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Simon Shaheen, Arab American Oud player, Brooklyn, NY 1994 NEA National Heritage Fellow

Photo by Alan Govenar

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Benny Ayala teaching plena, a traditional Puerto Rican musical style, at Rincón Criollo casita in the Bronx. Casitas are little houses built on empty lots in New York City neighborhoods that recall the look and feel of the Puerto Rican countryside

Photo by Martha Cooper