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Cheryl L. Keyes is the author of Rap Music and Street Consciousness, which received a CHOICE award for outstanding academic books in 2004. Her areas of specialty include African American music, gender, and popular music studies. Keyes has conducted extensive fieldwork on rap and hip-hop culture in Mali, West Africa, New York City, Detroit, Los Angeles, and London. Her research has been published in major journals such as Ethnomusicology, Folklore Forum, Journal of American Folklore, and The World of Music as well as book chapters, numerous reference articles, and reviews. Her recent research includes a study on the legendary New Orleans piano player, Henry “Professor Longhair” Byrd and a socio-cultural history of contemporary female jazz instrumentalists of Los Angeles. In the areas of leadership, she serves as the president of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, US Chapter (IASPM-US), a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Ethnomusicology as Member-at-Large and is chair of the Faculty Executive Committee for the School of Arts and Architecture. Additionally, Professor Keyes is a composer-orchestrator and a pianist-flutist-vocalist who has recorded with New Orleans rhythm 'n' blues veteran Eddie Bo as well as performed and recorded with the late jazz clarinetist and educator Alvin Batiste. Her creative works have been performed by the Women's Jazz Orchestra of Los Angeles at noted venues as the Hollywood Bowl and the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre where she made her debut as Musical-Artistic Director for the “Blues in the Summertime" Lady Jazz concert. Currently, Professor Keyes is near to completing her solo-debut CD, entitled Let Me Take You There.
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