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Lauralee Yeary (she/her)
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Senior Associate Editor commissioning titles in Ethnomusicology, Oral History, Jazz Studies, and Religion for Oxford University Press | bad jokes + opinions my own
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What a fabulous start to the week: Happy publication day to Stomp Off, Let's Go by Ricky Riccardi! Enormous congratulations to Ricky on his second Grammy win and recent appearance on Fresh Air! And happy birthday to Lil Hardin Armstrong, who inspired the release date!
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February 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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For those at #AAA2024Tampa - and anyone interested in anti-capitalist movements, crowds and protest, music in sport, and sound studies - consider including Insurgent Fandom: An Ethnography of Crowds and Unruly Sounds by Max Jack in your post-conference orders/planning! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 23, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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I've been waiting YEARS for this...While job hunting in 2015, I attended tapings of daytime talk shows, including the Dr. Oz Show (see bottom left corner of photo below) Can confirm that he's into universal healthcare - all of us walked away with a free bottle of in-shower moisturizer. Go, health!
Screenshot of a live audience during a 2015 taping of the Dr. Oz Show. I am seated in the bottom left corner next to a display of ping pong balls and two plexiglass dishes, one of which is filled with blue water. During the show, a guest tossed balls into each dish. The empty dish repelled balls while the dish filled with water retained the balls, proving that skin needs moisture to retain additional moisture. The episode was sponsored by a Eucerin in-shower moisturizer. A day before the taping, The Dr. Oz Show's Audience Services sent an email to attendees, stating: "Dear ticketholder(s)We look forward to seeing you tomorrow morning! Due to the interactive nature of our show, we rely on our audience to participate with the day's theme—One of the chosen segments for tomorrow revolves around a girl's (other) best friend –HER MAKEUP BAG. This is where we need your help: We ask that ANY INTERESTED FEMALE AUDIENCE MEMBERS bring along their lipstick, blush and mascara. We will be on purse patrol- looking for those of you who go years without replacing your makeup essentials. Thanks in advance for joining in on the fun! Audience Services"
November 20, 2024 at 12:27 AM
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Happy Pub Day to Martial Sound: Drumming Empowerment in Diasporic Chinese Kung Fu and Lion Dance by Colin P. McGuire! Pick up a copy for 30% off as part of #SEM_2024 with code exsem24. 🥁🎶

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October 25, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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Two more days to celebrate titles from our #SEM_2024 list! Today, we spotlight the OA title Acoustics of Empire: Sound Media, and Power in the Long Nineteenth Century, ed. by Peter McMurray and Priyasha Mukhopadhyay. Congratulations to the volume editors & contributors!

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October 25, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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Continuing the focus on Hip Hop, we celebrate the publication of the OA title Digital Flows: Online Hip Hop Music and Culture by Steven Gamble, available just in time for #SEM_2024 and Hip Hop History Month in November. Congratulations, Dr. Gamble!

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October 24, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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Celebrating another 2024 publication for #SEM_2024! Congratulations to Jonathan E. Calvillo for the publication of In the Time of Sky-Rhyming: How Hip Hop Resonated in Brown Los Angeles, which one blurber says is the "missing link" in Hip Hop studies. Now 30% off with code exsem24! oxford.ly/3N7mnkW
October 24, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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Tonight at #SEM_2024: Join the 16B "Interculturality III" panel from 7:00pm - 9:00pm EST to catch Prof. Andy McGraw, author of Music as Ethics: Stories from Virginia (2023), which you might recognize from last year's conference! Now 30% off with code exsem24.

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October 24, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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Now available for pre-order: Music and Dance as Everyday South Asia, edited by Sarah L. Morelli and Zoe C. Sherinian, which blurbers describe as "a tour de force on South Asian music and dance," and "an extremely valuable resource for teaching." Ships in Dec. 2024!

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Cover for Music & Dance as Everyday South Asia, edited by Sarah L. Morelli and Zoe C. Sherinian. The cover is split evenly into three horizontal sections, each with
October 24, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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#SEM_2024 celebrations continue with Insurgent Fandom: An Ethnography of Crowds and Unruly Sounds by Max Jack, which offers a behind-the-scenes look at Ultra and the political dissent that undergirds crowd actions like collective singing and lighting marine flares.

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Cover of Insurgent Fandom by Max Jack. A black & white cover photo shows an ultra whose face is covered by a bi-color ski mask. He stares resolutely into the camera while standing in front of a chainlink fence. Interior title page for Insurgent Fandom which shows an illustration of an ultra dressed in a ski mask and streetwear.
October 24, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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Today's final feature is The Oxford Handbook of Community Singing, edited by Esther M. Morgan-Ellis and Kay Norton. Congratulations to the volume editors and contributors! Now 30% off in print and available on Oxford Academic via institutional subscription. #SEM_2024

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Cover for The Oxford Handbook of Community Singing. The cover photo shows a person standing with their arms outstretched, facing away from the camera. They appear to direct a group of vocalists on a small outdoor stage.
October 22, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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What do the power rock band Aegis, multimedia superstar Vice Ganda, queer zombie film Zombadings, and glocalized movement P-Pop have in common? Find out in Pop Convergence: Musical Multimedia in Manila by James Gabrillo. Congratulations, Dr. Gabrillo! 🎙️🎵🎬☀️ #SEM_2024

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A dazzling kaleidoscopic collage in red, orange, blue, and purple. To the left, a figure holds a microphone, poised to sing. The flag of the Philippines appears behind the image, with the author's name, the book title, and the subtitle printed diagonally across the cover.
October 22, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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Does the word "thesis" send a shiver down your spine? Fear not! Postgraduate Research in Music: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Thesis by Victoria Rogers offers practical exercises, seminar topics, assessment tasks, and reading lists to support your research. #SEM_2024

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Navy blue cover of Postgraduate Research in Music by Victoria Rogers. Primarily text-based with a vector of a pencil with musical notes coming off the top of the pencil, where an eraser would typically appear.
October 22, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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Next, we celebrate Music, Mind, and Language in Chinese Poetry and Performance: The Voice Extended by Casey Schoenberger, which employs cognitive humanities to understand the connections between music, author networks, writing, and other material culture.
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Book cover for Music, Mind, and Language in Chinese Poetry and Performance. The title, subtitle, and author byline appear on a red rectangle in the lower left side of the cover, superimposed over a scanned image of Chinese text.
October 22, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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For the second week of #SEM_2024, we have a suite of new publications to celebrate! The first is Swinglines: Rhythm, Timing, and Polymeter in Musical Phrasing by Fernando Benadon, published in the Oxford Studies in Music Theory series. Congratulations, Dr. Benadon!

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All-text cover for Swinglines by Fernando Benadon. Orange and white text is superimposed on a plain blue background, with the series title (Oxford Studies in Music Theory) in a black band along the bottom edge of the cover.
October 22, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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Still filling your #SEM_2024 Sunday schedule and loved Sounds, Ecologies, Musics (2023)? You can catch volume editors Aaron S. Allen & @jefftoddtiton.bsky.social, and contributors Jennifer Post, Chad S.Hamill/čnaq'ymi, and Denise Von Glahn at the 10C "Whither Eco-Ethnomusicology?" session tomorrow.
Book cover for Sounds, Ecologies, Musics. The title and volume editors' names are superimposed on a photo of a swamp. Water in the middle of the photo reflects the trees and sky above.
October 19, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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Finally, we celebrate Music, Encounter, Togetherness by Nicholas Cook! Cook outlines a relational approach to music that places listeners at the heart of the research and promotes a holistic understanding of the role of improvisation, performance, and textuality in music.
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Cover of Music, Encounter, Togetherness by Nicholas Cook. The cover image is a photo of four musicians performing in a band while atop an apartment roof in a city. The band comprises a pianist, a saxophone player, a fiddle/violin player, and a drummer. The fiddle/violin player is centered in the foreground, with skyscrapers and a powerline in the background.
October 19, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Next, a spotlight on The Cantigas de Santa Maria: Power and Persuasion at the Alfonsine Court by Henry T. Drummond, which blurbers praise as "a deeply humanized and historicized account of the Cantigas;" "a vital point of reference;" and a "groundbreaking study."

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Book cover of The Cantigas de Santa Maria. White text is superimposed over a multicolor illustration of Alfonso X who holds an open book and stands as overseer of the Cantigas project. He is surrounded by scribes, poets, and musicians. Beneath is text from the cantiga de loor, ‘Des oge mais quer’ eu trobar’ (CSM 1). El Escorial, Biblioteca del Real Monasterio, MS T.I.1, fol. 5r.
October 19, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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Happy Day 3 of #SEM_2024! Today we spotlight Jazz Migrations: Movement as Place Among New York Musicians by Ofer Gazit, which offers an inside look at NYC's migrant jazz scene and calls for a reconsideration of genre, senses of belonging, and identity in American music.

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Book cover for Jazz Migrations: Movement as Place Among New York Musicians by Ofer Gazit. A central block print illustration shows two jazz musicians facing each other while performing on string instruments in a night club. The book's main title is printed in custom block lettering designed by artist Mariano Gil, who also provided the cover illustration.
October 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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Today's final installment nicely befits this year's virtual/remote format. In Spectacular Listening: Music and Disability in the Digital Age, Byrd McDaniel shows how listening-as-performance can be both an opportunity for play and a critical practice. academic.oup.com/book/55795?s... #SEM_2024
Book cover for Spectacular Listening showing a multi-color pair of headphones on a black background.
October 18, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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Next, we celebrate God Gave Rock & Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music by @drleahpayne.bsky.social, which Publishers Weekly described as a "comprehensive and fascinating survey of a much-maligned yet influential musical genre." Now 30% off! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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October 18, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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Throughout #SEM24, we'll celebrate books published in the past year. The first is The Oxford Handbook of the Phenomenology of Music Cultures, edited by Harris M. Berger, Friedlind Riedel, and David VanderHamm. Congratulations to the volume editors and contributors! academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
October 18, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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Happy first day of the 2024 Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting! Use code AAFLYG6 at checkout for a 30% discount on new publications:
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We also invite you to browse recent research on OUP's Ethnomusicology hub: t.co/ewVIdTKKbu
October 17, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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Today we celebrate Audible Infrastructures: Music, Sound, Media, joint winner of the 2023 Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume Prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology! Congratulations, Prof. Kyle Devine and Prof. Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier!!

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Cover for Audible Infrastructures: Music, Sound, Media, edited by Kyle Devine and Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier
November 3, 2023 at 10:01 PM
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The celebration continues with a raucous round of applause for Dr. Jessica Bissett Perea, whose book Sound Relations won the 2023 Irving Lowens Book Award (SAM), the 2023 ICTMD Book Prize, and the joint 2023 Ruth Stone Prize (SEM). Congratulations, Dr. Bissett Perea!!

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Cover art for Sound Relations: Native Ways of Doing Music History in Alaska by Jessica Bissett Perea, which was jointly awarded the 2023 Ruth Stone Prize by the Society for Ethnomusicology.
November 1, 2023 at 6:59 PM