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A musician strums the pin, the Cambodian harp, during a rehearsal in Phnom Penh.

Cambodia works to revive an ancient harp, plucked from a temple wall

Arts, Culture & Media

How do you make an instrument relevant that hasn’t been heard for hundreds of years? A French ethnomusicologist is recreating Cambodian instruments that vanished centuries ago.

Paris music festival shows off multi-national music trio

Arts, Culture & Media

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Tunes spun on The World between our reports for June 12, 2013 by the following artists: Rodrigo Y Gabriela, World Kora Trio, Orsten, Incas in Cyberspace, AfroCubism, Los Chicharrons.

Music Heard on Air for June 4, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for June 4, 2013 by the following artists: Jamshied Sharifi, Kalaban Coura, AfroCubism, World Kora Trio.

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Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 24, 2013 by the following artists: Bombino, Mbongeni Ngema, Charanga Cakewalk, World Kora Trio.

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Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 8, 2013 by the following artists: An Emerald City, World Kora Trio, Stephane Wrembel, Moriba Koita, Nogabe Randriaharimalala, Alisdair Fraser, Jody Stecher, Ocote Soul Sounds, Adrian Quesada, Generation Bass.

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Tunes spun on The World between our reports for April 30, 2013 by the following artists: World Kora Trio, Rodrigo Y Gabriela.

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