Books in the Music/Culture series

In Wild Music, Maria Sonevytsky tracks vernacular Ukrainian discourses of "wildness" as they manifested in popular music during a volatile decade of Ukrainian political history bracketed by two revolutions.

An investigation of music, sound, and public space in contemporary Japan

Illuminates the expressive, social, and political stakes of style

Explores the forgotten voices and visions of a North Indian musical tradition

An examination of popular Ethiopian music styles in Tel Aviv

South Korean percussion genre samul nori goes global

In this persuasive study, Tracy McMullen draws on philosophy, psychology, musicology, performance studies, and popular music studies in order to analyze the rise of obsessively precise live musical reenactments in the United States at the turn of the millennium.

Focusing on three collectives known locally as "cultural groups," which specialize in the music and dance traditions of the Maroons, it marks a vital contribution to knowledge about the cultural map of the African diaspora in South America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

An activist's guide for musicians and fans opposed to the major label lockdown of online music