Groupism and Individualism in Japanese Traditional Music
Terence Lancashire:
The kagura Dance: Variation and the Problem of Representation in Iwami kagura
Henry Johnson:
To and From an Island Periphery: Tradition, Travel and Transforming Identity in the Music of Ogasawara, Japan
Jane Alaszewska:
Edo Traditions on the "Islands of Exile:" The Narrative Ballads of the Southern Izu Islands
Barbara E. Thornbury:
Cultural Policy and Private Initiative: The Performing Arts at The Japan Society, New York
Tsuge Gen'ichi:
Coercively Standardized or Not: Romanization Systems of the Japanese Language in the Music Literature
Book Reviews (Tina K. Ramnarine, ed.)
Wayne Marshall:
Louise Meintjes, Sound of Africa!: Making Music Zulu in a South African Studio
Matthew Allen:
Buonomo, Pia Srinivasan and S.A. Srinivasan, Goddess Mariyamman in Music and in Sociology of Religion
Amelia Maciszewski:
Abbas, Shemeem Burney, The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual: Devotional Practices in Pakistan and India
Tina K. Ramnarine:
Ashok Da Ranade, Reflections on Musicology & History - With Reference to Hindustani Music and R.C. Mehta (ed.), Indian Music - Eminent Thinkers on Core Issues
CD Reviews (Gregory F. Barz, ed.)
Timothy Romen: Recording Review Essay - Alan Lomax and Caribbean Voyage: The 1962 Field Recordings
Keith Howard: REcording Review Essay - Evoking Siberian Shamanism
Will Prentice: Macqam Dugah: Uzbek-Tajik Shash-maqam. Inedit
Terry E. Miller: Songs of the Old Regular Baptists: Lined-out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky. Smithsoian-folkways Recordings
Edda Brandes: Tartit. Ichichila: Desert Blues from Malian Tuareg. Network Medien
S. Louis Winant: Taquachito Nights: Conjunto Music from South Texas. Smithsonian-Folkways Recordings
Florian Carl: Chiweshe, Stella. Talking Mbira: Spirits of Liberation. Piranha
Fernando Rios: Sacambaya de Bolivia: En el Alma de los Andes. ARC Music Productions
Stefan P. Fiol: Oscar Benito: The Paraguayan Harp. ARC Music Studio
Jonathan Ray McCollum: Treasures of Light: The Spirit of Armenian Sharakans. CCn'C Records