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Mike Gordon on mon 17 may 10

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Search around and hear clips of music from around Asia. Mike Gordon

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> From: Smithsonian Folkways
> Date: May 17, 2010 9:18:29 AM PDT
> To: FOLKWAYS@SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU
> Subject: Celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month, Free Download and
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> Dear Supporter,
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> Join Smithsonian Folkways in celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage Month=3D=
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> throughout May. Expanded from a weekly celebration by the United=3D20
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> the United States.
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> The Smithsonian Folkways collection features dozens of albums by=3D20
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> of these resources:

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> =3DA0=3DA0Radio Asia =3D97 Listen to Full-Length Songs
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> =3DA0=3DA0Soundscapes: Music of Hawai'i
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> =3DA0=3DA0Soundscapes: Music of the Mekong River
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> =3DA0=3DA0Soundscapes: The Burmese Harp
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> =3DA0=3DA020-Volume Music of Indonesia Recording Series
> =3DA0=3DA0Free Song Download!
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> =3DA0=3DA0Videos featuring cultures from Asia and the Pacific Islands
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> =3DA0=3DA0Lesson Plans: Music of Japan, India, Thailand, and more
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> =3DA0=3DA0A.R.C.E. Music of India Collection
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> In addition, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival presents Asian Pacific=3D=
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> Americans: Local Lives, Global Ties, one of the three programs for=3D20
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> D.C., the 44th annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival will also present=3D2=
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> M=3DE9xico, and Smithsonian Inside Out.

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> Subscriber Discount: Enter code APAHMFW and save 20% off retail price
> on all volumes from the Music of Indonesia Series through June 1st.

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> Help Us Reach 6,000 Facebook Fans!
> The lucky 6,000th fan will receive a custom-curated box set based on
> his or her favorite styles of music. If you are already a fan, you
> can help by inviting your friends to "like" our page.
> Smithsonian Folkways Trivia!
> Each month we'll ask a trivia question; email your answer, name, and
> address with the subject "May Trivia" to SmithsonianFolkways@si.edu
> by June 1st, and a randomly selected entrant with the correct answer
> will win a free CD of his or her choice!
>
> May Question: This style of chanting, performed solo or in groups
> with instruments, is practiced in Hawai'i as a means of remembering
> history and recording daily life. What is it called?
>
> Congratulations to last month's winner, Robert, from Concord, MA, who
> correctly answered "Azerbaijan" to this question: The tar, a plucked
> lute featured on the Music of Central Asia, Vol. 8, is widely
> considered the national instrument of what country?
> New Release

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> The Sounds of Mariachi (DVD)
> Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos
> Essential Picks

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> Royal Court Music of Thailand
> Various Artists
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> Indonesian Guitars
> Various Artists
> Featured Videos

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> Hazel Dickens

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> Tibetan Skeleton Dance
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> Rappahannock Blues on June 15th as the fifth release in the African=3D20=
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> American Legacy Series.
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