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From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Immigration and Labor: Stories from the Texas Workforce (2018 Summer Institute)

Workers across Texas have to fight to receive their wages and fair treatment. The Workers Defense Project Band gives their fight a soundtrack. Thi...

Bought by PRX Remix

StoryCorps: Brian Peterson and Matt Faris

From: StoryCorps

Caption: Brian Peterson (left) and Matt Faris (right)

Brian Peterson, 31, is an artist — he designs cars for a living — who lives in Santa Ana, California. Matt Faris, 38, is a homeless musician who wo...

Bought by WEZU and WOUB

Life of the Law #80: Live Law - Nashville

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

This week we take you to Nashville for BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS: stories about the blues, jazz, songwriting and a cabin in the woods.

#29 MIW - Sandor Moss - Latin & Jazz Drummer

From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio

Caption: Sandor Moss on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions

With Akeisha Johnson, your host, on this episode of Making it Work, Sandor will share his experiences of being a working musician within The Bay.

Day Job 10: The Window Washer

From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)

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

Teodoro Cuevas, Mariachi

From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life

Every day, Teodoro Cuevas dresses in his black flared pants with silver buttons down the side. He sits against a tree across from the bustling sub...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Day Job 5: Fear And The Flying Trapeze

From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)

Caption: A trapeze student, Credit: Joshua McNichols

Kari Kirkland stands on a narrow platform high above the ground. As a trapeze instructor, her job is to convince students to jump off that platform...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, and KUOW

Gems of Bluegrass #1236 A New Look at Social Class and Bluegrass. For regular users, piece for Sept 1-7, 2012. Others use anytime.

From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass

Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman

American ethos is that we’re all equal. We’re all middle class. But we know that there’s them’s that’s got. And them’s that not. In the old folk mu...

Gems of Bluegrass #1037 Here's to the Working Man

From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass

Caption: OPhil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun

The old bluegrass comes from people who did hard, manual labor such as mining coal and farming. In bluegrass songs you hear about the danger of the...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WAMU, and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920