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."
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