On the Silk Road with Yo-Yo Ma

NPR

Published May 25, 2002 at 12:00 AM EDT

Yo-Yo Ma's new album, Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet, celebrates the transcultural music of the ancient trade route that connected East and West. Ma talks with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday, and plays some music from the album. (17:49) (The CD is on the Sony Classical label).

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