Asian Classical Music in MP3 Format. The original recordings were often less than optimal. They have been encoded primarily in variable bitrate to get the best sound for the file size. On saung and pattala, Mahagita songs by Myint Maung and Yi Yi Thant. From the 1970s and National Dance Theater. From the 1950s and Traditional music from Amoy.

Mostly Asian classics, most of the time. Art from the Internment Camps, or Enduring the Unbearable. For Japanese-Americans who were forced into relocation camps during World War II, everything from peach pits to bottle caps became the stuff of art. Which runs through January 30 at the Renwick Gallery in Washington.