About EAR 2.0

Welcome to the newly re-born Ethnomusicology Archive Report — we call it the EAR 2.0. This new blog-based format includes:

  • - audio and video clips
  • - photo galleries
  • - more frequent updates
  • - comments
  • - subscription by RSS or email

Previous editions of the EAR will be available in the Past Editions Archive once site migration is completed.

Jesús Guzmán wins Grammy

Jesús Guzmán,the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology lecturer who directs the UCLA mariachi ensemble and is musical director of Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano,won the Grammy for BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN ALBUM for “Amor,Dolor Y Lágrimas:Música Ranchera,” Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano.

Congratulations to Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano.  For [...]

“Let Me Take You There”Nominated for NAACP Image Award

This just in from the Department of Ethnomusicology Faculty News:

Cheryl Keyes was nominated for an NAACP Image Award under the category of “world music”for her debut CD,“Let Me Take You There.”The 40th NAACP Image Awards airs live on February 12,2009 on FOX.

The CD and Professor Keyes were recently the [...]

EARcast no. 1:An Interview with Cheryl Keyes

Today we launch the very first EARcast,part of an occasional series of podcasts and webcasts that are a feature of the new EAR 2.0!  If you’re interested in being part of a future EARcast,please contact us.

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Recording Review:Cheryl Keyes’ ‘Let Me Take You There’ –A Quiet Storm Revisited

Let Me Take You There Published/distributed:Los Angeles:Keycan Records,© 2008 Publisher number:88450104256 Performer:Cheryl Keyes Archive Call Number:ARCD 7175

SEE ALSO EARcast no. 1:An Interview with Cheryl Keyes

In 1975,Smokey Robinson released an elegiac album and song entitled “A Quiet Storm” that became the basis for a [...]