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Crossing East: Jared Rehberg Music Feature

Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
From: Dmae Roberts
Length: 00:04:58

Singer/Songwriter Jared Rehberg is perhaps the only transracial and international adoptee who sings about being an adoptee. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

Jared Rehberg, Singer/Songwriter is a songwriter in New York City. He writes songs about his own experience as an adoptee from Vietnam and about the connection between Vietnam and America for the Vietnamese adoptee community. He recently went back to Vietnam and saw the orphanage he came from, and he performed a concert there. For mroe info about his music go to: jaredrehberg.com This piece was produced as a newshole feature for the Crossing East Asian American history series.

Broadcast History

Produced as a newshole feature for the Crossing East Asian American history series which aired on more than 210 stations though many stations didn't air the newshole feature.

Related Website

http://crossingeast.org/