Kino Musica, East-Afro Blues
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 4: On The Move / 4.3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2017 July 04
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.2017, Item SFF2017_0704_OTM_Story_Circle_0008
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Listening copies available
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content: Beshou Gedamu (presenter); Kumera Genet; Besu; Tadesse; Jonathan Ean Newton; Regan Carver; Frederick James ;Kino Musica melds music from across Africa and its diaspora into soulful sounds that educate and entertain. The band members, four friends whose paths have crossed in D.C., consider their work together as an evolving voyage of musical and cultural discovery. With members of East African descent, Kino often uses melodies from the region as the first creative source for songs that tell grounded and personal stories, while the music they play ultimately embodies the diversity of their influences and community.