Beyond the Classroom : World Music from the Musician’s Point of View (2022): This book is downloadable and consists of a library of video demonstrations and explanations by musicians from various global traditions, including Indigenous pow wow music and fiddling from Canada (Ontario), Cuban drumming and urban music, the mbira of the Shona of Zimbabwe, Balinese gamelan (Indonesia), classical music from North and South India, Persian classical music, and the maqam of West Asia and North Africa. Accompanying each video is a short overview of each tradition, a biography of the musicians, a summary of the content of the video with time cues for the various topics addressed, a list of important terms, and suggested instructional materials.
Music in World Cultures (University of Arkansas) Survey of some musical and cultural traditions including contemporary musical cultures from Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania, East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. Provides historical background, music examples and listening guide, maps, and images.
Research archive dedicated to the study of global musical traditions. Hosts 150,000 audio, video, print, and photographic items and makes accessible over 50 years’ worth of audio and video recordings of the department’s famed concerts and lectures by legendary scholars and performers, ranging from Mantle Hood to Ravi Shankar to Dizzy Gillespie.
World Music Network. Provides examples of musicians and links to albums and spotify tracks from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America.
World Musics is a collection of scholarly, peer-reviewed writing and multimedia materials focus on underrepresented voices, writing styles, and audiences. Examples of specific chapters are: