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Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
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Author: Justin Patch

Justin Patch is an ethnomusicologist currently teaching in upstate New York. He has written about music since 2006 in papers in Texas and New York, and has covered country, Americana, pop, hip-hop, post-rock, classic rock and indie for a variety of publications.
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The music of trance and possession

Justin Patch October 13, 2013 No Comments

Wayo: Trance Percussion Masters of the South Sudan (Riverboat, 2013) The Rough Guide to Voodoo + Erol Josue: Hountu Legba (World Music Network, 2013) Trance;…

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Indian Invention and Musical Hybridization

Justin Patch August 31, 2013 1 Comment

Rough Guide to Bollywood Disco (World Music Network, 2013) [digital release only] Jaipur Kawa Brass Band – Dance of the Cobra (World Music Network, 2013)…

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Rough Guide Series Honors Blind Blues Legends

Justin Patch August 14, 2013 No Comments

The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Blind Lemon Jefferson – Rough Guide to Country Blues Pioneers (World Music Network, 2013) The Rough Guide to Blues…

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