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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
- Winter 2016 Migration
- Summer 2015 UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music
- Winter/Spring 2015 New Orleans
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- Winter 2016: Migration
- Summer 2015: UNESCO Collection
- Winter/Spring 2015: New Orleans
- Summer/Fall 2014: Labor
- Spring 2014: South Africa
- Fall/Winter 2014: Faith
- Spring/Summer 2013: Peace
- Fall/Winter 2012: Soundscapes
- Spring/Summer 2012: Cover Art
- Fall/Winter 2011: Latin American
- Summer 2011: Afghanistan
- Spring 2011: Asian American
- Winter 2011: Jazz
- Fall 2010: Mary Lou Williams
- Summer 2010: Grassroots
- Spring 2010: Central Asia
- Winter 2010: Roberto Martínez
- Fall 2009: Children's Music
- Summer 2009: Traditions
- Spring 2009: Pete Seeger