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Yo-Yo Ma once again embraces styles and traditions that go beyond classical music by bringing together four American string virtuosos and creating a new kind of chamber ensemble. Joining Yo-Yo Ma are bassist Edgar Meyer, mandolinist Chris Thile and fiddler Stuart Duncan. With strong bluegrass influences in evidence, the Goat Rodeo Sessions is a landmark album project by four of the greatest instrumentalists in music today. While each musician is a renowned superstar in his own sphere, they have come together now as a unified ensemble on a most remarkable and organic cross-genre project stemming from their friendship, and the title concept.