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Sonny Newman, Tango Master
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: Sonny teaches tango
Not many of us get to live our dream and do what we love for work. Sonny Newman is the exception. He charted his own course and along the way, disc...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 07:53
The Gyuto Monks: No Ordinary Experience
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: A young apprentice tries his hand at making a mandala.
The Gyuto monks, followers of the Dalai Llama, live in cultural exile in India. They teach love, wisdom and kindness by performing programs of thei...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
Beyond Idol: Alameda County’s foster youth show their talent
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: 2013 Beyond Idol grand finale championship at Yoshi's in Oakland, Credit: Beyond Emancipation
It’s audition day for Beyond Idol. Contestants pace around a large waiting area at Laney College, practicing softly to themselves as they wait for ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 08:36
His First Symphony
From: Judlyne Lilly-Gibson
Caption: Nathan Felix, Composer , Credit: David Schulte
Nathan Felix of Austin, Texas accomplishes something that's seemingly impossible. He wrote a symphony without ever taking a class in composing or ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
Sights & Sounds of Bayview: Dancing with the ladies in line
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Sights & Sounds of Bayview
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On a wide street full of work spaces, lined with cars and no trees in sight is the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center. It’s the one building on the ...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 07:30
Flood of Good Will Show
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Colorado Music Originals
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How do musicians recover from the Colorado flood, Sandy and Katrina? Creatively! Hear from a songwriter going pro in the Colorado flood's wake, a r...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 58:46
Labor of Love Has Roots in Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Labors of Love
Caption: Tom Perotti at Newport Folk Festival 2013, Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
An mesmerizing smile from a legendary blues musician was a spark that helped light the path to 20 years of producing community music concerts for o...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:13
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Detroit punk band, ahead of its time
From: Michigan Radio
Caption: Hackney Brothers, Credit: Facebook
In the mid 1970s, three teenage brothers from Detroit formed a band. That’s not exactly an unusual story. Motown history is full of bands that made...

Bought by WDBM, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
Micah Tron
From: KALW
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Micah Tron is a rapper born and raised in San Francisco. She’s a queer woman of color, but the hurdles she has faced go even beyond her race, sexua...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1
Busking for Change
From: Mallory Falk
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When Marcia Mello started busking, she was excited to pursue a life-long dream. But she's had to fight for her place on the street.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 2
Episode # 26 - Castaway: Peter Turner
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On October 1st our castaway was fine furniture maker PETER TURNER, who lives in South Portland, Maine. What's unique about Peter are the ways in w...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:05:10
Episode # 23 - Castaway: Renee Blanche
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On September 10th our 23rd castaway on "Desert Island Discs" was RENEE BLANCHE, - Tai Chi practitioner, dancing machine and Vagina Monologue perfor...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:24:26
Episode # 17 - Castaway: David Prentiss
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On July 30th our castaway was Dr. David Prentiss, the founding director of Good Thinking Works. a problem-solving consulting enterprise in Providen...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 01:20:59
Love the French Way 4 - Aicha
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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A man promises pearls, diamonds and riches to a woman. She responds: I have no need for these treasures. Bars on the window are bars even if they ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Gift of Music
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The volunteer choral group, Evensong, specializes in singing the last music their audience will ever hear.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 09:23
  • Purchases: 3
Hugh Oliver: Late Bloomer
From: Sean Rasmussen
Series: Happy
Caption: Hugh Oliver
If you have ever given up on a dream, or think you're too old to start something new, you might think again after hearing this episode of happy...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
Bobby Hutcherson: Master of the vibes
From: KALW
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For nearly 50 years now, a jazz artist who now resides in Northern California has enjoyed a career as one of the great performers on the vibraphone...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 14:07
Hip Hop Dedication
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
A lot of teenagers want to make it big as artists--whether acting in movies, singing ballads on American Idol, or making it in the hip hop world. T...

Bought by KSFR, Vocalo.org, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 4
The Messiah Comes to Town
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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A behind-the-scenes look at how a community choral society in a small town prepares for its own grand holiday performance of Handel's Messiah.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 51:53
The poet Sonia Sanchez
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Sonia Sanchez broke literary ground during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s.

Bought by KENW, KISA Digital Studios, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
Native Sounds: Derek Miller
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Derek Miller, Credit: Courtesy of Lee Hyeoma and Derek Miller Enterprises.
Alex Epperson speaks with Native blues musician Derek Miller.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 2
Native Sounds: Devin "Buddaz" Whirlwindsoldier
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
Caption: Devin Whirlwindsoldier
Tobias Grant (Omaha) speaks with Native musician Devin Whirlwindsoldier.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSQM 91.5 FM, and KWIS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 3
Kareem Salama, Muslim Cowboy
From: Kyle Gassiott
Caption: Kareem Salama
Born to Egyptian immigrants and raised in Ponca City, OK Kareem Salama drove a pickup truck to high school; wore a black hat and bolo tie; and drea...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
Kareem Salama - Muslim Country & Western Singer
From: Kyle Gassiott
Caption: Kareem Salama
Born and raised in Ponca City, OK to Egyptian parents Kareem Salama had one dream to become a country and western singing star. If you've ever won...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 4

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