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Crossing Borders | Entropy of Jazz

Each month, Echo partners with our friends at Ethnomusicology Review to bring you “Crossing Borders,” a series dedicated to trans-disciplinary music scholarship. ER Associate Editor Leen Rhee (leenrhee@ucla.edu) welcomes submissions and feedback from scholars working on music from all disciplines....

More Than A Marimba Bar

Submitted by Alex Smith The social and cultural relevance of musical instruments extends far beyond their “completed” form for musicians to use in composition and performance. In this post, I explore how musical instruments...

Crossing Borders | Cultural Revolutions: A Study in Contrasts

Each month, Echo partners with our friends at Ethnomusicology Review to bring you “Crossing Borders,” a series dedicated to trans-disciplinary music scholarship. ER Associate Editor Leen Rhee (leenrhee@ucla.edu) welcomes submissions and feedback from scholars working on music from all disciplines....

Voicing Poetry

In this mid-March post, The EchoBlog features composer Philip Rice (Michigan State University) as he reflects on the rewards of working with living poets. Thoughtfully written and media-rich, this piece will appeal to anyone interested in the living traditions of...