To celebrate the upcoming publication of Volume 18 of Ethnomusicology Review, the website for the US branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music and the Ethnomusicology Review Sounding Board seek 1,000-1,500 word essays, performance reviews, or alternative multimedia submissions (interactive web projects, podcasts, short video documentaries o
Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound. By Tara Rodgers. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2010. [xi, 336 p. ISBN 9780822346739. $24.95] 38 Illustrations, glossary, discography, references, index.
Reviewed by Tiffany Naiman
People Get Ready: The Future of Jazz Is Now! Ajay Heble and Rob Wallace, eds. Durham: Duke University Press, 2013.
“Thus it is in our own roles as teachers, musicians, and scholars that we come to this project with passion, energy, and love. The creation of this book has been a collaboration called and responded to one another in both music and in writing, as we have developed this volume.”
Performing Pain: Music and Trauma in Eastern Europe. By Maria Cizmic. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. [xii, 233 p. ISBN 9780199734603. $65.] Music examples, illustrations, bibliography, index, companion web site.
Kanye West’s latest studio album, Yeezus, is intense, brutal, and fascinating. Departing from the R&B-heavy sound his previous studio efforts became known for, West delivers an unapologetic broadside to many of his fans’ expectations.
Weill's Musical Theater: Stages of Reform. By Stephen Hinton. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. [xvi, 592 p. ISBN9780520271777. $49.95.] Music examples, illustrations, appendix, notes, index. Also available in ebook format.
Reviewed by Arreanna Rostosky
Beyond 'Innocence': Amis Aboriginal Song in Taiwan as an Ecosystem (SOAS Musicology Series) By Shzr Ee Tan. Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2012. $114.95 Includes illustrations (black and white photos, map and music examples), appendices, bibliography, discography, and index.
Reviewed by Larry Robinson
Triúr Aris. 2012. Arranged and performed by Peadar Ó Riada, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, and Martin Hayes. Realworld Publishing: design by Edel Butler, printing by Dutec, and photography by Seán Ó Loinsigh. 20 tunes on 18 tracks with liner notes, color photographs, and website links.
En Abîme: Listening, Reading, Writing: An Archival Fiction. By Daniela Cascella. Zero Books, 2012. $16.95. enabime.wordpress.com
Reviewed by Lola San Martín Arbide, University of Salamanca, Spain.
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