Playing for Change: Bringing peace to the world through music

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Broadcast History

Aired live June 15, 2012 at approx. 6:20 p.m on The Roadhouse on WTIP, Grand Marais, Minn.

Intro and Outro

Music has power like nothing else to stir emotion and bring people together. Bob Carter of WTIP Radio spoke with Mark Johnson, co-founder of Playing for Change, about his project to travel the globe recording street musicians and share their music with the world.

That was Bob Carter of WTIP Radio in Grand Marais, Minnesota, talking with Mark Johnson, co-founder of Playing for Change. You can learn more at playingforchange.com.

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