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CD of elephants in the Thai jungle playing specially designed musical
instruments. The elephants improvise the music themselves. The Thai
Elephant orchestra was co-founded by Richard Lair of the Thai Elephant
Conservation Center in Lampang and performer/composer Dave Soldier.
Most of the profits will go to the Conservation Center. The CD includes
a twelve page color booklet that details the project.
Sample MP3 files
Here's a NY Times article
about the orchestra (web page)
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video from ABC news (if still up)
An
NPR Radio Morning Edition interview (if still up).
Article
in the Economist
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slide show by Paula Bronstein
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long Canadian Radio interview
Article
in Time Magazine by Jennifer Gampell
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BBC radio interview
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Swedish TV story with nice film clips of the performances
Still other elephant art and
music links are on this page
See the other
Mulatta CDs