Thanks Guest [from Minneapolis] for the clicky to that article. It sounds like it will be interesting reading..

and, Guest, I greatly admire your station's positions on its programming...

Thanks also Rapaire for your comments.
And may I take the liberty of excerpting some of those comments [again]:

"My cultural background...does not prevent me from appreciating the music of other cultures... Perhaps this has to do with.. growing up in a multi-cultural neighborhood."

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That's my vision for the Mudcat Cafe community {and, hopefully, the real world}.

Ms. Azizi