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In this undated photo, trumpet player Will Magid performs at the Showbox Sodo venue in Seattle, Washington.

‘Osmanity’: Ottoman Empire’s founder inspires a new album

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Trumpet player and ethnomusicologist Will Magid is the creative force behind the musical project Balkan Bump. He has a new album out Oct. 23 called “Osmanity.”

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Claire Barry brought Yiddish pop to mainstream America

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Global Hit: Abraham Incorporated

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Abraham Incorporated features the best of klezmer — clarinet virtuoso David Krakauer — and the best of funk — James Brown alum Fred Wesley — plus a wacky rapper from Montreal named “DJ So-called.” Anchor Marco Werman has the story.