Sounds from the Other Side
Sounds from the Other Side A sixty-year history of Afro-South Asian musical collaborationsFrom Beyonc 's South Asian music-inspired Super Bowl Halftime performance, to jazz artists like John and…
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Sounds from the Other Side
A sixty-year history of Afro-South Asian musical collaborationsFrom Beyonc 's South Asian music-inspired Super Bowl Halftime performance, to jazz artists like John and Alice Coltrane's use of Indian song structures and spirituality in their work, to Jay-Z and Missy Elliott's high-profile collaborations with diasporic South Asian artists such as the Panjabi MC and MIA, African American musicians have frequently engaged South Asian cultural productions in the development of Black music culture. Powell asks, what happens when we consider Black musicians' South Asian sonic explorations as distinct from those of their white counterparts? Sounds from the Other Side traces such engagements through an interdisciplinary analysis of the political implications of African American musicians' South Asian influence since the 1960s.Elliott H.
He looks to Black musical