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Book Review: Toward an Anthropology of Ambient Sound
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Call for Papers: Ethnomusicology Review Volume 22
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IntroductionIn the city of Tamale, northern Ghana, Dagbani language popular music can be heard in taxis, on people’s mobile phones, and in the central market. Unlike more traditional popular music...
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One of the rewarding aspects of exploring Indonesian jazz communities is my relationship with members of Warta Jazz, an Indonesian jazz news source and website. What began as an organization to produce...
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Music Glocalization: Heritage and Innovation in a Digital Age, edited by David Hebert and Mikolaj Rykowski. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2018, hd, 375 pp. + index. ISBN: 1-5275-0393-3 Reviewed...
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