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Talking with Yo-Yo Ma, the Ambassador of Cello
Yo-Yo Ma once left his 266-year-old cello in a New York taxi. He got it back safely, which might be why he has an affinity for cabbies. "If you know something about their country and you can talk about their food or their music, you have a friend for life," he says on today's show. In that spirit of reaching across cultural lines, Ma talks about his latest CDs, "New Impossibilities," featuring his Silk Road Ensemble, and "Appassionato."
The World of Yo-Yo Ma
Over past 30 years, cellist Yo-Yo Ma has gone in countless directions including Brazilian bossa nova, Argentine tango, American bluegrass, and world music for the Silk Road Project. He joins us today to talk about the many collaborations he's forged along the way.
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Throughout May, Soundcheck presents “Sound Off” a Friday series on the many aspects of noise in music and our lives. The series -- which coincides with “Better Hearing and Speech Month” -- looks at issues like New York’s noisiest neighborhoods, the latest research on iPods and hearing loss, and what happens when noise becomes a musical ingredient.
