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Musicians

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Yo-Yo Ma’s Other Passion

In celebrating the cultures of the ancient Silk Road, renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has found a second calling

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Libba Cotten’s Guitar

Left-handed, she taught herself to play, wrote the folk classic “Freight Train” and sang into her 90s

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Conveying History Through Song

Bernice Johnson Reagon adds cultural nuance and period flavor to rousing a cappella renditions

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