Music – Folklore Forum

78 Blues: Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South

1 Jan 20131 Jan 2013

John Minton, 78 Blues: Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. (American Made Music Series), 2008. x+288 pp. (ISBN: 9781934110195) (cloth). Yves Laberge, Ph.D. …

The Mothership Connection: Mythscape and Unity in the Music of Parliament

25 Nov 201225 Nov 2012

The Mothership Connection Mythscape and Unity in the Music of Parliament Kurt Baer Indiana University Due to Afro-centric and Afro-futurist themes and the lyrical content of some of their songs,…

Corridos in Migrant Memory

Chew Sánchez, Martha I. Corridos in Migrant Memory. Albuquerque, N.M.: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. pp. 246 34 halftones, 4 maps, index. Paper $29.95. Heather A. Vrana Indiana University…

The Heart is a Mirror: The Sephardic Folktale

20 Aug 201220 Aug 2012

Tamar Alexander-Frizer. The Heart is a Mirror: The Sephardic Folktale. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2008. Xiv + 690 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8143-2971-9. $65.00 Hardcover. David Elton Gay Indiana University The…

Shaping Theory, Bending Method, Tapping [New] Media: Ethnographic Craftsmanship and Responsive Design

13 Aug 201225 Nov 2012

Shaping Theory, Bending Method, Tapping [New] Media: Ethnographic Craftsmanship and Responsive Design Matthew Hale Indiana University This article was awarded the Warren E. Roberts Prize for Best Student Paper in…

Music, Mediation, Sustainability: A Case Study on the Banjo

28 Jun 201215 Jul 2012

Music, Mediation, Sustainability: A Case Study on the Banjo Jeff Todd Titon Brown University The banjo mediates structurally, culturally and historically, and experientially. Structurally, it resists taxonomic classification. Culturally and…

Representing Valerie Solanas: Productions of Gender and Sexuality in The Factory

Representing Valerie Solanas: Productions of Gender and Sexuality in The Factory Sayo Yamagata City University of New York Abstract: This essay explores the musical and artistic reactions to Valerie Solanas’s…

Philip Hayward. Bounty Chords: Music, Dance and Cultural Heritage on Norfolk and Pitcairn Islands.

Philip Hayward. Bounty Chords: Music, Dance and Cultural Heritage on Norfolk and Pitcairn Islands. Eastleigh, UK: John Libbey & Co, 2006. Pp 256. £15.00. Kevin Hood Indiana University In Philip…

Fruits and Culture: A Preliminary Examination of Food-for-Sex Metaphors in English-language Caribbean Music

21 Mar 20111 Aug 2011

Fruits and Culture: A Preliminary Examination of Food-for-Sex Metaphors in English-language Caribbean Music Lyra Spang Indiana University Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways that food,…

Public, Private; Contemporary, Traditional: Intersecting Dichotomies and Contested Agency in Mainline Protestant Worship Music

Public, Private; Contemporary, Traditional: Intersecting Dichotomies and Contested Agency in Mainline Protestant Worship Music Deborah Justice Indiana University Abstract: The current ‘contemporary’/’traditional’ worship music controversy, although cloaked in the guise…

Lovesick Blues: Music and Nostalgia on Lower Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee

29 Mar 201030 Mar 2010

Lovesick Blues: Music and Nostalgia on Lower Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee Timon Kaple Indiana University Abstract: There are a handful of city blocks in Nashville, Tennessee, that constitute the area known…