Photo of Dr. Angela Lühning by Ricardo Pamfilio de Sousa.
Interview by Michael Iyanaga
Making Samba: A New History of Race and Music in Brazil. By Marc A. Hertzman. Durban: Duke University Press, 2013. [364 p., ISBN 978-0-8223-5430-7, Cloth: $94.95; Paper: $25.95.] Illustrations, photo gallery, bibliography, index.
Oftentimes people ask for change, but then find themselves disgusted when it doesn't come in familiar packaging. This sentiment holds true in regards to how jazz’s traditionalists have chosen to react to Robert Glasper, specifically his newly released project Black Radio 2.
Musicking Bodies: Gesture and Voice in Hindustani Music. By Matthew Rahaim. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2012. [xvii, 182 p. ISBN 9780819573261. $24.95.]
Unearthing Gender: Folksongs of North India. By Smita Tewari Jassal. Durham: Duke University Press, 2012. [xv, 296 p. ISBN 9780822351306. $24.95.] Bibliography, index.
Reviewed by Rehanna Kheshgi
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Real Time: Hip-Hop in Israel / Israeli Hip-Hop [Hebrew]. By Uri Dorchin. Tel-Aviv: Resling, 2012. [287 pages, $24.] Bibliography, index.
Reviewed by Oded Erez
Music, Politics and Violence. Edited by Susan Fast and Kip Pegley. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2012. [viii, 308 p. ISBN 9780819573384. $35.00.] Bibliographical references, index.
Reviewed by Michael A. Figueroa
Singing a Hindu Nation: Marathi Devotional Performance and Nationalism. Anna C. Schultz. 2013. Oxford: Oxford University Press [xii, 231 p. ISBN 9780199730834, $22.] Photographs, bibliography, index, music examples on companion web site.
With this year’s release of I Am Not A Human Being 2, Lil Wayne returns to solidify his position in the rap world. Fans will remember his most recent fall from grace (Rebirth) as an utter failure critically, an album so despised that i
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
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