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Laura Ann Singh: Blossoming of a Wildwood Flower, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Laura Ann Singh, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Laura Ann Singh, as her very name suggests, seemed destined to sing. In the Kingsport, Tennessee home where she grew up music was ever-present. Her...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 26:21
Making Music in the Syrian Diaspora
From: The GroundTruth Project
Caption: Ahmad Naffory is pictured on a Beirut rooftop. He founded the band Assa'aleek, but after being denied re-entry to Lebanon, was granted asylum in the Netherlands. The band endures without him, and he has continued making music in his new home., Credit: Photo courtesy of Mohamad Khayata
Ahmad Naffory fell in love with the guitar in a Syrian grocery store, but he didn't know that his music would cause him to flee his home for anothe...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 27:05
Hermon Mehari (Playing For Paris)
From: Matt Hodapp
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During the night of November 13th, 2015, a series of terrorist attacks claimed by ISIL killed 130 people and injured 368 in Paris, France. Kansas C...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 10:05
A Nigerian Pop Star Struggles with her Musical Identity
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
Caption: CY Dieyi performs a cover of Rihanna’s “FourFiveSeconds” on stage at an event in Inglewood, CA., Credit: Myah Williams
In her native Nigeria, Cynthia Dieyi is a pop singer who celebrates her culture through her music. But here in America, she's still unknown, and h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
Hungarian Blues (7:00 version)
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Hungarian-born Blues musician Little G Weevil., Credit: Tanner Latham
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
Scott and the Calypsonians
From: Ethan Chiel
Caption: The Mighty Sparrow
Scott Britton has never been to Trinidad, but he really loves calypso.

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 2
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
The Calling Voice - Moira Smiley and Voco
From: Anny Celsi
Caption: Voco performing live: April Guthrie, Moira Smiley, Sally Dworsky , Credit: Simone McSparran
VOCO sings folk music - but not the usual coffeehouse fare. It’s music that's steeped in generations of tradition, from far-off, tucked-away corner...

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 1
Regional de NY: Choro Music from Brazil
From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide
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Choro is a music of the people that can be found in Brazil’s bars and at barbecues. Band members of Regional de NY, a choro band from Brazil, the...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:05
From Ukraine to Michigan: The Bandura Still Sings
From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide
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Julian Kytasty is a world-renowned bandurist who's family and musical history can be traced from the Ukraine, through exile from Stalinist USSR, to...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
The Lomax Archives
From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide
Caption: Records From Around the World, Credit: Willis Arnold
Step into the world of Alan Lomax, his archives, and his legacy - The Association of Cultural Equity. Featuring interviews with his daughter Anna ...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 05:38
Silent Seekers
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Most people know Sufism as the religion practiced by the whirling dervishes. But this mystical form of Islam has taken root in America, too.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 06:41
Rehearsal of the Brussels Choral Society
From: Alison Turner
Caption: Rehearsal of the Brussels Choral Society
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
Sacred Music from the Navel of the World
From: Zak Rosen
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A Palestinian violin master, an Israeli woman singing Bedouin songs, two Brothers from Tehran improvising age old Sufi music. These are just a few ...

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 2
The Real Story of the Buena Vista Social Club
From: Reese Erlich
Caption: poster in Havana, Cuba, Credit: (c) 2008 Julia Adame
Most people think the Buena Vista musicians were impoverished and forgotten prior to the release of their CD. In this 54:00 documentary, Reese Erli...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Radio New Zealand, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
El Michoacano en la Mixteca (The Michoacano in the Mixteca)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: Dioniso Arriola
A migration story told and sung by Dionisio Arriola; recorded in Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 14:08
  • Purchases: 1
Un Dueto (A Duet)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: Anderson and Tereso Bautista
A portrait of two musicians in the Bautista Family and the town they live in--San Juan Mixtepec, Oaxaca

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 10:45
Nepalese Superstar, American Everyman: Prem Raja Mahat
From: Aaron Henkin
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Prem traded music superstardom in Nepal for a job waiting tables in America...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KCUR


  • Added: Apr 15, 2008
  • Length: 18:39
  • Purchases: 2
Cuban Organ
From: Gianluca Tramontana
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A musical travelogue into rural Cuba

Bought by PRX Remix, WBEZ, PRX to iTunes, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 5
Rock-and-roll benefit concerts: Music to UNICEF's ears
From: UNICEF
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This Story is free! With the Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison and Ravi Shankar started the tradition of the super-concert for a humanitarian ...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
Tell Me Wai
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: New Zealand Stories
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Maori group called 'Wai" blends traditions with a hip hop sound in New Zealand.

Bought by WNJR and KSUT


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
The Free Monks
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Jon Miller visits a nationalistic rock band comprised of Orthodox monks in Greece.

Bought by PRX Remix and KZUM


  • Added: Jul 07, 2006
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 2
Kinvara: A Spirit of Place
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Producer Frank Browning visits an Irish town where economic prosperity has locals wondering how to move forward while keeping their traditions intact.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2006
  • Length: 10:36
Ladino Transformation
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Sandy Tolan visits with some of Bulgaria's last Ladino speakers as they try to keep their language from going silent.

Bought by WBEZ, Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland, WFUV, and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: Jul 04, 2006
  • Length: 07:55
  • Purchases: 4
RN Documentary: The Prince's Crazy Dream
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The Dutch Prince Claus had a dream to create an opera in the Sahel. Now some of the regions most talented musicians have come together to produce it.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1