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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 Smuggling
Interpreting Yiddish songs in a contemporary context breathes life into music of a Jewish world.
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Community SpotlightRadio Jarochelo
A Mexican maestro uses internet technology to weave a strong thread in the fabric of tradition.
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Recording SpotlightRasta Sounds
The global African Diaspora has often searched through music for a “post-racist utopia.”
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video spotlightThe Brothers Nazaroff
International 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 Movement
Various Artists
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Jewish Freilach Songs
Nathan "Prince" Nazaroff
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Imaginaries
Quetzal
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Folk Music and Ceremonies of Ethiopia
Various Artists
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Yiddish Folk Songs
Ruth Rubin
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La Bamba: Sones Jarochos from Veracruz
José Gutiérrez & Los Hermanos Ochoa
Back Issues
- April 2017 Experimental
- November 2016 Education
- April 2016 Migration
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- March 2018: NEA National Heritage
- April 2017: Experimental
- November 2016: Education
- April 2016: Migration
- July 2015: UNESCO Collection
- March 2015: New Orleans
- October 2014: Labor
- June 2014: South Africa
- February 2014: Faith
- July 2013: Peace
- March 2013: Soundscapes
- June 2012: Cover Art
- December 2011: Latin American
- August 2011: Afghanistan
- May 2011: Asian American
- February 2011: Jazz
- November 2010: Mary Lou Williams
- June 2010: Grassroots
- April 2010: Central Asia
- January 2010: Roberto Martínez
- September 2009: Children's Music
- June 2009: Traditions
- April 2009: Pete Seeger