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Opera singer says Paris police detained, strip searched her

Yende, who is Black, flew into the city on Monday where she said she was subjected to “ill-treatment and outrageous racial discrimination and psychological torture and very offensive racial comments.”

Angelica Lasala | May 15, 2017

Hear Big Sadie Blend American Folk Traditions in New Tunes, Live at the Pregnant Buffalo Lounge

Stephen Raskauskas | May 13, 2017

KAIA Kids Around the World: The Music of Venezuela

Stephen Raskauskas | May 13, 2017

Composer, Comedian Robbie Ellis Sings Original Tunes That’ll Have You in Stitches

Playlist: A Big Parade of 76 Trombone Pieces

Haley Henning | July 12, 2019

When you think of the trombone, what comes to mind? A particular classical work, or more likely, “Seventy-Six Trombones” leading a big parade? Although The Music Man brings the instrument into the spotlight in Meredith Willson’s hallmark song, the musical leaves a lot of room to explore the wide world of trombone repertoire.

David Bromberg fears huge violin collection must be split up

Associated Press | July 11, 2019

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — David Bromberg, a master of stringed-instrument Americana, says a deal to sell his massive collection of historic violins to the Library of Congress has fallen through. The singer-songwriter and session musician has compiled a collection of 263 historic American violins over the years, and at 73, was hoping to sell it intact for $1.7 million as ...

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