A “Traditional” Music Scene and Its Fringes: Experimental Bluegrass of 1970s New York City Available to Purchase

Benjamin Krakauer is an adjunct assistant professor of music at Temple University. He writes about issues of revival, appropriation, and identity in South Asian and North American vernacular music. His articles appear in Ethnomusicology, Asian Music, and Bhabanagara. His book manuscript, “Caging an Unknown Bird: Folk Revival and Persecution in Contemporary Bengal,” explores issues of cultural appropriation, religious persecution, and the role of music in constructions of national and communal identities. Benjamin is also active as a banjo performer and composer, and his recordings appear on CMH Records, Acoustic Disc, and the Fiddle Masters series.