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When waves of Irish immigrants arrived in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, they carried their music, dance, and customs with them.
The New Sounds Lab was conceptualized and adapted by the staff and students of Rebel Song Academy.
Any descriptive label intended to encompass the talents of brother duo Spencer Battiest and Doc Native falls short.
Hip-hop has provided Bolivian artists a platform for telling personal stories, examining sociopolitical issues, asserting their own cultures, and defending the rights of Indigenous peoples.
When Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf walked into the Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium, it wasn’t the first time the musical duo performed on the national stage.
Each day of the Festival, the Stax Music Academy students commanded the attention of visitors with their dynamic performances.
The guitarrón is the backbone of mariachi music, anchoring the ensemble with musical bass lines and rhythmic pulse.
In the orchestral field, only 2.1 percent of players are Black. The Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists seeks to change this.
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