Where Rivers and Mountains Sing: Sound, Music, and Nomadism in Tuva and Beyond, New Edition (Paperback)

Always readable, with issues and ideas presented in an immediate style, rich in personal vignettes and ethnographic detail, and brought to life by the fabulous audio/visual supplement material that is available on-line, Where Rivers and Mountains Sing is a gift for teachers and students. * Ethnomusicology *
This is a perceptive book and a comfortable ready...Levin beautifully presents his central ideas regarding the spiritual and ecological music making Inner Asia with enchanting and captivating storytelling. A welcome addition to reading this text is the supplemental on-line music/video, which includes musical examples illustrating the stories and futher draws readers into the telling of his story. These audiovisual examples not only function to help in understanding the book itself but are useful for class teaching of Inner Asian music. * Asian Music *
This is a complex, informationally-dense book that fits well into recent trends toward aural phenomena. -- Nina Fales