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Cover StoryAlza Tu Voz (Speak Out)From picket line to radio, music and theater inspires farmworkers’ spirit for change. Experiencing the music in my labor camp and learning from the Delano farm worker movement...
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Artist SpotlightYiddish Song SmugglingInterpreting Yiddish songs in a contemporary context breathes life into music of a Jewish world.
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Community SpotlightRadio JarocheloA Mexican maestro uses internet technology to weave a strong thread in the fabric of tradition.
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Recording SpotlightRasta SoundsThe global African Diaspora has often searched through music for a “post-racist utopia.”
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video spotlightThe Brothers NazaroffInternational klezmer supergroup The Brothers Nazaroff, composed of Daniel Kahn, Psoy Korolenko, Michael Alpert, Jake Shulman-Ment, Bob Cohen, and Hampus Melin, breathe new life into the discordant, obscure, jubilant legacy of their Happy Prince, who recorded the mysterious Folkways 10-inch record Jewish Freilach Songs in 1954. Animation by Ben Katchor.
Albums
From the Collection
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Rolas de Aztlán: Songs of the Chicano MovementVarious Artists
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Jewish Freilach SongsNathan "Prince" Nazaroff
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ImaginariesQuetzal
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Folk Music and Ceremonies of EthiopiaVarious Artists
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Yiddish Folk SongsRuth Rubin
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La Bamba: Sones Jarochos from VeracruzJosé Gutiérrez & Los Hermanos Ochoa