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"

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Şarkıcı Rhiannon Giddens, "St. James Infirmary Blues"'ı söylemek için uluslararası müzik kolektifi olan Silk Road Ensemble'a katıldı ve Louis Armstrong'un 1920'lerde Roman etkisiyle ve o haylaz enerjisiyle popülerleştirdiği Amerikan halk şarkısını seslendirdi.
- 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. 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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I wentgitti down
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to StSt. JamesJames InfirmaryRevir
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bebeğimi,onu görmek
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To see my babybebek there
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için gittim.
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She was lyingyalan söyleme on a long woodenahşap tabletablo
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Uzun ahşap bir masanın üzerinde yatıyordu.
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So coldsoğuk, so still, so fairadil
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Öyle soğuk,öyle hoş,
öyle beyaz tenliydi ki.
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I wentgitti up to see the doctordoktor
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Doktoru görmeye gittim.
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"She's very lowdüşük," he said
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"Çok güçsüz" dedi.
Bebeğimi görmek için geri döndüm.
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I wentgitti back to see my babybebek
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Good God
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Aman Tanrım!
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she's lyingyalan söyleme there deadölü
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Orada ölü gibi yatıyor.
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I wentgitti down to oldeski Joe'sJoe's barbar roomoda
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Yaşlı Joe'nin meyhanesine gittim,
meydanın köşesine.
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On the cornerköşe of the squarekare
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İçkiler her zamanki gibi
servis ediliyordu
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They were servingservis drinksiçecekler as perbaşına usualolağan
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And the usualolağan crowdkalabalık was there
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ve her zamanki gibi bütün kalabalık orada
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To my left stooddurdu OldEski JoeJoe McKennedyMcKennedy
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Solumda Joe McKennedy vardı
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His eyesgözleri were bloodshotkan çanağı redkırmızı
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ve gözleri kanlanmştı.
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He turneddönük to the crowdkalabalık around him
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Etrafındaki kalabalığa döndü.
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And these are the wordskelimeler he said
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Ve bunlar, onun söylediği kelimelerdir.
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"Let her go, let her go, God blesskutsamak her
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Bırak gitsin, bırak gitsin,
Tanrı onu kutsasın
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WhereverHer yerde she mayMayıs ayı be
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her nerede olursa olsun...
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She can searcharama
this wholebütün widegeniş worldDünya all over
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Dünya'nın dört bir yanını dolaşabilir
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But she'llkabuk never find anotherbir diğeri man like me
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ama asla benim gibi adamı bulamaz.
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She can searcharama
this wholebütün widegeniş worldDünya all over
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Dünya'nın dört bir yanını dolaşabilir
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And she'llkabuk never find
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ama asla
benim gibi
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anotherbir diğeri man
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adamı bulamaz.
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like me
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When I dieölmek, please God, burygömmek me
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Lütfen Tanrım,öldüğümde beni
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In my ten-dollar10 dolar StetsonStetson hatşapka
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on dolarlık Stetson şapkamın içine gömün.
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Put a twenty-dollarYirmi dolarlık goldaltın pieceparça
on my watch chainzincir
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Saatimin zincirine yirmi
dolarlık bir altın koyun.
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So my friendsarkadaşlar know I diedvefat etti standingayakta patsıvazlama
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Zaten arkadaşlarım benim
yaşayan ölü olduğumu biliyor.
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Get sixaltı gamblerskumarbaz to carrytaşımak my coffintabut
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Tabutumu taşımak için altı kumarbaz seç.
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And sixaltı choirkoro girlskızlar to singşarkı söyle me a songşarkı
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Ve kilisedeki koroda altı
kız bana bir ilahi söyleyecek.
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StickSopa a jazzcaz bandgrup on my hearseCenaze arabası wagonyük vagonu
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Caz bandını cenaze arabamın üstüne koyun.
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To raiseyükseltmek hellcehennem as I go alonguzun bir
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Ben giderken sorun yaratmak için.
İşte bu, benim hikayemin sonu.
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Now that's the endson of my storyÖykü
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Let's have anotherbir diğeri roundyuvarlak of boozeiçki
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Hadi bir tur daha içki içelim.
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And if anyonekimse should asksormak you
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Ve eğer herhangi biri sana sorarsa,
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Just tell them I got
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onlara sadece şunu söyle:
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Aziz James Hastanesi'nin özlemini
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Translated by Merve Gur
Reviewed by Yunus Aşık

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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