Articles

• ‘Arrows and Circles: An Anniversary Talk about Fifty Years of ICTM and the Study of Traditional Music’ by Bruno Nettl.
• ‘How Beautiful Is Small? Music, Globalization and the Aesthetics of the Local’ by Veit Erlmann.
• ‘Tales Tunes Tell: Deepening the Dialogue between "Classical" and "Non-Classical" in the Music of India’ by Matthew Harp Allen.
• ‘Nicaraguan State Cultural Initiative and "The Unseen Made Manifest"’ by T. M. Scruggs.
• ‘Constructing Gender in Sundanese Music’ by Sean Williams.
• ‘The Pan-East/Southeast Asian and National Indonesian Song Bengawan Solo and Its Javanese Composer’ by Margaret Kartomi.
• ‘The Structure of the Saeta Flamenca: An Analytical Study of Its Music’ by Corinna Kramer and Leo J. Plenckers.

Book Reviews

• Borrowed Power: Essays on Cultural Appropriation by Bruce Ziff; Pratima V. Rao. Review by Robert C. Lancefield.
• The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History by Scott DeVeaux. Review by Alexander Stewart.
• Kentucky Country by Charles K. Wolfe; Mountaineer Jamboree by Ivan Tribe; Prairie Nights to Neon Lights by Joe Carr; Alan Munde. Review by Richard Jones-Bamman.
• A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey: Popular Music and Power in Haiti by Gage Averill. Review by Kenneth Bilby.
• Samba: Resistance in Motion by Barbara Browning. Review by Philip Galinsky.
• Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso: Traditions in the Making by John Cowley. Review by Eric Charry.
• Tango and the Political Economy of Passion by Marta E. Savigliano. Review by David F. García.
• Searching for a Baby's Calabash: A Study of Arusha Maasai Fertility Songs as Crystallized Expression of Central Cultural Values by Doris Wagner-Glenn. Review by Akosua Obuo Addo.
• Sehen - Hören - Verstehen. Musikinstrumente und Schallgeräte bei den Kusasi und Mamprusi in Nordost-Ghana by Michael Schlottner. Review by Åke Nor Borg.
• Suoni di carta: Un'antologia sulla musica tradizionale in Calabria (1571-1957) by Goffredo Plastino; I "canti" di Raffaele Lombardi Satriani: La poesia cantata nella tradizione popolare calabrese by Antonello Ricci; Roberta Tucci; Strumenti giocattolo e strumenti da suono a Terranova di Sibari by Vincenzo La Vena. Review by Tullia Magrini.
• Dziedzictwo europejskie a polska kultura muzyczna w dobie przemian (European Heritage and Polish Musical Culture at the Time of Transformations) by Anna Czekanowska; Ludowa praktyka muzyczna w komentarzach i opiniach wykonawców w Polsce (Folk Music Practice in Opinions and Commentaries of Performers in Poland) by Piotr Dahlig; Ludowe instrumenty muzyczne polskiego obszaru karpackiego. Instrumenty de,te (Folk Instruments in Polish Carpathian Mountains Region. Wind Instruments) by Alojzy Kopoczek. Review by Marlena Frackowski.
• Retuning Culture: Musical Changes in Central and Eastern Europe by Mark Slobin. Review by Jane C. Sugarman.
• Ṣūfyāna Mūsīqī: The Classical Music of Kashmir by Józef M. Pacholczyk. Review by Theodore Levin.
• The Hundred Thousand Fools of God: Musical Travels in Central Asia (And Queens, New York) by Theodore Levin. Review by Hiromi Lorraine Sakata.
• The Rāgas of Early Indian Music: Modes, Melodies and Musical Notation from the Gupta Period to c. 1250 by Richard Widdess. Review by N. Ramanathan.
• Jarigan: Muslim Epic Songs of Bangladesh by Mary Frances Dunham. Review by Charles Capwell.
• Celestial Airs of Antiquity. Recent Researches in the Oral Traditions of Music 5 by Bell Yung. Review by Mercedes M. Dujunco.
• Musical Creativity in Twentieth-Century China: Abing, His Music, and Its Changing Meanings by Jonathan P. J. Stock. Review by Su Zheng.
• Gamelan Stories: Tantrism, Islam and Aesthetics in Central Java by Judith Becker. Review by Alessandra Iyer.

Record Reviews

Africa

• Central African Republic: Music of the Former Bandia Courts by Marc Chemillier; Eric de Dampierre. Review by Michelle Kisliuk.
• Escalay: Oud Music from Nubia, Hamza El Din by Daniel Grinstead. Review by Alexandre Tannous.
• Madagascar: Antanosy Music by Victor Randrianary. Review by Andrew L. Kaye.
• Madagascar: Awakening the Spirits: Music in Tromba and Bilo Trance Rituals by August Schmidhofer. Review by Ron Emoff.
• Madagascar: Vocal Anthology by Victor Randrianary. Review by Robert C. Metil.
• Mauritanian Griote: Aicha Mint Chighaly by Pierre Bois; Francis Comini; Dominique Vander-Heym. Review by Eric Charry.
• Ngoma: Music from Uganda by Glendon Jones; Chris Zimmerman. Review by Peter Cooke.
• Rhythms of Life, Songs of Wisdom: Akan Music from Ghana by Roger Vetter. Review by Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum.
• Senegal: The Saoruba from Casamance by Vincent Zanetti; Laurent Aubert. Review by Eric Charry.
• Uganda: Village Ensembles of Busoga by Peter Cooke. Review by Mark Stone.

North America

• Coal Mining Women. Review by Adriana Helbig.
• Cuba in Washington by Pete Reiniger. Review by Janet L. Sturman.
• Heartbeat: Voices of First Nations Women by Rayna Green; Howard Bass; Matriarch: Iroquois Women's Songs by Tom Wasinger; Joanne Sheandoah-Tekalihwa khwa; Hearts of the Nations: Aboriginal Women's Voices in the Studio 1997 by Russell Wallace; Mi'kmaq Chants: Denny Family by Joel Denny; Mike Wadden; Rose Fredlund: Maseecho by Danny Schur. Review by Elaine Keillor.
• Songs of the Old Regular Baptists by Jeff Titon. Review by Aaron A. Fox.
• Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions by National Public Radio. Review by Kyra D. Gaunt.
• Voices of the Civil Rights Movement; Give Your Hands to Struggle: Bernice Johnson Reagon. Review by Travis A. Jackson.

Central America & the Caribbean

• Angels in the Mirror: Vodou Music of Haiti by Mark Waldrep. Review by Maurea Landies.
• The Bahamas: Islands of Song by Pete Reiniger. Review by Gage Averill.
• Caribbean Island Music: Songs and Dances of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica by John Storm Roberts. Review by Maurea Landies.
• Rhythms of Rapture: Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou by Elizabeth McAlister. Review by Maurea Landies.

South America

• The Discoteca Collection Missao de Pesquisas Folclóricas by Luis Saia. Review by John Murphy.
• L. H. Corrêa de Azevedo: Music of Ceará and Minas Gerais by L. H. Corrêa de Azevedo. Review by John Murphy.
• Peru and Bolivia: The Sounds of Evolving Traditions: Central Andean Music and Festivals by Norio Yamamoto. Review by Tom Solomon.
• Sacred Rhythms of Cuban Santería by Centro de Investigacion y Desarollo de la Musica Cubana. Review by Steven Cornelius.
• Traditional Music of Peru 3: Cajamarca and the Colca Valley by Raul R. Romero. Review by Tom Solomon.

East Asia

• Baishibai: Songs of the Minority Nationalities of Yunnan by Zhang Xingrong. Review by Helen Rees.
• The Peony Pavilion: Chinese Classical Opera Kunqu by Joel Beaudemont; Pierre Bois. Review by Daniel Ferguson.

Southeast Asia

• Bali: Balinese Music of Lombok by David Harnish. Review by Michael Tenzer.
• Betawi and Sundanese Music of the North Coast of Java by Philip Yampolsky. Review by Sean Williams.
• Dream Songs and Healing Sounds in the Rainforests of Malaysia by Marina Roseman. Review by Marty Hatch.
• Echoes from the Palace: Court Music of Cambodia by Teodor Octavio Graca. Review by Dusadee Swangviboonpong.
• Java: Tembang Sunda by Joel Beaudemont. Review by Sean Williams.
• Music of Biak, Irian Jaya: Wor, Church Songs, Yospan by Philip Yampolsky. Review by Artur Simon.
• Musiques des Batak: Toba, Batak, Simalungun by Joel Beaudemont; Pierre Bois. Review by Charles Capwell.
• Utom: Summoning the Spirit: Music in the T'boli Heartland by Manolete Mora. Review by Hans Brandeis.
• Vietnam: Ca tru, Northern Tradition by Pierre Bois. Review by Terry E. Miller.
• Vietnam: Music from Hue by Pierre Bois; Francis Comini; Dominique Vander Heym. Review by Terry E. Miller.
• Vocal and Instrumental Music from East and Central Flores by Philip Yampolsky; Vocal Music from Central and West Flores by Philip Yampolsky. Review by David Harnish.

South Asia

• India: Journey by Pere Casulleras; Philippe Brugiere; Manfred Junius; Julien Jauny; Roger Filipuzzi; Silvio Soave; Anthology of Indian Classical Music: A Tribute to Alain Danielou by Alain Danielou. Review by Peter Manuel.
• Lotus Signatures: Dr. N. Ramani, Flute, and Trichy Sankaran, Mrdangam. Review by Joseph J. Palackal.
• River Yamuna. Review by Stephen Mamula.
• Tabla Tarang: Melody on Drums by Walter Quintus. Review by Laxmi G. Tewari.

Central Asia

• Epics and Diaphonic Singing from Central Asia and Siberia by Jose Goncalves; Pierre Simonin; Pierre Bois. Review by Theodore Levin.

West Asia & North Africa

• Tunisia: Anthology of Malouf, Nuba al-iraq by Radio Tunisienne; Tunisia: Anthology of Malouf, Nuba al-sika by Mohsen Matri. Review by Philip Schuyler.
• Yemen: Songs from Hadramawt by Scheherazade Qassim Hassan. Review by Philip Schuyler.

Europe

• Albania: Vocal Polyphonies from the Lab Country by Pierre Bois. Review by Suzanne Camino.
• E Zezi. Gruppo Operaio (The Workers' Group)/Pummarola Black by Gianfranco Capitta. Review by Timothy D. Taylor.
• Ireland: Traditional Musics of Today by Rionach Ui Ógáin. Review by Daniel N. Thompson.
• Musical Traditions of Portugal by Max Peter Baumann; Tiago de Oliveira Pinto. Review by Josep Marti.
• Sarband: Sephardic Songs in the Hispano-Arabic Tradition of Medieval Spain by Jochen Scheffer; Vladimir Ivanoff. Review by Israel J. Katz.
• Voices of the Baltic Countries: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia by Gita Lancere; Service des Archives de la Radio Letone; Service des Archives de la Radio Lituanienne. Review by Elizabeth Tolbert.

Oceania

• Solomon Islands: 'Are'Are Panpipe Ensembles by Hugo Zemp. Review by Dieter Christensen.
• Solomon Islands: The Sounds of Bamboo: Instrumental Music of the 'Are'are People of Malaita by Ronald Buaoka; Hisao Sekine. Review by Dieter Christensen.