VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER

Let's Get Dissertatin'!

Episode Summary

EP 20 is out and our hosts have a conversation about research relating to starting, continuing, and completing a dissertation project. Dissertation research can be a complicated process, but listen as Roger and Chris talk about their experiences relating to writing as well as advising dissertation projects. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review!

Episode Notes

Intro - 0:00

• Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, Folkdance-Musicking with Dr. Roger Landes  - 01:06

• Relating to his dissertation research, "The Sound Continues: ‘Folkdance-Musicking’ as Post-Nationalist Strategy in European 'Drone' Music Revivals 1975-Present".
• Jâcques Barzun and Henry Graff The Modern Researcher  
• George Sand: The Master Pipers (“Les Maîtres Sonneurs”)
• The Staples Singers: “I’ll Take You There”

Part II, Musical Improvisations with Dr. Chris Smith- 32:57

• Relating to his dissertation research, "I CAN SHOW IT TO YOU BETTERN THAN I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU": ANALYZING PROCESDURAL CURES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSICAL IMPROVISATIONS"

Outro - 01:01:26

• Planxty Sir Festus Burke

Full Playlist for EP 20
VVMC Book Club
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center