10,000 Fresh Voices

Series produced by KFAI Minneapolis

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Local arts, culture, history and environmental features made possible by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Local arts, culture, history and environmental features made possible by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.


950 Pieces

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Caption: Model Fatima Cocci
Models are the beautiful people--their images fill magazines, billboards and television screens. Beauty is subjective, but deciding which images se...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 04:35
Caption: Dean Brewington & Lila Ammons
Lila Ammons grew up in Chicago--one of the hotbeds of American music. Trained in classical music, she was never far from her family roots in jazz. ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Guante
Guante is a spoken word and hip-hop artist, progressive activist, and educator from St. Paul. He curates the "Hip Hop Against Homophobia" concert s...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 04:49
Caption: Alissa Barthel of Punk Rawk Labs
Punk Rawk Labs is a Minneapolis-based company specializing in living cuisine. Owner Alissa Barthel graduated with the inaugural class of the Matthe...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:13
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X-ray and CAT-scan machines are part of today's medical landscape, but have you heard of the Orgone Energy Accumulator? Psychograph? Or Prostate Gl...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Tish Jones is the Community Engagement Director for the St Paul Almanac, and Executive Director of TruArtSpeaks. She began performing at age 14, an...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:47
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Tim O'Keefe has been playing music in Duluth and the Twin Cities since the 1970s. What began as a musical journey on harmonica has led to vast know...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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The Twin Cities have the most theater seats per capita than any other U.S. city, except for New York. Amidst Minneapolis-St. Paul’s wide spectrum o...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:07
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The tale of Paul Bunyan and friends has captivated Minnesotans for more than 100 years. Statues of the lumberjack pepper the state, in towns of Ack...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A volunteer at HCMC's Medical History Center.
The basement of Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) houses the Hennepin Medical History Center--a tiny, two-gallery museum filled to the rafters ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:55
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Black Men Reading is a North Minneapolis book club and study group modeled after groups that formed in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. For more ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:50
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Yinghua Academy is blazing new trails. In 2006, the Chinese-immersion school opened in Northeast Minneapolis as the first of its kind in the Midwes...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Members of Grace Notes hospice choir.
"Palliative care" is a term used in the hospice community. KFAI producer Will Hale prepared this story on the Grace Notes Hospice Choir--a creative...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Musicians perform traditional Irish songs each week at Keegan's in Northeast Minneapolis.
Minnesota may be famous for its Scandinavian heritage, but it's also home to a vibrant Irish music community. From weekly sessions at pubs like Kee...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
Caption: Cantus a Capella ensemble
Minnesota has been recognized as the national capitol of choral music. Each year singers from around the country come to the Twin Cities to auditio...

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1