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Popping Their Hips To The K-Pop Beat
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: The Minnesota K-Pop Dance Crew., Credit: Terry Le
K-Pop isn't just a sensation in Asia. Korean pop music is so infectious University of Minnesota students are mastering K-Pop dance moves. As KFAI's...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:06
80 Land of the Red Dragon
From: KCME
Series: Dinner and a Movie
Caption: Film music you remember, even if you've forgotten the film.
In honor of the Chinese New Year, Robert Bruce and Quinn Riley explore film scores from movies taking place in China: The Land of the Red Dragon.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUPR low power FM, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 21, 2018
  • Length: 58:22
  • Purchases: 3
The Year of the Dog: A Joyful Celebration
From: Wanda Yang Temko
Series: A Public Radio Chinese New Year Special
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Commemorate Chinese New Year in 2018 through Music and Words

Bought by KSKQ, KMUD, KQED, WKAR, WVTF and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Ashe Bhosle's onions
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Ashe Bhosle in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Once Asha effortlessly brought India to my kitchen in California. Now she transported me from a balmy night in a park in Kolkata to a foggy evening...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Passage to the Middle Kingdom - Chinese Musical Traditions
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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For hundreds of years, China has held sway over the western imagination. With exquisite silks, architecture, poetry, calligraphy, paintings,music a...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KALW, KFCF FM, WVBI-LP, WCPN and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 11
Vijay Iyer's "Entropy and Time"
From: Tomal Hossain
Caption: Album art of Vijay Iyer's 2011 album, "Tirtha"
A song review of the track "Entropy and Time" off of Vijay Iyer's 2011 album, Tirtha.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:54
Bridge Of Souls
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Music Notes
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What is known as the Asian Holocaust of World War II, is a far-reaching tale of tragedy that affected Asian cultures all around the world. Producer...

Bought by WTIP, KQAL, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Erhu (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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At one time, the erhu was the muse of Central Asian nomads; this small, two-stringed fiddle could be played on horseback (imagine folk modifying an...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Erhu (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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At one time, the erhu was the muse of Central Asian nomads; this small, two-stringed fiddle could be played on horseback (imagine folk modifying an...

Bought by KBYI


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chinese Ensembles (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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About 2,500 years ago, the body of a Chinese nobleman was placed in a tomb with items he cherished most: furnishings, bronze vessels, weapons and s...

Bought by KBYI


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chinese Ensembles (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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About 2,500 years ago, the body of a Chinese nobleman was placed in a tomb with items he cherished most: furnishings, bronze vessels, weapons and s...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Guzheng (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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It's among the most popular instruments in China. Over most of its 2,500-year-history, the guzheng has been a mainstay in everything from opera to ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, Hawaii Public Radio, KBYI, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Guzheng (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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It's among the most popular instruments in China. Over most of its 2,500-year-history, the guzheng has been a mainstay in everything from opera to ...

Bought by Raven Radio and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
Percussion Music (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Have you ever heard of a wooden fish, a flowerpot drum or a nipple gong? They are part of a raucous, colorful-and wildly popular-feature in Chinese...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, Hawaii Public Radio, KBYI, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 4
Percussion Music (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Have you ever heard of a wooden fish, a flowerpot drum or a nipple gong? They are part of a raucous, colorful-and wildly popular-feature in Chinese...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Suona (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Yazhi Guo grew up during China’s Cultural Revolution when conservatories were closed and traditional Chinese music and musical instruments were all...

Bought by KBYI, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, and KOWS


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Dizi (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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As a child, Jennifer Alexa Zhang spent around eight hours a day practicing the piano. As a teen, she added the Chinese bamboo flute to her regimen ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and KOWS


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 5
The Dizi (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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As a child, Jennifer Alexa Zhang spent around eight hours a day practicing the piano. As a teen, she added the Chinese bamboo flute to her regimen ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KBYI, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 6
Listening to Ladies: Mari Kimura
From: Elisabeth Blair
Series: Listening to Ladies
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Composer Mari Kimura on growing up in an experimental solar house, taking care of a terrified audience, and improvising as a way to find one’s self.

  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 30:20
The Pipa (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Wu Man lives in San Diego, but works in venues around the world. And she is doing it on an instrument that had once been in decline. When she enter...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and KOWS


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 5
The Pipa (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Wu Man lives in San Diego, but works in venues around the world. And she is doing it on an instrument that had once been in decline. When she enter...

Bought by WVTF, KBYI, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 6
The YangQin (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Xiao Xiannian (Xiao is the last name) is a conservatory-trained virtuoso of the YangQin-a Chinese hammered dulcimer. Once a soloist with a prestigi...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 6
The YangQin (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Xiao Xiannian (Xiao is the last name) is a conservatory-trained virtuoso of the YangQin-a Chinese hammered dulcimer. Once a soloist with a prestigi...

Bought by KBYI, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, and KOWS


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 10:07
  • Purchases: 5
Baluji Shrivastav has an Inner Vision
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Baluji Shrivastav, Credit: Sandip Roy
In India in the 1960s there were few options for a blind child. Blind people often begged in trains and railway platforms singing hymns. But Baluji...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • 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