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Booktalk: The stories hidden in a song

Nepal, July 9 -- Dr Anna Marie Stirr is an associate professor of Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii and is a member ...
I'm on a brick patio at Northfield, a popular café in Kathmandu, Nepal, strumming “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” on my guitar alongside Les Thompson, a founding member of the pioneering SoCal folk and ...
Anna Marie Stirr has completely immersed herself into the world of Nepali dohori folk duets, not just doing a PhD on the subject and publishing a book, but also performing the song routines. Anna ...
Kathmandu, July 4 -- The story starts small.
A year ago in the hilltop town of Kirtipur overlooking Kathmandu, musicians started to experiment with a blend of Appalachian Bluegrass with the mewl of the sarangi from the Himalaya. Zoe Levitt, a ...