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Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet
Blowing away the cultural barrier between America and Asia, the special blend of Appalachian and Chinese music that propels banjoist Abigail Washburn’s work with the Sparrow Quartet may have started out as a fluke, but now seems more natural a fusion than ever.
By Jim Bessman
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Ma Jian
Ma Jian worked as a photo journalist until the age of 30, when he quit his job to jump-start his writing career by embarking on a three-year trip across China. A stop in Tibet was the main inspiration for his short story collection Stick Out Your Tongue (published in the U.S. in 2006).
By Ernest Barteldes
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Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma is a restless intellect whose mosaic-like career has encompassed not just classical music, but bluegrass, tango, bossa nova and, most notably, a variety of Asian-based styles with his Silk Road Project. Whichever thread he weaves with, Ma is a man on a mission.
By Tad Hendrickson
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Dan Storper
In 1993, Dan Storper founded the Putumayo label— a perennial clearinghouse for dozens of popular world music collections.
By Tad Hendrickson
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Seun Kuti
There’s something spooky about Seun Kuti’s live performances. When the youngest son of legendary Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti launched a brief North American debut tour in June and July 2007, you could hear jaws hitting the floor as he conjured the ghost of his late father.
By Tom Pryor
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Bostich + Fussible
With Tijuana Sound Machine, Nortec Collective's Bostich + Fussible fire up their first album as a duo, expanding on their genre-busting, border-crossing sound.
By Lissette Corsa
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