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Noise Uprising by #ChristopherTrapani (New World Records, 2024).

Inspired by the #MichaelDenning book of the same name, this is a "polystylistic atlas" of early 20th century global #VernacularMusic reimagined, reconfigured & recontextualized in astonishingly beautiful ways. Featuring the spellbinding voices of #SofiaJernberg and #SophiaBurgos along side instrumentalists #Zwerm.

https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/christopher-trapani-noise-uprising

I teach ethno-/musicology at Texas Tech University: http://www.music.ttu.edu

and run the TTU Vernacular Music Center
http://www.vernacularmusiccenter.org

https://www.depts.ttu.edu/music/aboutus/faculty/chris-j-smith.php

#history #music #dance #revolution #musicology #ethnomusicology #vernacularmusic

I publish with Illinois University Press:

DANCING REVOLUTION: BODIES, SPACE, AND SOUND IN AMERICAN CULTURE HISTORY (2019): https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p084188

THE CREOLIZATION OF AMERICAN CULTURE: WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT AND THE ROOTS OF BLACKFACE MINSTRELSY:
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p080524

#history #musicology #AmericanMusic #vernacularmusic
#dance #revolution