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When cultural authenticity questions challenge your musical belonging

I've been playing traditional Irish music for twenty years but I'm Pakistani and some people at sessions make me feel like I don't belong even though this music is my heart.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The tension between cultural ownership and musical love exposes how tradition both includes and excludes.

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