From April, 2000:

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A live NPR recording of the Assad Brothers
Lost in the stars with Gillham Park
The trikitixa from Kepa Junkera
Brazilian artist Virginia Rodrigues
The haunting theremin of Clara Rockmore
The Palm Fabric Orchestra

It's all in the family: the Assad
brothers have a talented
sister, Badi Assad, who also
plays classical guitar and
has recorded four solo CDs.

Nadja Solerno-Sonnerberg, Sergio and Odair Assad

Listen to Andalucia:
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from Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Sergio & Odair Assad (Nonesuch Records)

Listen to an interview with Nadja Salerno-Sonnennberg and Sergio Adair.

The Gillham Park Orchtet (yes,
"orchtet" not "ochtet")
recorded and performed in
Kansas City, MO in the late
1990s.

The Gillham Park Orchtet

Listen to Lost in the Stars:
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from Songs from the Velvet Anvil (GPO)

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Kepa Junkera is self-taught
on the trikitixa, or diatonic
accordion, a folk instrument
native to the Basque region
of Spain where Junkera was
born and raised.

Kepa Junkera

Listen to Nondik jo Maurizia:
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from Bilbao 00:00h (Alula Records)

Listen to a review of Bilbao by NPR's Banning Eyre.

Virginia was discovered by
Brazilian pop legend, Caetano
Veloso. After hearing her
sing in a young people's
musical theater production,
Veloso invited her to record
for his label, Natasha Records.

Virginia Rodrigues

Listen to Uma História de If:
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from Nós (Hannibal/Natasha Records)


Listen to a feature on Virginia from NPR's All Things Considered.

Music created by the theramin
was featured in several
film soundtracks in the 1940s
and 1950s, including "The
DayThe Earth Stood Still,"
"Spellbound," and the classic
alcoholic travelogue,
"The Lost Weekend"

Clara Rockmore

Listen to The Swan:
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from The Art of the Theremin (Delos)

Listen to a review of a film on Leon Theremin and Clara Rockmore.

Palm Fabric Orchestra is a side
project of the band Poi Dog
Pondering, by its frontman
Frank Orrall

Palm Fabric Orchestra

Listen to The Garden:
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from Vague Gropings in the Slip Stream (Carrot Top Records)

For more on the creative motivations of Frank Orrall and the Palm Fabric Orchestra, read his extended 1995 interview from the online 'zine Oculus.

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