Associate Professor of Asian Studies, University of Hawaii-Manoa
This is the song that had us cracking up for the rest of the sessions. We decide to have a whole football (soccer) team of children. Thanks as always to Maya Gurung, Kusum Gurung, the ladies of the Sankhuwasabha Tamu Samaj, and Galbandhi Studios. Watch on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Py3JeKkaE
Binu and her whole family--the podcast is a family operation, with her brother and her sister Minu--were so sweet and welcoming. The trending podcast question in Nepal is apparently "what makes you cry?" She got me this time...watch and see how. Watch the video on YouTube
Music and Dances from Central Nepal: The Works of Subi Shah, Volume 1, is now available from Open Book Publishers! Read online or download a PDF for free; options to purchase ePub and print books as well.
Among all the interviews I did in Nepal during these past two months, this one was fun in a different way as it wasn't on video. Nari Magazine's Upasana Ghimire interviewed me, following the usual celebrity profile questions that used to drive me crazy, but this time it was fun. Of course I'm slightly less… Continue reading Profile in Nari Magazine
I joined journalist and songwriter Sangeet Srota on his podcast "The Thousand Thoughts" the other day. We talked about my path to learning Nepali and Nepali songs, and the things I have learned about folk and people's music. The full interview can be found on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=2vY7ru9UJ9dDBoP1&fbclid=IwY2xjawSYeTRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFmZThKWk96OGdQMVBjZDBBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgRx5GNZZAa85gwr0bbJ-UGRfFe4UpQbSRZePOQvJnBqH_nbLKryvrBfo3cS_aem_X9EJ2FunMS9KatdTz952HQ&v=5oi5Vgpc-ts&feature=youtu.be
Registration is open for the 4th Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on Music and Allied Arts of Greater. South Asia, to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 28, 2026, in conjunction with the Annual Conference on Nepal and the Himalayas. Please see the Symposium website for more information (https://maagsanepal2026.org), including Accepted Papers and Abstracts for… Continue reading Registration Open for 4th ICTMD MAAGSA Symposium, Mountains in Sound and Motion, July 28, 2026, Kathmandu
CFP for the 2026 meeting of the ICTMD Music and Allied Arts of Greater South Asia Study Group, July 28, Kathmandu, Nepal
In La Media Inglesa's "The Lost Lives," Nepali workers and their families tell their stories of the impact of working on the World Cup stadium in Qatar.
Bhakta Syangtan and I wrote about the making of our film Singing A Great Dream for the book Music, Sound, and Documentary Film in the Global South, edited by Christopher Ballengee. In our chapter, "Narrating a Revolutionary Life through Song: Personal, Political, and Musical Choices in Making Singing A Great Dream" (Chapter 4) we both… Continue reading Music, Sound, and Documentary Film in the Global South
CSAS Spring Symposium: Health and Community in South AsiaApril 20–22, 2022 (Virtual) We at the Center for South Asian Studies at UH Mānoa are accepting abstracts for our Spring Symposium, which will take place virtually on April 20–22, 2022. Abstracts are now due at the extended deadline of FEBRUARY 15, 2022, and can be submitted at… Continue reading CFP: CSAS Spring Symposium on Health and Community in South Asia
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