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There may not be a better connector than the Downtown Music Lab in Roanoke for young people and music.

The Lab's Genesis Osagboro brought in three guys with present and past connections to the lab to share their thoughts and music with you. "Grads" Theo Boardley, 22, and Tony Francis, 23, talk about what they took with them from the program. Evan Wofford, 16, who with his sister, Sierra, is part of the lab, talks about how it became a place for the siblings to collaborate musically.

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Host: Tad Dickens

Producer: Seth M. Gitner