Rock ‘n’ Roll & Ritual (’80s Peter Gabriel)
““I need contact” (from Performance and Popular Music) — a nice piece I wrote in 2006 for Performance and Popular Music: History, Place and Time, (Ian Inglis, ed. – London: Ashgate Publishing). It’s...
View ArticleRock ‘n’ Roll & Ritual (’80s Peter Gabriel)
From the back of the concert hall, the five-person ensemble, four dressed in simple black clothing and one in simple white, proceeds through the crowd, playing drums. As they reach the stage, the...
View Article“Musical Community”
Little Red and the Dukes of Rhythms from the late 1940s Lovey Lovejoy, Little Red, Big Dad, Owen Felder, Count Otis Matthews (From the Personal Collection of Clarence "Little Red" Tenpenny) My work on...
View ArticleReview: Traveling Spirit Masters: Moroccan Gnawa Trance and Music in the...
This review was published in the Winter 2008/2009 edition of the Middle Eastern Studies Association Bulletin Traveling Spirit Masters: Moroccan Gnawa Trance and Music in the Global Marketplace, by...
View ArticleFrench Fries in the Tagine — Moroccan Alternative Music
In 2002, I spent the year researching the emergence of an alternative music movement in Morocco. Made up of a collection of genres that lie on the periphery of mainstream culture — hip-hop,...
View ArticleNew book: Peter Gabriel, From Genesis to Growing Up
Self promotion aside (although my chapter, “‘I need contact’ – rock ‘n’ roll ritual: Peter Gabriel’s Security tour, 1982–83” is quite good), this is an excellent collection on an influential figure in...
View ArticleAnnual Meeting – Northern California Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology
Annual Meeting of the Northern California Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology Creative Arts Building, San Francisco State University Saturday, March 5, 2011 Hosted by San Francisco State...
View ArticleProgram — Annual Meeting of the Northern California Chapter of the Society...
The program needs a little fine tuning — adding some session titles and chairs — but the schedule for the meeting is set. Looking forward to seeing you at SFSU on March 5th! Jeffrey Callen –...
View ArticleThe Art of Agency 3 (Asian Improv aRts @ SF State)
From March 2 through March 5, Asian Improv aRts (AIR) and SF State’s World Music and Dance Program are holding a “collaborative presentation of public dialogue, workshops and performances exploring the...
View ArticleThis is how to write about music! James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues”
After a minor medical emergency and a ridiculously busy week, I am back to my major endeavor for the month of March, rewriting the first chapter of my manuscript on Moroccan alternative music. It opens...
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