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S6E11- Can You Dig It by

In this episode we talk with two scholars, Sydney Hutchinson and Byrd McDaniel, whose respective articles on competitive air guitar were recently published in the journal Ethnomusicology. Hutchinson, whose article, “Asian Fury: A Tale of Race, Rock, and Air Guitar” was published in the Fall 2016 issue of Ethnomusicology, explores themes of race, gender, and embodiment in air guitar competitions. McDaniel’s article “Out of Thin Air: Configurability, Choreography, and the Air Guitar World Championships” was published in the Fall 2017 issue of Ethnomusicology and examines how embodiment, media manipulation, and aesthetics function within national and international air guitar competitions. We also interviewed Fatima Hoang, a competitive air guitarist, who in 2005 won the U.S. Air Guitar Championships under his stage name, the Rockness Monster. Sydney Hutchinson is an Associate Professor of Music History and Cultures at Syracuse University. Byrd McDaniel is a doctoral candidate in ethnomusicology at the Department of Music at Brown University.

In this episode we talk with Marie Abe, whose article “Sounding Against Nuclear Power in Post-3.11 Japan: Resonances of Silence and Chindon-ya” was recently published in the journal, Ethnomusicology. Abe explores the Japanese musical advertisement practice chindon-ya, and how it has become politicized as the sounds of anti-nuclear street protests after the 3.11 nuclear disaster. Abe examines the tensions between chindon-ya’s role in street protests and the socially mandated practice of the silence of jishuku. Marie Abe is assistant professor of music at Boston University.

In this episode we talk with Juan Diego Diaz (Meneses) regarding his article “Listening with the Body: an Aesthetics of Spirit Possession Outside the Terreiro.” In his investigation of the aesthetics of spiritual possession, Juan Diego compares the ritualistic practices of Candomblé and the musical performances of Orkestra Rumpilezz to highlight the similarities and differences between spiritual possessions in the context of Afro-Bahian music.

In this episode we talk with Allen Roda, whose article “Ecology of the Global Tabla Industry” was recently published in the journal, Ethnomusicology. Roda examines the global tabla industry as a complex ecosystem involving many contributors, including instruments, the artisans who make them, and the musicians who play them. Roda explores the material culture of the tabla and the complex craftsmanship that goes into manufacturing it. Allen Roda is an adjunct lecturer at New York University and works in the Department of Musical Instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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