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"Voices of the Rain Forest."

Terry talks with ethnomusicologist Steven Feld. His record, "Voices of the Rainforest," captures the songs of the Kaluli (KAH-loo-lee) people of Paupa New Guinea. Feld's studies have just earned him a MacArthur Grant. Feld also works for preservation of the world's rain forests, since if the forests are eliminated, it will also mean the loss of much indigenous music. (The record is on Rycodisc). (Rebroadcast. Original date 4/15/91).

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Soviet born violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky (Sitz-ka-vets-kee). In the 1970s both he and his mother emigrated to the U.S. In 1988 DMITRY became the first post-war Soviet emigre musician to be invited back to USSR to perform. (Rebroadcast. Original date 3/13/91).

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