November 7, 2022
Increased Honorarium Funding Available
By Kristina Nielsen, Jessie Vallejo, Christopher Witulski
The World Music Textbook is a new collaborative effort to create a free and broadly accessible resource for the general public, educators, students, and researchers alike. Its open collections of scholarly, peer-reviewed writing and multimedia materials focus on increasing access to underrepresented voices, writing styles, and audiences, all with undergraduate students and a broad readership in mind.
September 5, 2023
By Tim Summers
This chapter considers how video game music developed and cultural and ethical challenges in creating gameworlds with music.
Identity / Media / Music Technology
September 1, 2023
By Samuel Llano
Sufi trance in colonial Morocco developed under strict colonial scrutiny and control and has been the object of fear, misunderstanding, dismissal, and even scorn. This article considers colonialism's impact on the production and perpetuation of negative stereotypes about trance.
Historical Ethnomusicology / Nationalism / Politics / Race / Africa / Europe
February 3, 2023
By Sandy SUR, Ashley Burgess, Maeve McKenna, Catherine Grant
The women of Leweton have been performing Water Music for international audiences since the founding of the Leweton Cultural Village in 2008, and have been practising this tradition for as long as they remember.
Activism / Heritage / Sustainability / Pacific
January 3, 2023
By Ryan Koons
This article provides an overview of critical issues regarding music in archives.
Ethnomusicology / Music Notes
November 7, 2022
By Kristina Nielsen, Jessie Vallejo, Christopher Witulski
November 4, 2022
By Christopher Witulski, Kristina Nielsen, Jessie Vallejo
Some notes about our new and improved look
July 8, 2022
By Kristina Nielsen, Jessie Vallejo, Christopher Witulski
March 15, 2022
By Jessie Vallejo, Kristina Nielsen, Christopher Witulski
Launching the a new series