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Caption: Charlie Parr and John Koerner, Credit: Star Tribune
Legendary musician Spider John Koerner recently gifted one of his customized Gretsch guitars to musician Charlie Parr — a way of passing the torch ...

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 07:45
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Bagpipes arrived in Minnesota in the 1850’s, brought by Scottish immigrants to what is now Blue Earth county, as settlers moved in, occupying Dakot...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 06:32
Caption: Rail crossing, Credit: Samuel Robinson
Taylor Vick, known as Boy Scouts, and Rose Droll are San Francisco musicians based in the fog-kissed Sunset District. They craft original songs, bl...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 10:45
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Dyker Heights is a destination this time of year, with houses decked out in lights drawing visitors from all around the world. And inside Dyker Lib...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 10:42
Caption: Gena Gear and Ryan Walz at their StoryCorps interview in Minneapolis, MN, on May 5, 2022.
Gena Gear and her son, Ryan Walz, remember Army Sergeant First Class Jodi Walz, a Desert Storm veteran who served as a trumpet player in the United...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 03:02
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Kate Quarfordt and her dad Kevin Craw remember the night that an impromptu singing performance helped Kate embrace the unexpected.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
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Charlie Daniels is partly Western and partly Southern. His signature “bullrider” hat and belt buckle, his lifestyle on the Twin Pines Ranch (a boyh...

Bought by KMXT, WTIP, KALH, KPIP-LP, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Mike Notter of the Seattle bands Motopony and Hannalee cleans windows for a living, Credit: Joshua McNichols / Day Job
Mike Notter (currently with the bands Motopony and Hannalee) used to be in a band with a bunch of other window washers (Shim). Back then, cleaning ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 16:10
  • Purchases: 1
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A community chorus from rural Maine finds solace and joy in performing a piece of sacred music for the Russian Orthodox Church.

Bought by Here and Now


  • Added: May 02, 2006
  • Length: 07:53
  • Purchases: 1