“Missing Music: Voices from Where the First Roads End” was authored by Grammy-winning music producer Ian Brennan. It chronicles his ongoing efforts to amplify the…
Missing Music: Voices from Where the First Roads End
Category: Book Reviews
Bruno Deschênes Unravels Transmusicality in New Book
In Transmusicality, Mastering a Music from Another Culture (Croatian Musicological Society, 2022), Bruno Deschênes, a Canadian musician, composer and master Japanese shakuhachi player, takes a…
America’s Gift, Origins of the Blues
MANY books and countless articles have been written about the blues but only a few authors have dug really deep into the roots of the…
The Significance of Oliver Mtukudzi’s Music Detailed in Living Tuku Music in Zimbabwe
Oliver Mtukudzi, Living Tuku Music in Zimbabwe (Indiana University Press, 2016), a 304-page book by Jennifer W. Kyker, provides fascinating details about one of…
Raising the Rhythms
James Asher – Raising the Rhythms (Free Spirit Entertainment, 1999) Citing influences from the Caribbean, America, India, Africa and Middle East, this promises to be…
Kalakuta Notes Expanded
We reviewed the first edition of Fela – Kalakuta Notes in 2009. A second expanded edition was published in 2015 by Wesleyan University Press. In…
Review of New Music Concepts. 2nd International Conference ICNMC 2016
New Music Concepts. 2nd International Conference ICNMC 2016, Michele Della Ventura (ed.), ABEditore s.r.l. – Milan ISBN 978-88-6551-221-0 This book is a collection of essays…
Negotiating Difference in French Louisiana Music
Sara Le Menestrel Negotiating Difference in French Louisiana Music, Categories, Stereotypes, and Identifications (University Press of Mississippi, 2015) Those of us who work in the…
Wildman of Rhythm: the Life and Music of Benny Moré
Wildman of Rhythm: the Life and Music of Benny Moré by John Radanovich University Press of Florida; 1st edition (September 27, 2009) Benny More was…
Voice of the People Book Celebrates the Life and Legacy of Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
The book Israel Kamakawiwo’ole IZ – Voice of the People celebrates the life of one of the most beloved singers in recent Hawaiian history. Israel…