ethnomusicology
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On The Beyond Digital Morocco Project
Over the past few weeks I discussed two examples of sound collecting in West Africa. The first was the Digging 4 Gold project, the second was the Music From Saharan Cellphones project. While these projects are not without their problems–foremost among which is the question of whether or not any of recorded musicians will ever Continue reading
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On Music From Saharan Cellphones
I recently came across some interesting field recordings assembled by Christopher Kirkley, a music blogger who writes at sahelsounds.com. Kirkley’s blog is about sound and music and his research interests include making recordings in the Sahel region of Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal. The recordings in question are compiled on two releases, Music From Saharan Cellphones, Continue reading
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Digging4Gold: Record Collecting or Pilfered Music?
Imagine for a moment that you are an explorer traveling to West Africa in search of new soundworlds to capture and bring with you back home. You’ve come equipped with a recording device and a mind open to cultural difference; in fact, you’re open to being changed by your encounters abroad “in the field”, as an anthropologist would call Continue reading
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Michael Chanan on “World Music”
Sometimes the best writing on music is done not by specialists, but rather by people who might be called generalists with a view and taste for the big issues that musical experience so often seems to frame. The English documentary filmmaker, writer, and teacher Michael Chanan is someone I would consider to be such a Continue reading
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