Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn, who released a self-titled debut album as a duo on Friday, have lived almost parallel lives. Both women were born in 1977, and both grew up to be accomplished and ...

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Some combinations sound strange but work really well together. Take pickles and ice cream, french fries and milkshakes, bacon and donuts. This meshing of two old forms of music is attracting young ...

No conversation about Chinese traditional music would be complete without the pipa, an ancient guitar-like instrument. One of the best known current practitioners of the pipa is Wu Man. Fred talks ...

Performing Asia presents traditional and newly-composed music from China and Taiwan by composers Shih-Hui Chen, Chen Yi, Hwang-Long Pan, and Xu Shuya. This lively and moving cross-cultural ...

NPR’s Anthony Kuhn, recently returned to China, introduces the Shaanxi folk music known as lao qiang (老腔), or “old tune”: Traditionally, Lao Qiang musicians would accompany a puppeteer, who would tell ...

With a slight inhale, 81-year-old Zhen Jinling brought the short, ridged horn up to his mouth. He pursed his lips and blew into his suona — the sound part birdcall, part trumpet fanfare. From a bench ...

Some combinations sound strange but work really well together. Take pickles and ice cream, french fries and milkshakes, bacon and donuts. The collaboration began when Tian was the artist-in-residence ...

Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn, who released a self-titled debut album as a duo on Friday, have lived almost parallel lives. Both women were born in 1977, and both grew up to be accomplished and ...

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 ...