You might remember that last year a number of us on Outreach filled in a survey about the levels of vitality of a music genre, as part of a post-doctoral research project by Dr Catherine Grant. Dr Grant has shared with us the fruits of this work with a project website entitled "Music Vitality and Endangerment", that is now live at www.musicendange...

Unusual Settings of Tunes In the Henebry-O'Neill Wax Cylinder Collection A couple of weeks back, I posted an announcement here regarding the Henebry-O'Neill wax cylinder recordings and the collection of tunes that was added to the UCC music website (O'Neill Henebry Wax Cylinders Online). Since then, I have been working with several other musician-...

MUSICULT ‘15 Music and Cultural Studies Conference, hosted by ITU (Istanbul Technical University) / Turkish Music State Conservatory (BISED HALL) and organized by DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center), will take place on May 7-9, 2015. All presented papers are going to be published in the proceedings book with an ISBN number befor...

Seasons greetings to all. Listen to some holiday music from around the world on Folkways... "Holiday music traditions such as Christmas, Hannukah, and Kwanzaa feature an incredibly diverse range of musical accompaniment. The Holiday Music Map from Smithsonian Folkways includes 56 songs from 24 nations. Listen to them all in a row, or tak...

The O'Neill/Henebry wax cylinders are digitised, and they are online!  Launched this week at the Boole Library, UCC, the Henebry/O'Neill wax cylinder collection has been digitised and transferred to the digital format. I was present to help out with the display on bigscreen TV and walk through of the material, which I have to say is presented...

Queridos amigos, les invito a la ponencia que se realizará el día 23 de Noviembre del 2014 en el Auditorio del Museo Nacional en la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, a las 15:00h.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdek55M3RBU&feature=youtu.beDear friends, I would like to ask you to the Rapporteur that it will be held on 23 November of 2014 i...

A great way to start research on soundsystems, or even to know where the music is concentrated.. From the "Planet of Soundsystems" website: "the first worldwide Map of Original Soundsystems. Still work in progress..."Click here to view this on the mapsengine website...https://mapsengine.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=z-FHHwDvg_C0.kC5U0c6yro5Q

A collection books which have been recently sent over to us from the Combined Academic Publishers. Certainly a wide variety of topics covered! A Feminist EthnomusicologyWritings on Music and GenderEllen KoskoffForeword by Suzanne Cusick   "One of the clearest overviews of the history of feminist and gender studies—in general and in t...

Found this website while searching for fieldwork online. https://citiesandmemory.com/musical-field-recordings/From their website: "There’s music to be heard all over the world, and what you hear can give you many clues about life and culture in the place where you hear them. Here are some musical field recordings collected around the world." C...