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Afghanistan’s music
in the Smithsonian collection

By D.A. Sonneborn

Further acquaintance with Afghanistan’s music will serve to increase our understanding about the culture of a land that in these times is featured daily in our print and broadcast media....
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¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia

The cimarrón is the bull that knows no rope, corral, nor iron, the steer....
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A Sound Legacy

Pete Seeger discusses Smithsonian Folkways Recordings mission and purpose.
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Smithsonian Folkways Certification Workshop in World Music Pedagogy

For a third consecutive summer, Smithsonian Folkways joined hands with....
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Asani, an Aboriginal women’s a cappella group from Edmonton, Alberta, presents a stirring rendition of “O, Canada,” re-imagined to reflect the myriad peoples who call Canada their homeland.
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Songs of a Macedonian Gypsy (CD Version)

Blue Grass Hill

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Afghanistan’s music in the Smithsonian collection

By D.A. Sonneborn

¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia

A Sound Legacy

Smithsonian Folkways Certification Workshop in World Music Pedagogy

Afghanistan’s music
in the Smithsonian collection