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On the Silk Road with Yo-Yo Ma

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Published May 24, 2002 at 11:00 PM CDT

Yo-Yo Ma's new album, Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet, celebrates the transcultural music of the ancient trade route that connected East and West. Ma talks with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday, and plays some music from the album. (17:49) (The CD is on the Sony Classical label).

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