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GRITtv: Suphala: Music Across Borders
Tabla player Suphala made history in 2005 when she traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan, as the first musician to play in public since the fall of the Taliban. She's played with Norah Jones, Perry Farrell, Edie Brickell, Vernon Reid, Timbaland, Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono. Suphala talks about her instrument and her cultural diplomacy, and plays a few songs with Mike Block on cello and Hadi Eldebek on oud.
Email this pageGRITtv: Dec. 15, 2009
In the news today: a tour of bicycle-friendly Copenhagen; who made Joe Lieberman king of health-care; Philippine transgender activist Sass Rogando Sasot addressed a panel of the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, France, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, calling for action to end discrimination and violence against people based on their gender identity; and Tabla player Suphala talks about her instrument and her cultural diplomacy, and plays a few songs with Mike Block on cello and Hadi Eldebek on oud.
