An alternative history of popular music that centers the electric bass
How one opera company represents the economic precarity and aesthetic possibilities of operatic performance in the twenty-first century U.S.
An exploration of the instrument that allows everyone to access artistic practice
How opera practitioners represent sexual violence on today’s opera stages
How music defines US presidential campaigns
Musical improvisation as a vehicle for teaching, learning, and enacting social justice
Explores the history of American musical theater’s engagement with notions of madness, from Man of La Mancha to A Strange Loop
How musicians from the West African Republic of Benin transform Benin’s cultural traditions
What remixes, covers, mash-ups, and parodies say about the perceived legitimacy of music making
On the cultural politics and possibilities of sound in cinema
A scholarly music analysis book specifically focused on musical theater
Exposing the racial injustices of music theory
Brings together the voices of scholars, critics, and artists to celebrate the genius of Taylor Mac
A retelling of the history of minimalism and its impact on the concept of authorship
Positions queer and trans hip hop artists within a longer tradition of Black queer music
Investigates the relationship between improvisation in music and in everyday life
Examines the relationship between social justice, Hip-Hop culture, and resistance
Exploring the rhetoric and cultural significance of African American folk music during the Great Depression
Old-time Michigan songs and tunes
Presents the lifelong influence of Betty Carter's career and her music on the music world
Explores expressions of Blackness in Hip-Hop performance by non-African American artists
In Venezuela’s El Sistema, music is both a means of government control and a form of emancipation for youth musicians
A multi-sited exploration of the musical legacy of the Anatolian Greek diaspora