We close this hour with music from cellist Yo Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble from the group's visit to NPR. Fred talks with members of the ensemble, and we hear them play "Mido Mountain," a folk ...

The Shanghai Quartet plays a few pieces from their China Song collection, in concert. All the pieces are Chinese folk songs arranged for string quartet by Yiwen Jiang, a violinist with the Shanghai ...

The sweeping wind (Kanshu) -- In a far-away place (Tsing Hai) -- The funny old man (Tsing Hai) -- Heartache (Ho Tao, Inner Mongolia) -- A festive song (Ho Tao, Inner Mongolia) -- The embroidered purse ...

A new album combines Appalachian music with Chinese folk music. Young people can't get enough. From China to Appalachia: An unlikely musical fusion that's got young people hooked Some combinations ...

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