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Arabian Knightz
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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For years under the Mubarak regime in Egypt, musicians and writers were forced to censor themselves. Or be harassed by the secret police. Now, fo...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
Organ Grinder
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Mexico City is a noisy place most of the time, partly because of the musicians standing on busy intersections playing music on street organs. You k...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 05:54
Paying for Tradition
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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In South Africa, a new bill working its way through Parliament could have major consequences for singers, story-tellers -- in fact -- artists of al...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
Nasser Mizdawi
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Nasser Mizdawi is a Libyan superstar. He brought pop to the Libyan music scene at a time when the country had just emerged from a revolution. The...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 1
Untouchable Music School
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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The Merasi are a group of Untouchables, the lowest caste in India. They've been singing and playing music for higher caste patrons for the past 2,...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUT, KUOW, and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 5
Palestinian Rap
From: World Vision Report
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Israel announced a loosening of the Gaza trade embargo last week. And President Obama met with the Israeli prime minister to get the peace process...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
Shout Campaign
From: World Vision Report
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There’s no mistaking it – the sound of the World Cup currently underway in South Africa. Lots of the visitors are complaining about the noise made...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2010
  • Length: 08:54
Candombe
From: World Vision Report
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Candombe’ is drum music from Uruguay. It’s widely popular in the country – rivaling only Uruguayans’ passion for soccer and the tango. Most Urugu...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:58
Great Conversations Hour 3
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: Great Conversations
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Sometimes great conversations are had over a tasty meal. Picking up on that theme, The Appetizer presents this special series of conversations wit...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
Artists for Democracy
From: World Vision Report
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Earlier this week, the unity government of Zimbabwe announced it would relax the repressive media laws that have been in place for nearly a decade....

  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 04:26
Haitian Dancer
From: World Vision Report
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Sixteen hundred miles north of Haiti, on a busy street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, you can hear a tidal wave of drumbeats tumble out a third floor...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 1
Backpack Music
From: World Vision Report
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In Mexico City, pirated CDs are sold everywhere. Even on the subways. Vendors there have found an innovative way to sell to captive audiences. T...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Palestinian Hip Hop
From: World Vision Report
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Using music to make a statement is nothing new. Protest songs have long been part of popular culture and today those songs often take the form of ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 2
Burmese Hip-Hop
From: World Vision Report
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The military junta in Burma is one of the most repressive governments in the world. The government controls most of the media and tolerates no dis...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 04, 2009
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
Under the Radar: The Best New Austin Music
From: KUT
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Who's the next Spoon, Shawn Colvin, or Stevie Ray Vaughan? Hear about the bands being hailed as "The Next Big Thing" from Austin...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 52:04
  • Purchases: 1
Give Us Your Poor
From: World Vision Report
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The Labor Department says unemployment is now at 9.4%. Many Americans are unemployed for the first time. But for the homeless, the numbers mean n...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 05:30
New Orleans Musicians Clinic
From: World Vision Report
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Music is as much a part of New Orleans as any city in America. Jazz has its roots there. The French Quarter abounds with street musicians and mus...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: May 01, 2009
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 2
Grateful Dead/The Dead parking lot (with producer voiceover)
From: Brad Horn
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A soundrich experience from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York on April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:25
Grateful Dead/The Dead parking lot (natural sound only)
From: Brad Horn
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A sound collage from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York in April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 03:28
Malaria Education
From: World Vision Report
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Drugs, bed nets, spraying -- they’re all critical parts of the campaign to end malaria. But none of these tools are of any use if people don’t kno...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2009
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
Jua Kali Drummers
From: World Vision Report
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In the poorest slums of Nairobi, Kenya, thousands of children are homeless and live in abject poverty. Society has generally regarded them as a fi...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:14
Doctor and Cello
From: World Vision Report
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Dr. Beat Richner vividly remembers when chaos overtook Cambodia. In 1975 he was a young pediatrician working with the Red Cross at a hospital in P...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WBEZ, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2009
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
Brazil: Beyond The Girl from Impanema
From: The Stanley Foundation
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David Brown explains Brazilian music's love/hate relationship with the global stage.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 05:06
THE BO DIDDLEY BEAT: The Music of Bo Diddley and His Disciples
From: Paul Ingles
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To mark the passing of rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley, Paul Ingles hosts an hour of music from Bo's songbook as well as music from some of the ma...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Prairie Public, KMUW, Radio New Zealand, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2008
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 37
Bo Diddley: in his own words (in memory)
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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A late-career portrait of one of rock-and-roll's legendary creators.

Bought by PRX Remix, KGLT, KGOU, KCUR, and WKMS


  • Added: Jun 02, 2008
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 5