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Classical MusicClassical MusicPianist and NPR host Lara Downes leads a genre-blurring celebration of American music for the nation's 250th anniversary, joined by folk legend Judy Collins, Grammy winner Tank Ball, Invoke Quartet, and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir.
NPR host pianist
folk legend Judy Collins
Grammy-winning Tank Ball
genre-blending concert
Tips
🎹Lara Downes hosts NPR's 'Amplify' podcast
🎤Tank and the Bangas frontwoman brings spoken word
🎻Invoke Quartet blends bluegrass with classical strings
Lara Downes and Friends: This Land: Reflections on America
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Classical MusicClassical MusicPianist and NPR host Lara Downes leads a genre-blurring celebration of American music for the nation's 250th anniversary, joined by folk legend Judy Collins, Grammy winner Tank Ball, Invoke Quartet, and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir.
NPR host pianist
folk legend Judy Collins
Grammy-winning Tank Ball
genre-blending concert
Tips
🎹Lara Downes hosts NPR's 'Amplify' podcast
🎤Tank and the Bangas frontwoman brings spoken word
🎻Invoke Quartet blends bluegrass with classical strings
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