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# Episode 1
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/my-music-rhiannon-giddens/episode/episode-1-zocaib/
- Published: 2024-04-26T18:36:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T11:23:23.000Z
- Description: Rhiannon’s guest artist is Wu Man, master of the pipa or “Chinese banjo.”
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: My Music with Rhiannon Giddens, Season 2, Episode 1, #ZZZ_Episode_86a72e8c-a088-4e39-848a-d187ed5f50d4, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_abf9b76e-336a-4363-9407-727b111ad940, #v1.16

Host Rhiannon Giddens performs and talks with pipa master Wu Man, a 2023 NEA National Heritage Fellow who has been part of Silkroad Ensemble since its founding in 2000 by cellist Yo-Yo Ma. They talk about the origins of the pipa and discuss Silkroad’s multi-year “American Railroad” project.