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Learning and telling the stories of Near Eastern musicians in the US in the early decades of the 20th century.

To What Strange Place: Ottoman-American Diaspora Music

Learning and telling the stories of Near Eastern musicians in the US in the early decades of the 20th century.
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Ian Nagoski
Ian Nagoski
278 backers pledged $11,630 to help bring this project to life.
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open call for questions for a forthcoming video

hi, folks.

As of Monday, all of the backer rewards (except for the lathe-cut records), will have been shipped. It occurred to me that some folks might have questions about... Read more

shipping, part 2!

hi, folks

Tomorrow morning another 85 packages of rewards will be shipped, which brings us very nearly up to date (or, at least not QUITE so behind.) 

There was a... Read more

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shipping commenced!

Thanks to all of you kind backers for your patience! The funds for To What Strange Place finally enabled me to buy the shipping supplies and media to begin fulfillment... Read more

new podcast

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collected download files

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Successfully raised $11,630 with 278 backers

Backer tracks #5: bonus round!

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Backertracks #4: 2 8th Ave instrumentals ca. late 40s

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a social media suggestion from TWSP

Many of the contributors to To What Strange Place have posted about their support to Facebook, Twitter, tumblr, but if you haven't, it's a good way to to "increase" your... Read more

200% funded! Just 3 days left!

The possibilities for To What Strange Place have bloomed like the a million-petaled chrysanthemum over the past month. Will another $300 a day arrive in the next 3 days in... Read more

Thank you! Headed toward the goal for the Middle East trip.

Holy moly! Things are going better than I ever could have hoped. The Project of the Day bump brought a lot of backers to the project. I'm so grateful.

I've said... Read more

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Far out! 1 week to go & we're Project of the Day!

I'm so grateful that the TWSP West Coast Tour has been funded for a couple weeks now, and people keep learning about the project and chipping in. And yall have... Read more
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Backer Tracks #3: Rosa Eskenazi

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Backer Tracks #2: post-War Arab-American fiddlers

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First two songs for backers - and thank you!!

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alright! (& free tracks coming soon to all who donate!)

Less than four days in, and we're already about 1/3 of the way to getting me to the West Coast. (And I just got word today of an amazing collection... Read more

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Project launched