Las músicas amerindias del Chaco argentino entre la hibridación y la exotización by Silvia Citro, Soledad Torres Agüero

“…Starting from the musical piece Qom Llalec (« Son of the Qom ») of Toba or Qom musician Romualdo Diarte (Formosa, Argentina), which became the first CD of indigenous music produced by the Culture Department of this province, we discuss the impact of recent cultural policies in the music of these peoples. …”
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Les chants du corps by Edoarda Barra

“…Through the homonymy of the word melē (both “limbs” and “chants”), and through a play of connections between the upper and lower body, the mouth and genitals, breathing and the sexual act, voices and moods, the music produced by the gods substitutes for coitus. And although Pan’s and Syrinx’s loves remain virginal, the sounds they emit are nevertheless not sterile: they fertilise herds.…”
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Rock Music and The Political Scripting of Vietnam War: Reading Dispatches by Michael Herr by Lalit Kumar

“…The analysis considers the artistic, ideological, and cultural dimensions of the music produced and disseminated during the war, while also reflecting on how the lyrics referenced in Herr’s work reveal the psychological state of soldiers and the growing significance of counter-cultural music as the war progressed.…”
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