December 28, 2007
When the British withdrew from India in the late 1940s, they left behind railroads, cricket, and... tubas. Rob Weisberg explains how the brass instruments cast off by the British army have become an integral part of India's musical culture.
Thank you for this cool story! I've been looking for CDs of Shyam Brass Band, one of the groups you profile in this story - do you have any leads on where I can get any of their CDs in the US?
Thanks,
Rick Banales
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