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Episode 42 – Never the Same Melody Twice with Akram Abdulfattah
What happens when a melody can never be played quite the same way twice? Akram Abdulfattah brings his six-string violin to explore maqam, microtones and improvisation, with stories of musical tradition, family and his Palestinian-American identity.