TEDxPiscataquariver 9/8/2017 Portsmouth, NH In 2012 my bluegrass band, Della Mae, auditioned for a program called American Music Abroad. The American Music Abroad program is funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Association of American Voices. Every year American Music Abroad auditions and carefully selects 10 American bands to travel the world for cultural exchange, and to target populations with little to no access to American music. These bands, ra