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CFP: Ethnomusicology Review Volume 18

Submitted by Scott V. Linford on February 16, 2013 - 12:26pm
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Book Review: "The Castrato and his Wife" by Helen Berry

Submitted by Ryan Koons on December 17, 2012 - 3:56pm

The scandal is explicit on the flyleaf: The Castrato and His Wife, and historian Helen Berry weaves an account that fulfills her intriguing choice of title.

Ethno Muse Ecology – Graduate Student Voice(lessness), Part 1

Submitted by Nolan Warden on October 31, 2012 - 11:17am

The title of this blog—“Ethno Muse Ecology”—comes from Nazir Jairazbhoy’s joking etiology of “ethnomusicology” as the study of the tenth Athenian muse, the “ethno muse.” I’ll be using it for more general thoughts about ethnomusicology itself, distinguishing it from my fieldwork blog (

CD Review: "Ends of the Earth"

Submitted by Manuel Vilches on October 8, 2012 - 11:31am

La cantautora estadounidense Emily Pinkerton vino nuevamente a Chile hace pocas semanas. Según comentaba es la sexta vez que anda por acá desde que decidió conocer el país a mediados de los 90. Razones no le faltaban: había nacido en la localidad de Valparaiso (sin tilde) en el estado de Indiana, un pueblo creado en Estados Unidos durante el siglo XIX e inspirado en la ciudad chilena, por esos años un lugar clave para el comercio marítimo.

Singing Against Apartheid: An Audio Essay

Submitted by Ryan Koons on September 19, 2012 - 8:33am

Based on ethnographic field research conducted in 2008, this audio essay discusses the integral role of song in the South African anti-apartheid movement (1948-1994) as seen through the eyes of two black women. Gloria Piliso and Nobulumko Bongco, both Xhosa residents of King Williams Town, South Africa, experienced apartheid and participated in the anti-apartheid movement.

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CD Review: "Four MFs Playin' Tunes" and "Flip the Script"

Submitted by Alex W. Rodriguez on August 21, 2012 - 2:22pm
Two new CDs out by contemporary jazz leaders Branford Marsalis and Orrin Evans, "Four MFs Plain' Tunes" and "Flip the Script," offer a pair of unique takes on what it means to swing in the 21st century. Both are assertive, interactive, and powerful statements, but it's what makes them different that Alex W. Rodriguez finds particularly fascinating.
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Review of Birds of Fire by Kevin Fellezs

Submitted by Alex W. Rodriguez on July 26, 2012 - 12:20pm

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