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Neil Feather's Musical Chop Shop
From: Aaron Henkin
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If a musical instrument and a household appliance were thrown together into a particle accelerator, Neil Feather's music would be the result.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: Nov 03, 2004
  • Length: 10:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tokyo "All Aboard" Melodies
From: Andy Raskin
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Melodies heard on Tokyo train platforms.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KUT-HD, KTNA and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2004
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 7
Hassidic (yes, Hassidic) Reggae
From: Aaron Henkin
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Matisyahu is a Hassidic Jew, and the front man for his own reggae band.

Bought by KBBI Alaska, PRX, KZUM, KCUR, Audible and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2004
  • Length: 12:48
  • Purchases: 6
The Organ Builder
From: Aaron Henkin
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A a pipe organ builder discusses the theatre of a religious ceremony, and misses his days as a performing organist.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: Aug 25, 2004
  • Length: 12:23
  • Purchases: 1
Alpendub
From: monika mueller
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New Twist on Germanic Alpine Music

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2004
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
Hungry March Band
From: Trent Wolbe
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Profile of Hungry March Band, a 23-piece marching band from Brooklyn.

Bought by WZBC and KUT


  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
Hypermusic
From: 800 lb. Productions
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MIT professor and inventor is turning music on its ear

Bought by WMBR, WUNC, and WZBC


  • Added: Jul 12, 2004
  • Length: 12:30
  • Purchases: 3
How much longer will the bell toll.
From: David Barasoain
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A look at the tradition of bell ringing in England.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2004
  • Length: 06:45
Poncho Sanchez: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Even without a conga drum handy, a master of Latin Jazz finds a way to demonstrate the essence of the mambo.

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCUR, Public Interactive, KMHD and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2004
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 9
Sea Shanties
From: Raquel Maria Dillon
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Singing Sea Shanties by the Seashore

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: Feb 25, 2004
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Well-Rounded Radio Interview with Dan Zanes
From: Charles McEnerney
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Music and conversation with Dan Zanes, a musician performing traditional and original material for the whole family.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2004
  • Length: 29:02
Duane Jarvis' "Delicious"
From: Steven Rosenfeld
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Sound portrait of Duane Jarvis' "Delicious" CD

  • Added: Feb 21, 2004
  • Length: 12:34
Jay McShann's "Goin' to Kansas City"
From: Steven Rosenfeld
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Sound portrait of Jay McShann's 'Goin' to Kansas City" CD

  • Added: Feb 21, 2004
  • Length: 12:46
Roadway Renaissance Man
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Toll booth operators are not what they appear to be.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast, WMPG, WUAL, and WVPE


  • Added: Feb 14, 2004
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 4
Transmitter of Things
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Angus plays experimental glass music.

Bought by KGOU and KTUH


  • Added: Feb 14, 2004
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 2
Steve Forbert's "Any Old Time"
From: Steven Rosenfeld
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Sound portrait of Steve Forbert's CD of Jimmie Rodgers songs

  • Added: Feb 10, 2004
  • Length: 12:53
I Can't Get It Out of My Head
From: Richard Paul
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Why advertising jingles get lodged in your brain

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, WFUV, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 18, 2004
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 4
Carols on the Carillon
From: Dale Short
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Holiday thoughts and sounds from a blind musician in a college bell tower

Bought by WEKU, KUT, WCPN, KMXT, WKSU and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2004
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 7
Wu Man - Pipa player
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Famed pipa virtuoso Wu Man in her own words and her music

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, WCQS, WEKU, KCUR and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2003
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 7
Street Music
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A meditation on a street musician in the heart of the Renaissance

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 19, 2003
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1

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