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Ruan - The ruan is a Chinese musical instrument with a long history that stretches back 2,000 years. It is similar to a banjo, with a fretted neck, circular body, and four strings.
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Gift of Music - At the Kiran Centre in Varanasi, music classes for differently-abled people serve to unlock their talents. Students not only discover a new form of artistic and emotional expression, but many turn their new skills into a way to support themselves.
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Rocky Dawuni - Jerusalem - Reggae rock star Rocky Dawuni pays musical tribute to Jerusalem, a holy place cherished by many.
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Blessissippi - Blues Ground Zero - Take a trip to Mississippi and stop by the Ground Zero Blues Club for some amazing tunes.
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Blessissippi - King Fish Vignette - The King Fish rocks out at the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
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Pipa - Playing the pipa - a long, pear-shaped wooden instrument - requires exceptional hand coordination. It is said that one cannot play the pipa without an open heart and open mind.
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Drums and Dance - The djembe, common throughout all of West Africa, is a skin-covered hand drum shaped like a large goblet. Watch as people come together to perform traditional African dance to the beat of this drum.
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Throat Singing - Inuit throat singing is a unique and enchanting form of musical expression. A mixture of husky chanting and low growling, throat singing is a competition in which the first person to laugh, stop, or run out of breath loses.
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Bamboo Flute - Simple to make and easy to carry, the bamboo flute has been a favored instrument in China for centuries. Many elderly people, particularly those living in the rural countryside, will often take out their flute during lunchtime and play it by a nearby brook or stream.
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India's Song - Meet John Singh, Rajisthani Maverick, who is single handedly trying to save traditional Indian music from extinction. A must see for all Indian music lovers!
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The Power of Music - Music has always played a big role in the journey of Mike's recovery. From Tahiti, to San Diego, and now to Palm Springs, music has given Mike the inspiration and hope that he will one day get better. In this episode, Mike gets a vist by a good friend who teaches him how to play the ukulele to pass the time.
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Kiran Centre - By focusing on growth and working closely with parents, the Kiran Centre in India empowers differently-abled children to lead healthy, happy, and fulfilling lives.
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Larry "Love" Hamilton - In a small Baptist church in New Orleans, gospel music helps heal the pain of survivors post-Hurricane Katrina.
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Learning through Songs - Jack Johnson explains how music can be a beautiful way to approach problems and deal with important issues. Music has the ability to transform anger into calm meditation, and can even develop into life philosophies, he says.
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Christian Ellis talks about creating music for a living - “To see all this hard work and be a part of something where you're creating music for hopefully generations to come and that the fact that they do that for a living is badass.”
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Color the Mind: An Indian Raga - Raga, literally meaning "color" or "passion," is a classical form of Indian music meant to inspire pure emotion in the minds of those who listen.
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Blessissippi - Head to the heart of the American South, Mississippi. Let the blues music of the land take you away.
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Dickey Orphanage - Most of the children living in Dickey Orphanage have been orphaned by accidents, illness, or abandoned as a result of economic hardship.
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Blessissippi - King Fish - Feel the blues wash over you as young King Fish learns from some of the best Mississippi has to offer.
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Blessissippi - Kidstuff - Travel to schools in Mississippi while moving to the blues music of the region.
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Blessissippi - Alphonso - Let Alphonso Sanders' saxophone take you away as he plays some soulful blues.
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Blessissippi - Super Chikan's Studio - Blues genius Super Chikan crafts unique guitars out of everyday objects. Listen to his magical tunes!
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Blessissippi - Alphonso on a Harmonica - Alphonso taps into his blues roots as he picks up a harmonica and gives it a try. This is Blessissippi.
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Blessissippi - Super Chikan Talks Trains - Sometimes sounds bring back memories. For Super Chikan, the sound of a passing train reminds him of making music as a child.
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Charlie talks about the American condition - “For the last seven years every single Explore trip has been about the American condition. It's been about healing and bringing people together and realizing that our strength is our diversity, and that there's a lot of rifts and people don't understand one another. And so, Fallujah, this opera's just a great example of how people can come together, heal, in this case through music and the arts.”
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Inuit Song - On the shores of Canada's Arctic Bay, two teenage Inuit girls sing a traditional melody. Their friend keeps the beat with a qilaut, a drum made of stretched caribou skin.
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Well of Memories - Spend an afternoon with the Alzheimer's patients at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. Nothing brings back the spirit of youth and joy like music.
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Jack's Music Class - Jack Johnson returns to his Elementary School and teaches kids about the importance of recycling.
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