For the past decade, queer and trans rappers have been the dominant force in New Orleans bounce, a dance-centric hip hop genre specific to that city. Inspired by the language of bounce rappers themselves, such as Sissy Nobby, who self-identify as gay and reclaim a once pejorative term to openly express their sexual and gender identities through…[Read more]

Of the sixty-plus companies that comprised the collective WILD (Women’s Independent Label Distribution), Goldenrod Music is the only one that remains and still specializes in women’s music. The company’s survival is contingent upon its ability to adapt to changing lesbian communities; it must both meet the communities’ needs and maintain continu…[Read more]

A short consideration of the dueling dance parties at the Philadelphia Convention Center during the counting of votes for the 2020 presidential election. Analytical frameworks from popular music studies are used to consider the political implications of the uses of music on right and left.

Although Japanese soprano Tamaki Miura attempted to revive her career shortly after the conclusion of World War II, it was not until her recital on 21 March 1946, in which it became apparent that she was severely ill, that the Japanese media began to pay close attention to her activities. In an attempt to capture the sound of the once world-famous…[Read more]

In composing his Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen (1929), Ernst Krenek accomplished much more than a quaint, neo-Romantic travelogue in words and music (both written by him) in praise of the Austrian Alps. As the composer previously had staged a mountain journey in his 1927 jazz opera Jonny spielt auf, his subsequent 1929 excursion raises…[Read more]