“An Electromagnetic Tenderness of Remembering”

by | Sep 15, 2022

This interview engages with how one folklorist’s interests in recording spoken sounds and memories of his grandmother opened a pathway to recording the memories and sounds of living descendants of traditional Appalachian balladry. Through the processes of engaging...

Corridos

by | Aug 30, 2021

Año de 1900 Presente lo tengo yo En un barrio de Saltillo Rosita Alvírez murió Rosita Alvírez murió Rosita ya está en el cielo Dándole cuenta al Creador Hipólito está en la cárcel Dando su declaración Dando su declaración The year 1900 Is present in my mind In a...

Denying Black Girlhood

by | Sep 9, 2020

Racialized Listening Practices in the Elementary Classroom by Kennedi Alexis Johnson In April of 2017, I was in my third month of student teaching in a general music classroom. At this point in the semester, I taught all classes—three sections each of kindergarten...