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# Episode 5
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/my-music-rhiannon-giddens/episode/episode-5-qyzsg2/
- Published: 2024-05-17T18:00:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T11:23:27.000Z
- Description: Rhiannon and Japanese percussionist Haruka Fujii perform and chat.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: My Music with Rhiannon Giddens, Season 2, Episode 5, #ZZZ_Episode_8804b658-8cca-4836-8cef-26809f00259e, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_abf9b76e-336a-4363-9407-727b111ad940, #v1.16

Japanese percussionist Haruka Fujii talks with Rhiannon about the surprising history of the marimba in Japan and her own mission to spread the beauty of Japanese music to diverse audiences. They discuss Silkroad’s “American Railroad” project, and the episode ends with a performance of Fujii’s original composition “Tamping Song.”