Travel Notes Featuring Silkroad Ensemble's American Railroad Project with Maeve Gilchrist

Today on Travel Notes, we are featuring the American Railroad project by the Silkroad Ensemble in anticipation of their show at the Charleston Gaillard Center on November 19th. Today’s special guest, celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist takes us behind the scenes of this monumental project.

Silkroad’s American Railroad project highlights untold stories and amplifies unheard voices from the communities who actually built the transcontinental railroad, addressing past injustices and providing a more truthful account of global diasporic contributions to the creation of the American Empire.

We also listen to two tracks off of their upcoming album, The American Railroad album which comes out on November 15th.

Tickets to American Railroad at the Charleston Gaillard Center

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