Associate Professor of Asian Studies, University of Hawaii-Manoa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncR7pkwjMb8&t=44s Nepali workers in Bahrain, including a nightclub owner, performers, truckers, and manual laborers, rely on popular music to get them through their days and nights. For the accompanying article of mine that tells more of their story from 2010, please see: Popular Music among Nepalis in Bahrain: Nightclubs, Media, Performance, and Publics, In David… Continue reading What Keeps Us Company: Nepali Popular Music in Baharain (2010)
Check out my blog post on Oxford University Press's website! I wrote this to go with this video, but they didn't link to it for some reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCLmzoUG8tE At this same gathering, people also sang dohori in Tamang language. This one awaits translation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_B8YG9t8E
My book is out! Launch TODAY 11/13 at UH Manoa Asian Studies Program, Tokioka Room, Moore Hall 319. Followed by the Center for South Asian Studies Fall 2017 get-together. Books will be available for purchase from the UH Bookstore, and are also available from Oxford University Press. An ethnographic study of music, performance, migration, and… Continue reading Singing Across Divides Book Launch
In May 2007, this celebration of kauda chudka song and dance, in Lower Gyaja village of Manakamana VDC in Gorkha district, helped me understand how Nepal's urban dohori restaurants were trying to create a rural festival atmosphere. It also led me to question strict separation between political songs and "regular" folk songs. The song posted… Continue reading Kauda Chudka in Gorkha District
I'm so excited that my project of the past decade will finally appear in print! It has truly been a labor of love. You can pre-order by clicking the link below, and it's supposed to be available on October 2, 2017. Singing Across Divides: Music and Intimate Politics in Nepal Here's the summary: "An ethnographic… Continue reading My book, Singing Across Divides, available for pre-order
