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Spring 2010: Featuring Music of Central Asia



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The online, multimedia magazine of Smithsonian Folkways
Rainbow
Cover Story

Rainbow

Chronicle of a Collaboration

Rainbow emerged from an ambitious process of collaborative creativity that reached across continents and cultures, and across musical categories and conventions. It represents at once a continuity and a turning point in the Smithsonian Folkways-Aga Khan Music Initiative CD-DVD series Music of Central Asia, whose previous seven releases...
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Rainbow Artists
Artist Spotlight

Rainbow Artists

Biographies and media about the artists on the album Rainbow.
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From the Field

Shangri-La of Yunnan, China

Singing performance by the group Shangri-La at the Folklife Festival in 2007.
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Tools for Teaching

How to play bolero in mariachi style

Mariachi los Camperos de Nati Cano demonstrate how to play bolero in the mariachi style.
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Kronos Quartet and Alim & Fargana Qasimov perform the song "Getme, Getme" live at Barbican Hall's Ramadan Nights Festival in London on September 26, 2008.
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