Duke University Press

The scholarly passages are hung around lengthy, eminently readable sections that will appeal to anyone who might enjoy modern African music styles, and not necessarily those with a hip-hop bias.... — Songlines More…

Fado Resounding is well written and accessible to the general reader yet it integrates eclectic, interdisciplinary theories, and includes an up-to-date bibliography and extensive research notes... — World of Music More…

Let there be no doubt that this is one of the best anthologies of music writing you'll find this year and one that's destined to be required reading for any kid who thinks he has what it takes... — Popmatters More…

Contemporary Carioca is a solid scholarly text, and it's a good read — The Wire More…

One of the best music books of 2010, Tara Rodgers's Pink Noises, gave an accessible window into what looks to be many years of research into gender, identity and electronic music — The Quietus More…

There are at least two and possibly three different books co-existing within David McDonald's comprehensive and impressively researched study of music in Palestinian society and its role in... — Songlines More…

Phonographies is often original and challenging . . . strong interdisciplinary connections are made and new insights emerge, and the seamless manner in which he does it startles most of all — The Wire More…