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New Books in Sound Studies

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Interviews with scholars of sound about their new books. Support our show by becoming a premium member! newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sound-studies

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In the fifth episode of Season Two of Soundscapes NYC, hosts Ryan Purcell and Kristie Soares sit down with the legendary DJ Nicky Siano. The history of dance music in 1970s New York is synonymous with the life and work of Siano. He was among the earl... more

In The Sound Atlas: A Guide to Strange Sounds across Landscapes and Imagination (Reaktion, 2025), nature writers Michaela Vieser and Isaac Yuen set out in search of sounds beautiful and loathsome, melodious and disturbing, healing, strange and intima... more

In the 1930s, musical Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton identified the influence of Latin American rhythms like the habanera in jazz, as a sonic “tinge” that fundamentally shaped his style as a stride pianist. In the Seventies, disco presented its own La... more

The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous din to those who live and work with it? Sound, Order and Survival in Prison: The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown (Bristol UP... more

In the third episode of Season Two of Soundscapes NYC, hosts Ryan Purcell and Kristie Soares take you on an immersive journey through the hot nights and wild streets of Lower Manhattan during the Seventies. For this episode, Jesse Rifkin, a New York-... more

Bruce Springsteen was keenly aware and excited by the sounds of the CBGBs scene during the Seventies. With his own bands, the Boss performed in the same venues associated with punk rock and ultimately wrote songs for Patti Smith and the Ramones. Yet ... more

In the fourth episode of Soundscapes NYC, host Ryan Purcell and music historian Jesse Rifkin tour a constellation of seedy bars and venues in the 1970s that nurtured bands during the early days of punk rock. These spaces include well-known clubs like... more

Simon Stjernholm's new book Sensing Islam: Engaging and Contesting the Senses in Muslim Religiosity (Bloomsbury Press, 2025) considers specific case studies of embodiment and oratory productions by Muslims in Denmark, Sweden, and Cyprus. In the chapt... more

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Ronnie Soares
DJ and influential figure in New York's disco scene who transitioned from a dancer to a DJ.
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Luis Mario Orellana Rizzo
Pioneer DJ influential in the spread of dance music since 1969, founder of Legends of Vinyl.
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Dr. Kate Herrity
Research fellow at King's College, interested in sound and the sensory in prison spaces.
King's College, Cambridge
Episode: Kate Herrity, "Sound, Order and Survival in Prison: The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown" (Bristol UP, 2024)
Jesse Rifkin
New York-based music historian and author of This Must Be the Place
Hanover Square Press
Episode: A Spatial History of Disco
Jim Cullen
Biographer of Bruce Springsteen and author of multiple books on American cultural history.
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Episode: S1.E7. Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ
Melissa Ziobro
Head curator of the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University.
Monmouth University
Episode: S1.E7. Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ
Pooja Rangan
Professor of English and Film and Media Studies at Amherst College, author of books including 'Listening and the Limits of Accountability'
Amherst College
Episode: Pooja Rangan, Akshya Saxena, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Pavitra Sundar eds., "Thinking with an Accent: Toward a New Object, Method, and Practice" (UC Press, 2023)
Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan
Assistant Professor of English at Rice University, author of 'Overdetermined', and co-author of an epistolary memoir
Rice University
Episode: Pooja Rangan, Akshya Saxena, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Pavitra Sundar eds., "Thinking with an Accent: Toward a New Object, Method, and Practice" (UC Press, 2023)
Pavitra Sundar
Associate Professor of Literature, Director of Cinema and Media Studies at Hamilton, her work spans sound studies and gender studies
Hamilton
Episode: Pooja Rangan, Akshya Saxena, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Pavitra Sundar eds., "Thinking with an Accent: Toward a New Object, Method, and Practice" (UC Press, 2023)

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Pooja Rangan, Akshya Saxena, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Pavitra Sundar eds., "Thinking with an Accent: Toward a New Object, Method, and Practice" (UC Press, 2023)
Q: How do you all collaboratively think with or about an accent? What does accent mean to you as a new object, method, and practice?
Accent serves as both a concrete trait of voices and an invitation to engage with our thought processes, emphasizing that our intellectual work is also accented by our backgrounds and contexts.
Simon Stjernholm, "Sensing Islam: Engaging and Contesting the Senses in Muslim Religiosity" (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025)
Q: Can you say a little bit about sensory studies and what kind of interventions you're making with this particular study?
Attention to sensory aspects of religiosity can provide insights beyond traditional text-based approaches.
Simon Stjernholm, "Sensing Islam: Engaging and Contesting the Senses in Muslim Religiosity" (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025)
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about who you are, how you got to doing the work that you do, and what brought you here?
I started studying anthropology and then took an interest in the history of religions, focusing on Islamic studies.
S1.E7. Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ
Q: Can you speak generally about the political and economic climate in the greater New York metropolitan area during the 70s during which both Billy Joel and Springsteen emerged as prominent musical artists?
The 1970s was characterized by balkanization and perceived decline, marked by an energy crisis and a crisis of legitimacy in the United States.
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Q: How do you approach voicing such a diverse cast of characters as a narrator?
It’s a fun and creative process, often involving the use of identifiable accents or mashups of sounds from different cultures to reflect a fantasy world.

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