{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Marie Abe - Professor of Music, Musician, and Artistic Director of the BU Global Music Festival","description":" Marie is an Assistant Professor of Music in the Department of Musicology and Ethnomusicology at Boston University.  Marie&amp;nbsp;is the founder of BU Global Music Concert Series, aiming to bring artists steeped in folkloric, popular, and traditional music around the world, for Boston University and Boston area communities. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; As an active performer and improviser of the accordion, Marie performs and records with artists around the world. She performs with the Boston-based Ethiopian music collective, Debo Band. Marie&amp;nbsp;serves as the Artistic Director of the&amp;nbsp;BU Global Music Festival&amp;nbsp;which takes place in October on the campus of&amp;nbsp;Boston University, in partnership with the&amp;nbsp;BU Global Arts Initiative. &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"MergingArts Conversations","author_url":"http:\/\/www.mergingarts.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7131397\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/23738637"}