Customer Review: "Sound of Africa!" should be required reading for anyone interested in the interplay of music and culture. Meintjes uses a Johannesburg recording studio as a space to examine interplays of power, and expressions of self (gender, sexuality, race, nationality, etc) through the recording process. Her... more info
Customer Review: Ruth Stone provides a narrowed and scholarly focus in chapters which consider call and response patterns, layered tones in vocal structures, and underlying polyrhythms, using specific quotes and examples from Liberia's Kpelle performers.
Intended as a case-study volume for college-level users... more info
Customer Review: Gregory Barz's MUSIC IN EAST AFRICA introduces readers to the historical and modern musical performances unique to East Africa.
Chapters in his MUSIC IN EAST AFRICA select individual musicians working in both traditional and contemporary fusions of sounds.
Add eyewitness accounts... more info
Customer Review: When you listen too this along with eading the book you have a better feel for what is being written. The combination is a 5 but the CD by itself is only 3. Some tracks are too short to really get a feel for the rythymn.
Customer Review: This book is absolutely beautiful and is packed with amazing pictures. The accompanying CD is a well balanced review of the traditional music of South Africa and covers a wide range of singing and instrumental traditions. The book and CD combine to really connect the reader with these ancient... more info
Customer Review: I like this CD just fine, but I have a picky issue with the packaging. It confused me to find that the "Gold" refers to a classic Bollywood era roughly 1960-1980. I was expecting a more contemporary collection because World Music slapped Aishwarya on the cover as an obvious marketing ploy. Why not... more info
Customer Review: Even after all these years, this book is an essential for world music lovers, from novices interested in learning more about something they just heard off the radio to seasoned music lovers interested in rounding out their collections. This encylopedic work (the first volume in the series) gives a... more info
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