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An Outlier
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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This moment in time is teaching us to find ways to be alone. That's what it's always been like for James.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
Big dreams for a small-town rapper
From: Brenna Daldorph
Caption: Tracy Howerton raps about both the struggles and joys that he's experienced growing up in Mashpee, Massachusetts., Credit: Brenna Daldorph
Even if you grow up in a hip hop hotspot like New York or LA, it’s not easy to make it as a rapper. It’s even harder if you’re from a small town li...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Not Your Average Teen Composer
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Leila Mohaddes
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
Auveed & Mateen's Excellent Adventure
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2013
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Auveed & Mateen's Excellent Adventure: A story about two cousins and a luthier.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 31, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Pittsburgh, PA
From: American Student Radio
Caption: The Harlan Twins, Credit: Chaz Mottinger
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
Combining Musical Traditions
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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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
Sonic ID: Classical Guitar
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Gorzycki youth producers discover the ancient sounds of the classical guitar.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:57
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
Golden Days and Friendly Faces
From: WMUK
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Portrait of the musical life of Lake Michigan's Beaver Island

Bought by WFIU, KXOT Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
Phish: The Final Curtain
From: Vermont Public
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A one-hour documentary on the fan culture of the jam band Phish, told as the band broke up and played its final weekend concert festival in Vermont.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD, KGLT, and KUCB


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
South Africa's Kwaito Generation: Inside Out
From: Inside Out Documentaries
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Sean Cole travels to South Africa to meet the people who make kwaito, a genre of music mixing American hip-hop and South African pop styles, reflec...

Bought by CBC Inside the Music, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, WFUV, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2005
  • Length: 01:37:42
  • Purchases: 6