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Are we going to acknowledge that the question is not, how do we get diversity into bluegrass, but how do we get diversity back into bluegrass?
Rhiannon Giddens Carolinian
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"Community and Connection," keynote address, International Bluegrass Music Association business conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 26, 2017
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