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Caption: Led Kaapana, Credit: Marsha Forsythe, Cover Look Photo Corps
To kick off our celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are revisiting two interviews with cultural...

Bought by WDCB, KECG, WRGY, KUT, WMPG and more


  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Hiroya Tsukamoto
Composer, guitarist, and singer-songwriter from Kyoto, Japan. Plus a few Christmas songs from the Newberry & Verch "Holiday Cheer" tour.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
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
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
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
Caption: Gao Hong w/pipa, Credit: Photo Provided by World Music Professionals
Gao Hong came from China to America in 1994. Already established as a world-class player of the Chinese pipa, she has gotten interested in the west...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:40
Caption: Joko Suttrisno at home, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
We talk to Joko Sutrisno, leader of the Sumunar Gamelan and Dance Ensemble since 1995. He tells us a little about gamelan music, getting us ready f...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Fres Thao
Hip hop in the Hmong community is alive and on the rise in the Twin Cities. KFAI producer Daniel Zamzow talked to artists and emcees Ge, YungFate, ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:13
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Episode two provides a frank appraisal of Maybe Mars, Beijing's most globally famous record label.

Bought by WLRH and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
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Episode one explores the old sounds that have influenced the new sounds of Chinese alternative music.

Bought by WLRH, KUT, and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
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A classical group from Korea called the Ahn Trio and a rock band from Texas called Balmorhea converge on a similar, ambient chamber music sound.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
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The Ying Americans put the focus on new American music for string quartet through commissioned work.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 58:39
  • Purchases: 2
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Asia's Elvis fan club meets in Hong Kong.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WBEZ, and KTNA


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3