ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Silk Road Ensemble - Musical explorers
With a repertoire spanning classical, improvisational and folk traditions from around the globe, the Silk Road Ensemble spins sounds that celebrate cultural solidarity.

Why you should listen

Inspired by the exchange of ideas and traditions along the historical Silk Road, cellist Yo-Yo Ma established Silkroad in 1998 to explore how the arts can advance global understanding. Since 2000, the Silk Road Ensemble has been at the core of Silkroad's work. Representing a global array of cultures, the Ensemble models new forms of cultural exchange through performances, workshops and residencies. The artists of the Ensemble draw on the rich tapestry of traditions from around the world that make up our many-layered contemporary identities, weaving together the foreign and familiar to create a new musical language.

The Ensemble tours throughout the world and has recorded six albums. "St. James Infirmary Blues," which the Ensemble performed at TED2016, appears on Sing Me Home, its new, Grammy Award-winning album. Sing Me Home was recorded alongside the new documentary feature The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble from Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville.

For its TED2016 appearance, Silk Road Ensemble is:

Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass)
Johnny Gandelsman (violin)
Joseph Gramley (percussion)
Karen Ouzounian (cello)
Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi)
Michael Ward-Bergeman (accordion)
Reylon Yount (yangqin)
Evan Ziporyn (clarinet)

More profile about the speaker
Silk Road Ensemble | Speaker | TED.com
Rhiannon Giddens - Musician
With a rich voice and an equally rich sense of history, Rhiannon Giddens animates American folk tradition with her electrifying song interpretations.

Why you should listen

Singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens is the co-founder of the Grammy-winning string band, Carolina Chocolate Drops, playing banjo and fiddle. Giddens's 201 Grammy-nominated solo debut, Tomorrow Is My Turn, blends gospel, jazz, blues and country, showcasing her dazzling vocal prowess. Her follow-up album, Freedom Highway, largely comprised of original songs, was released to widespread critical acclaim in February 2017.

Giddens performed at the Obama White House and duets with country star Eric Church on his powerful anti-racism hit "Kill a Word." In 2016, she received the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Singer of the Year and the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Bluegrass and Banjo. Giddens also has a recurring role on the recently revived television drama Nashville.

More profile about the speaker
Rhiannon Giddens | Speaker | TED.com
TED2016

Silk Road Ensemble + Rhiannon Giddens: "St. James Infirmary Blues"

Silk Road Emsemble + Rhiannon Giddens: Blues de la enfermería de San James

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El cantante Rhiannon Giddens se une a la orquesta internacional colectiva Silk Raad para presentar "St James Infermary Blues" clavando la popular canción que Armstrong popularizó en los años 1920 con la influencia de Romani y Maquiavelos
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With a repertoire spanning classical, improvisational and folk traditions from around the globe, the Silk Road Ensemble spins sounds that celebrate cultural solidarity. Full bio - Musician
With a rich voice and an equally rich sense of history, Rhiannon Giddens animates American folk tradition with her electrifying song interpretations. Full bio

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Fui abajo
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to StS t. JamesJames InfirmaryEnfermería
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a la enfermería del San James
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To see my babybebé there
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para ver allí a mi bebé.
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She was lyingacostado on a long woodende madera tablemesa
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Ella estaba tendida
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So coldfrío, so still, so fairjusta
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Muy fría, muy inmóvil, muy serena.
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I wentfuimos up to see the doctordoctor
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Fui arriba para ver al doctor.
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"She's very lowbajo," he said
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"Ella está muy grave " dijo él.
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I wentfuimos back to see my babybebé
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Regresé para ver a mi bebé.
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Good God
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Buen Dios,
ella está tendida, muerta.
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she's lyingacostado there deadmuerto
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I wentfuimos down to oldantiguo Joe'sJoe barbar roomhabitación
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Fui abajo al viejo bar de Joe.
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On the corneresquina of the squarecuadrado
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En la esquina de la plaza
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servían bebida como siempre.
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And the usualusual crowdmultitud was there
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Y la usual multitud estaba allí
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To my left stooddestacado OldAntiguo JoeJoe McKennedyMcKennedy
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a mi izquierda estaba
el viejo Joe Mckennedy.
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His eyesojos were bloodshotinyectado de sangre redrojo
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Sus ojos estaban enrojecidos.
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He turnedconvertido to the crowdmultitud around him
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Se dio la vuelta a la multitud
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And these are the wordspalabras he said
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Y estas son las palabras que dijo:
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"Let her go, let her go, God blessbendecir her
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"¡Deja que se vaya, que se vaya,
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dondequiera que vaya estar
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anotherotro man
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like me
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When I diemorir, please God, buryenterrar me
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con mi sombrero Stetson de 10 dólares,
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ponme una pieza de oro de
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para que mis amigos vean que
morí de una manera digna.
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Quiero 6 portadores para cargar mi ataúd
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And sixseis choircoro girlschicas to singcanta me a songcanción
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y 6 chicas que me canten una canción.
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Para alcanzar el infierno cuando me vaya.
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Este es el fin de mi historia
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And if anyonenadie should askpedir you
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Tomemos otro trago.
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Just tell them I got
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the StS t. JamesJames InfirmaryEnfermería
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solo di que yo soy el chico del
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blues de la enfermería de Dan James.
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Translated by Rosa Sandoval
Reviewed by Lidia Cámara de la Fuente

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Silk Road Ensemble - Musical explorers
With a repertoire spanning classical, improvisational and folk traditions from around the globe, the Silk Road Ensemble spins sounds that celebrate cultural solidarity.

Why you should listen

Inspired by the exchange of ideas and traditions along the historical Silk Road, cellist Yo-Yo Ma established Silkroad in 1998 to explore how the arts can advance global understanding. Since 2000, the Silk Road Ensemble has been at the core of Silkroad's work. Representing a global array of cultures, the Ensemble models new forms of cultural exchange through performances, workshops and residencies. The artists of the Ensemble draw on the rich tapestry of traditions from around the world that make up our many-layered contemporary identities, weaving together the foreign and familiar to create a new musical language.

The Ensemble tours throughout the world and has recorded six albums. "St. James Infirmary Blues," which the Ensemble performed at TED2016, appears on Sing Me Home, its new, Grammy Award-winning album. Sing Me Home was recorded alongside the new documentary feature The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble from Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville.

For its TED2016 appearance, Silk Road Ensemble is:

Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass)
Johnny Gandelsman (violin)
Joseph Gramley (percussion)
Karen Ouzounian (cello)
Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi)
Michael Ward-Bergeman (accordion)
Reylon Yount (yangqin)
Evan Ziporyn (clarinet)

More profile about the speaker
Silk Road Ensemble | Speaker | TED.com
Rhiannon Giddens - Musician
With a rich voice and an equally rich sense of history, Rhiannon Giddens animates American folk tradition with her electrifying song interpretations.

Why you should listen

Singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens is the co-founder of the Grammy-winning string band, Carolina Chocolate Drops, playing banjo and fiddle. Giddens's 201 Grammy-nominated solo debut, Tomorrow Is My Turn, blends gospel, jazz, blues and country, showcasing her dazzling vocal prowess. Her follow-up album, Freedom Highway, largely comprised of original songs, was released to widespread critical acclaim in February 2017.

Giddens performed at the Obama White House and duets with country star Eric Church on his powerful anti-racism hit "Kill a Word." In 2016, she received the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Singer of the Year and the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Bluegrass and Banjo. Giddens also has a recurring role on the recently revived television drama Nashville.

More profile about the speaker
Rhiannon Giddens | Speaker | TED.com
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