: 06:59

Jon Hopkins's Quaint Electronica

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

You may not know Jon Hopkins, but you’ve heard him on albums by Coldplay, Massive Attack, Imogen Heap and Brian Eno. On Coldplay’s Viva La Vida or...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Mar 25, 2010
Length: 03:30
Purchases: 1

Kronos Quartet: Four Decades of Breaking the String Quartet Rules

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

Caption: Kronos Quartet, Credit: Michael Wilson

In the world of string quartets there is before and after Kronos, the ensemble that revolutionized the form, playing new music from Steve Reich to...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KZMU Moab Community Radio

Added: Mar 04, 2010
Length: 03:30
Purchases: 2

Crazy Heart Author Thomas Cobb Not The Weary Kind With Novel In Spotlight

From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River

Caption: Crazy Heart author Thomas Cobb is a professor at Rhode Island College., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller

With Crazy Heart winning Academy Awards for best actor and best original song, Rhode Island author Thomas Cobb says the seeds of his book were pla...

Added: Feb 25, 2010
Length: 04:00

Fiddle-icious

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Ordinarily, if you want to perform with an orchestra you have to have years of musical experience and you have to go through a rigorous audition pr...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, and KUT