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Beyond the Beats
From: Emile Greer
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A look into the Electronic Dance Music (EDM) culture through an EDM producer.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 05:21
Caught Between Dreams and Family
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Malcolm, a 16 year old in Myanmar, bravely defies traditional culture. Against everything he has been taught, Malcolm breaks away from his parents’...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
Ban(ne)d by Distance
From: Eleni Lola
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Band by distance… or banned by distance? A radio portrait for one of the two members of a band that is banned by distance, The Pencils!

  • Added: May 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:09
Hip Hop Dedication
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
Caption: Staten Island 2011
A lot of teenagers want to make it big as artists--whether acting in movies, singing ballads on American Idol, or making it in the hip hop world. T...

Bought by KSFR, Vocalo.org, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 4
Say Yes to Unicycle
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The extraordinary education of a Maine family

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Roots of Zapateado
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth producer Alexandra Muniz researches the indigenous music & dance style of Mexico's Zapateado.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:49
Music Behind A Locked Door
From: Todd Cross
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Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center in Syracuse, New York works with troubled youth - yet it isn't a "lock em up, throw away the key" kind of place...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 1
Singing for the Crowd
From: City High Radio
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Sixteen-year-old Tobias Hodges feels insecure when he sings in front of a crowd, but he keeps doing it anyway.

  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 04:04
Blues Run the Game
From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
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Buffalo native Jillian Mertz talks about how the songs of Jackson C. Frank, a little known folk musician from her hometown, helped her understand t...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 07:30
Vinyl Record Return
From: City High Radio
Caption: photo by Shane Gavin
A teenager who loves vinyl records sets out to discover why so many others love vinyl and why there is a vinyl record revival taking place.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 1
Bass/Super(sonic) Structure
From: Daniel Makagon
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Audio documentary explores the uses of loud car stereo systems.

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 14:49
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
Opera Underage
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A look into the teenage world of opera, give it a try, it's cooler than you think!

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A portrait of a man trying to make a difference in kids' lives using music.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMPG, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 3
Our Berlin
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Series: Across the Ocean - the first Transatlantic Radio for kids
Caption: Anna and Asha
Berlin is huuuuuge and has 1,000 faces - and a voice called Asha, with her Radijojo Song! We would like to present our Berlin to you.

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 17:36
  • Purchases: 1
Golden Days and Friendly Faces
From: WMUK
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Portrait of the musical life of Lake Michigan's Beaver Island

Bought by WFIU, KXOT Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
Chris Kokesh: A Fabulous Women
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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Interview of Chris Kokesh a fabulous Fiddle and Guitar player

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 04:34
Girls Rock!
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Sound collage of Rock and Roll Camp for Girls

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KLCC


  • Added: Jan 22, 2008
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 2
Scab Artist
From: Sean McCandless
Series: Shards
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A piece from the heart, surveying the urban mental landscape through the eyes of a "Scab Artist"

Bought by BSR Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 05, 2007
  • Length: 18:07
  • Purchases: 2
The Singing Substitute Teacher
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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Interview with substitute teacher in Middlebury, Vermont

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 4
How to Make a Beat
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Making It . . .
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Producer Manny Watson takes us through the steps of making a hip hop beat.

Bought by WMPG and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 2
Phish: The Final Curtain
From: Vermont Public
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A one-hour documentary on the fan culture of the jam band Phish, told as the band broke up and played its final weekend concert festival in Vermont.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD, KGLT, and KUCB


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
Wolfmother Interview
From: Dan Kramer
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Interview with Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother

  • Added: Apr 18, 2006
  • Length: 10:01
Goldfrapp Interview
From: Dan Kramer
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Goldfrapp previewing new alubm

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 59:02
South Africa's Kwaito Generation: Inside Out
From: Inside Out Documentaries
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Sean Cole travels to South Africa to meet the people who make kwaito, a genre of music mixing American hip-hop and South African pop styles, reflec...

Bought by CBC Inside the Music, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, WFUV, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2005
  • Length: 01:37:42
  • Purchases: 6