Chinese classical string ensembles sounds just like bluegrass bands, and I'm amazed that people don't talk about this more. It's such an obvious area of cultural fusion.

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We need something like "hillbilly globalism," based around the poor-ass folks from all the mountain hollers playing their old fiddle music, eating low-nutrition high-calorie food, and telling crass jokes.

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