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David Lewiston Shares Music from Bali and Other Regions of the World.

Musicologist David Lewiston. Since the early 60s, Lewiston has traveled the world collecting the music of the indigenous cultures. He's recorded the Andean music of Peru, the fiestas of southern Mexico and the marimba music of Guatemala. In addition, he's travelled extensively in the Himalayas and other remote, mountainous areas of the Far East. These recordings have been released as part of the Nonesuch Record Company's Explorer Series. Over the last few years, Lewiston has focused on the music and rituals of the people of Tibet, now living in exile in northern India. The most recent release of the Nonesuch Explorer series features Lewiston's recordings of the music of Bali.

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Trumpeter Buck Clayton Lets Us Into His "Jazz World."

Trumpeter and composer Buck Clayton. Clayton was one of the most prominent members of Count Basie's original band. But when a lip problem hurt his playing, he turned to composing and arranging. Clayton now leads a band that performs his own compositions. (Rebroadcast. Originally broadcast on Wednesday, October 14, 1987.)

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Mark Halliday Reads His Poem "Ode: The Capris."

Poet Mark Halliday reads a poem inspired by a song by the Doo-Wop group The Capris. Halliday, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has read several of his poems on Fresh Air. (Rebroadcast. Originally broadcast on Friday, December 30, 1988.)

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'Open Road' Recounts Dalai Lama's Global Journey

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Tibet in the Western Imagination.

Journalist Orville Schell talks about his new book Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood (Metropolitan Books). For centuries now, the mountainous and remote nation of Tibet has been the object of Western fascination. Today, Tibet is the subject of movies and Hollywood celebrities have taken on Tibetan Freedom as their cause. Schell talks about Tibet, real and imagined, and takes us through the history of the West’s infatuation. Schell has covered China and Tibet for many years.

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Musician and Buddhist Nun Choying Drolma.

Choying Drolma is a Tibetan Buddhist nun who practices a contemplative system of Buddhism called Cho. As part of that system, she also sings religious songs and chants. Their music was recorded by guitarist Steve Tibbetts who then created guitar arrangements around it. The result was the CD "Cho" (newly released on Hannibal Records). Drolma is currently on tour with Tibbetts and her fellow nuns.

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