Duke University Press

Grubbs uses the set-up to extrapolate many philosophical questions surrounding the materiality of technology, the motivations of the performer, the collapsing of distinctions between different... — Record Collector More…

Petra R. Rivera-Rideau's Remixing Reggaeton presents an insightful reading of reggaeton as a discursive cultural practice inextricably linked to the experience of blackness in the African diaspora....... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

The far-ranging scope of the 53 essays and interviews collected in these nearly 500 pages, dating from 1993 to just last year, reminds us that even within music's commercially neglected fringes... — JazzTimes More…

Audible Empire . . . offers a complex, far-reaching, and sophisticated set of perspectives for considering various constructions of empire and a wide range of sonic acts that have been and continue... — Music and Letters More…

R. M. Delson — Choice More…

one of the most readable books about the arcane magic of hunting down and listening to rare and unusual albums, or even rediscovering them from your own collection." -- Jon Newey — Jazzwise More…

Studies of African performance remain far too few; this one sets a very high bar. Essential." -- A. F. Roberts — Choice More…

This is a fascinating subject. Jayna Brown's study of well-known, little-known, and unknown African American female performers-from minstrels to 'coon cantatrices,' from dancers to jazz trumpeters-in... — Journal of American History More…

During a time when questions of cultural appropriation, authenticity, ownership, and the ongoing repercussions of settler colonialism are at the forefront of discussions within music scholarship-and... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…