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Blue Dimensions K50: Trumpeter Kate Hamann's "Momentary Beauty"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Featuring: the first full-length release from trumpeter Kate Hamann "Momentary Beauty."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions K49: The National Youth Orchestra Plays The Music They Could Not Play On COVID-Canceled Tours
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from the National Youth Orchestra (NYO) directed by Sean Jones, and organist Ronnie Foster "Reboot"s his career

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB, KHNS and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Island City Block Party 2021: Sprig of That
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Tonight on The Live Feed we went to the Island City Block Party to hear more from Sprig of That, a Minneapolis band who creates a unique sound with...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 50:27
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
Beats to a New Drum
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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The realm of South Korean pop music is now not only popular among fans in South Korea but also among those in the United States. Listen to its fier...

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 05:56
Jim Conally, Banjo Musician
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
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Jim Conally reflects on his musical career, life journeys, and the sea.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 02:58
Making Seattle Beats Since He Was 8 Years Old
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Upendo Moore makes beats. , Credit: Courtesy of Upendo Moore
Most young people don’t know what they want to do with their lives. This is a story about a high school student who was born into a calling – being...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
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
What Sexytime Playlists Say About You
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: This will make sense eventually
Producer Emily Proctor starts this story with a couple of college roommates who have a musical code to warn each other for when they plan to have s...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:43
Bay Area Beats: San Francisco's Adriel Diaz shares his dreams
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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Sunset Youth Services is an organization that supports transitional age youth and their families with things like parenting classes, food assistanc...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
Noor learns to manipulate the human brain
From: Tatyana Safronova
Caption: Noor at the piano, Credit: Tatyana Safronova
A couple years ago, this young composer discovered that rhythm manipulation affects us on a deeper level than anyone had imagined. This piece was p...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:42
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
Pinetop Perkins' Legacy Continues: Meet Tomorrow's Blues Greats
From: Candice Ludlow
Caption: Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, MS, Credit: Mitchell Koester
Pinetop Perkins wanted to leave a legacy to the youth, so he created the Pinetop Perkins Master Workshops to further deepen the young musicians' kn...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
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
Dissonance is the New Harmony
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?"
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Referring to music as "noise" is typically an insult, but not in Athens, Georgia where the noise music genre has a growing fan base.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: 02:55
Chuck the Seal Learns to Speak
From: BSR Radio
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A young harbor seal named Chuck at the Boston Aquarium performs his fledgling talent

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2007
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
Teenaged Guitarists Tackle "El Gato Montes"
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Carlos and his quartet struggle with "El Gato Montes" in after school rehearsals.

Bought by The WFMT Radio Network, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WEKU, and YouthCast


  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 4
Rapper Versus Rocker Versus World
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Teenagers fight to be seen as unique. But often, adults just see...teenagers.

Bought by Remix Radio, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and KOOP


  • Added: Apr 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 3