Music and Media in the Dutch East Indies, 1903-1942
A review of Music and Media in the Dutch East Indies: Gramophone Records and Radio in the Late Colonial Era, 1903-1942, by Philip Bradford Yampolsky….
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Musical Encounters in Korean Christianity
A review of Musical Encounters in Korean Christianity: A Trans-Pacific Narrative, by Hyun Kyong Chang. Hyun Kyong Chang’s dissertation, Musical Encounters in Korean Christianity: A…
Negotiating the Familiar in Unfamiliar Settings
In the Same Boat? Negotiating Affinity and Difference with Fellow Overseas Filipinos When encountering the familiar in an unfamiliar context, how does one act and…
Weimar Germany: Music, Modernity, and Tradition
A review of The Promise of Tradition: Music, Modernity, and Mass Society in Weimar Germany, by Brendan Fay. Brendan Fay has a bone to pick…
Patronage and Music Composition in France
A review of Toward a Theory of Patronage: Funding for Music Composition in France, 1918–1939, by Louis Epstein. Louis Epstein’s dissertation, “Toward a Theory of…
Korean Percussion Music & Dance in USA
A review of Diasporic P’ungmul in the United States: A Journey between Korea and the United States, by Soojin Kim. Soojin Kim’s dissertation explores the…
Rock Music in Post-Liberalization Bangalore
A review of Rock Bands/Rock Brands: Mediation and Musical Performance in Post-liberalization Bangalore, by Chloe Louise Coventry. In Rock Bands/Rock Brands, Coventry addresses the manifold…
Nakagami Kenji & the Literature of the Echoing Chamber
A Review of The Literature of the Echoing Chamber: Nakagami Kenji and the Theory of the Utsuho, by Hisaaki Wake. As one of the most…
Rampur Raza Archive & ITC Sangeet Reseach Academy
A review of the Rampur Raza Library and Archives and the ITC Sangeet Research Academy. My current research focuses on the Imdad Khan gharana, a…
Taiko Drumming in North America
A review of Drumming Asian America: Performing Race, Gender, and Sexuality in North American Taiko, by Angela Kristine Ahlgren. Drumming Asian America: Performing Race, Gender,…