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Book Review: Recording Culture: Powwow Music and the Aboriginal Recording Industry

Journal of American Studies, 2014, Vol.48 (1) [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 ;ISSN: 0021-8758 ;EISSN: 1469-5154 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0021875813002430

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  • Title:
    Book Review: Recording Culture: Powwow Music and the Aboriginal Recording Industry
  • Author: ELLIS, CLYDE
  • Subjects: Business
  • Is Part Of: Journal of American Studies, 2014, Vol.48 (1)
  • Description: At the center of the discussion is the tension that emerges when singers, recording studios, and audiences encounter what Scales describes as "the transformative effects on powwow music aesthetics and social practice as musicians move from performing on reservations and on powwow grounds to working at urban recording studios and record labels" (3). The songs heard at contest dances, writes Scales, create "a more standardized set of aesthetic preferences for singers and dancers," and they "delineate a stylistic universe for powwow recordings" (63). [...]drum groups that excel in competition tend over time to dominate both the contest and recording scenes "since creating and selling recordings have become regular parts of the process of professionalization demanded by singing competitions" (63). [...]it's a constant negotiation shaped by cultural, technical, personal, and economic issues.
  • Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0021-8758
    EISSN: 1469-5154
    DOI: 10.1017/S0021875813002430
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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