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How we find and make meaning through music and performance

A fascinating analysis of the music scene in Austin, Texas.

A first-hand exploration of the diverse roles music plays in people's lives.

"A magnificent book about Afro-American music and its impact on western culture. "-Race and Class

A lively comparison of musical meaning in Ohio's Jazz, metal, and hard rock scene.

A social history of salsa in Colombia.

An activist's guide for musicians and fans opposed to the major label lockdown of online music

In Wild Music, Maria Sonevytsky tracks vernacular Ukrainian discourses of "wildness" as they manifested in popular music during a volatile decade of Ukrainian political history bracketed by two revolutions.

Explores Beyonce's impact as an artist and public figure.

Essays investigating Beyonce's global cultural impact.

Focusing on three collectives known locally as "cultural groups," which specialize in the music and dance traditions of the Maroons, it marks a vital contribution to knowledge about the cultural map of the African diaspora in South America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

She discusses early-twentieth century women whose musical lives were shaped by Ireland's struggles to become a nation; follows the career of Julia Clifford, a fiddler who lived much of her life in England, and explores the experiences of women, LGBTQ+ musicians, and musicians of color in the early-twenty-first century.

In this persuasive study, Tracy McMullen draws on philosophy, psychology, musicology, performance studies, and popular music studies in order to analyze the rise of obsessively precise live musical reenactments in the United States at the turn of the millennium.

South Korean percussion genre samul nori goes global

An examination of popular Ethiopian music styles in Tel Aviv

Explores the forgotten voices and visions of a North Indian musical tradition

An exploration of masculinity in jazz culture and the work of Charles Mingus Jr.

Illuminates the expressive, social, and political stakes of style

An investigation of music, sound, and public space in contemporary Japan