10,000 Fresh Voices

Series produced by KFAI Minneapolis

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Local arts, culture, history and environmental features made possible by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Local arts, culture, history and environmental features made possible by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.


947 Pieces

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Grupo Mio: Tex-Mex Roots with a Minnesota Twist
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Grupo Mio performs at SPNN in St. Paul., Credit: Ryan Dawes
Tejano is a word that means “Texan” in Spanish. Tejano is also the name of a music genre fusing US American and Mexican musical traditions, plus a ...

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  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 04:23
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Through Afrofuturism and Spray Paint, Reggie LeFlore Expresses Black Joy
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Minnesota artist Reggie LeFlore poses among his paintings. , Credit: Sheila Regan
Reggie LeFlore is a muralist with street art and graffiti influences. His first solo gallery exhibition takes place at Gamut Gallery in downtown Mi...

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  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 1
Singer Songwriter Annie Mack Finds Her Truth in The Blues
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Singer Songwriter Annie Mack, Credit: Shelly Mosman
African American singer songwriter Annie Mack does it all, from powerhouse blues to New Americana and beyond, highlighting her unique vocal presenc...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2020
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Flipping the Gaze, "Refresh" in VR Embodies the Disembodied
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Lela Pierce stands before a projection by Snow Yunxue Fu, Credit: Courtesy of the Gordon Parks Gallery in St. Paul
How do we experience a gallery in digital space? That question gets explored by new media artist Snow Yunxue Fu and dance artist Lela Pierce in "Re...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
Railroads & Fire
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Since the first rail line was completed in Minnesota in 1862, the railroad has had a storied existence in the state. Fire is part of that story. KF...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
The Sonic Legacy of Leif Brush and His Terrain Instruments
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Leif Brush
Leif Brush was a pioneering sound artist based in Duluth since the mid 1970s. His Terrain Instruments were just some of the audible sculptures tha...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2021
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 1
Art in Motion Brings Artwork, Bands, and Biking to the Lake Wobegon Trail
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Lake Wobegon Trail is a 10-foot wide strip of pavement that guides bicyclists through Central Minnesota’s trees, lakes, and fields of cows. Now...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2021
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Peril of Spring Snow in Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Ojibwe people at a winter camp in South Harbor, Minnesota in 1875, Credit: MN Historical Society
This spring marks the 80th anniversary of the 1941 blizzard that killed dozens of people in Minnesota and North Dakota. The region has a reputation...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2021
  • Length: 05:07
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Marcie Rendon Named McKnight Distinquished Artist
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: McKnight Distinguished Artist Marcie Rendon, Credit: Jaida Grey Eagle
Marcie Rendon is tribal citizen of the White Earth Nation, whose work focuses on the lives of Native people. Based in Minneapolis, Rendon's career ...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2021
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Abstract Painter Jackson Duin Wades Into Curation
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Jackson Duin at ArtReach, Credit: Sheila Regan
Jackson Duin, a high school student in Edina, Minnesota has been getting noticed in the past few years for his talented eye. Recently he has branch...

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  • Added: Apr 03, 2021
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
Emily Michaels King and Her Digital Detritus for the Zoom Era
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Emily Michaels King
Performance artist Emily Michaels King has a new production called ‘Digital,” which invites the audience into the bedroom, into the computer screen...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 05:23
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'Dear Neighbor,' This Poster Is for You
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Writer Adlyn Carreras presents her 'Dear Neighbor' poster., Credit: Sheila Regan
The Frogtown neighborhood of St. Paul was hit hard during the civil unrest that followed the police killing of George Floyd. While buildings are be...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 1
Can You Dig It? Shaft Turns 50
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Gordon Parks, Isaac Hayes, Earnest Tidyman, Credit: Courtesy of MGM
Before Shaft, badass movie detectives were white. Shaft starred Richard Roundtree as a Black detective, prowling New York City's tough streets, sav...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2021
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1
Ty Yule Remembers Pi: “The Dyke Bar of Our Dreams”
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Pi Bar proprietor Ty Yule and business partner Benny. , Credit: Kim Thompson
Pi Bar infused the Twin Cities with an ecstatic, high energy jolt of queerness for the year and a half it was open. The bar was dreamed up in 2006 ...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
First Love Project Supports First Ave Fam
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Famed music venue First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minn., Credit: Ryan Dawes
When the future of an iconic music venue is on the line, artists and music lovers haven’t just stood around. Producer Colleen Cowie reports from Mi...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
Accordion for the Front Lines
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Philip Shorey and Nathaniel Smith perform for healthcare workers outside Bethesda Hospital.
While social distancing is pushing many artists to perform on video screens, Minneapolis musician Philip Shorey seeks small, in-person audiences. K...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2020
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
Driven by Hope: Paul Deng Kur and the Story of a Lost Boy
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Paul Deng Kur and pages from his book, "Out of the Impossible." , Credit: Ryan Dawes
As a rideshare driver, Paul Deng Kur had heard hundreds of stories. But this passenger's loss had left the man feeling suicidal. So when they reach...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 06:01
The (Really Mean) Snow Queen Streams On Screen
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Dancer Rachel Seeholzer is the Snow Queen., Credit: Ballet Co.Laboratory
Ballet Co.Laboratory wants to change the way people think about ballet by changing ballet itself. That’s no easy task. The art form is full of trad...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 04:51
From Aisles to the Art Gallery, Juxtapositions of Opposites
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Painting by Patricio DeLara
Who would have thought 2020 would bring a shortage of toilet paper, flour, and clorox wipes? The backdrop for these market deficiencies, the Superm...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 04:07
Sharp Imagery and Precise Language: Heid Edrich's Little Big Bully
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Heid E. Erdrich, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Heid E. Erdrich
Heid E. Erdrich's latest volume of poetry, Little Big Bully, is brutal and beautiful. It won the National Poetry Series, and was released just befo...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2020
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 2

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