#SongOfTheDay, 5/9/2025:
"Castle" (2014) by Jo-Yu Chen [Taiwanese heritage] and her Trio,
with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel
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#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 5/9/2025
#Quote by: @cbsnews.com correspondent Weijia Jiang [Chinese heritage],
speaking to @cbsmornings.bsky.social host @vladduthierscbs.bsky.social
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#SongOfTheDay, 5/8/2025:
"Car 16 15 A" (2025)
by trumpeter Takuya Kuroda [Japanese heritage]
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#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 5/8/2025
#Quote by: Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, speaking to @washingtonpost.com's Lori Montgomery
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#SongOfTheDay / #QOTD, 5/7/2025
"Heartstrings" (2025), written and performed
by trombonist Nanami Haruta [Japanese heritage],
from her debut album "The Vibe", released in February
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#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 5/7/2025
#Quote by: Alysa Liu [Chinese heritage],
the first American to win the World Figure Skating Championships since 2006 (not long after she was born!)
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#SongOfTheDay, 5/6/2025:
"Awakened Hope" (2024) by Ricky Kej, from "Break Of Dawn"
- a #2025GrammyNominee for Best New Age Album
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#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 5/6/2025
#Quote by: musician Ricky Kej [Indian heritage],
accepting the Grammy Award in 2022 for Best New Age Album
with his collaborator, Police drummer Stewart Copeland
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#SongOfTheDay, 5/5/2025:
"Tough Tofu" (1986)
by #Seattle -based pianist Deems Akihiko Tsutakawa [Japanese heritage, 1952-2021]
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#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 5/5/2025
#Quote by: chef Cecilia Chiang [Chinese heritage, 1920-2020],
founder of the Mandarin restaurant in San Francisco
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(Today begins our week of #quotes and #songs that recognize May's status as Asian-American / Pacific Islander Heritage Month. #AAPIHM #AAPIHM2025)