I first learned of the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music 10 Volume Series in 2017 while attending an ethnomusicology conference in Washington, DC. With that discovery came the name Ruth M. Stone. Her credentials are as impressive. Her body of work is even more so. Stone's research continues to inspire my efforts in world music. From her and others, I understand better and better the value of social context, varied human expressions in song, AND scholarship to each recording I air.
More about Stone: http://indiana.edu/~folklore/people/stone.shtml
Each massive volume in the series is an gold mine of information for any world music scholar, informed fan, officionado, radio host, or producer. They have become essential reference materials for my work as student of world music. This long overdue encyclopedia series profoundly affirms the value of celebrating heritage through informed musical knowledge of music making across the globe. Stone and her colleagues in world music have with the assistance of Routledge should be roundly applauded. For me, the collection represents the very essence of inclusion and diversity. Thank you!
edited by Ruth M. Stone, 1942- (New York: Routledge (Publisher), 1997), 851 page(s)
edited by Dale A. Olsen, 1941- and Daniel E. Sheehy (Routledge (Publisher), 1998), 1082 page(s)
edited by Ellen Koskoff (Routledge (Publisher), 2000), 1390 page(s)
edited by Terry E. Miller, 1945- and Sean Williams (Routledge (Publisher), 1998), 1024 page(s)
edited by Alison Arnold (Routledge (Publisher), 1999), 1104 page(s)
edited by Virginia Danielson, Scott Marcus and Dwight Reynolds (Routledge (Publisher), 2001), 1200 page(s)
edited by Robert C. Provine, Yosihiko Tokumaru and J. Lawrence Witzleben (Routledge (Publisher), 2001), 1192 page(s)
edited by Timothy Rice, fl. 1981, James Porter, fl. 1969 and Chris Goertzen (Routledge (Publisher), 2000), 900 page(s)
edited by Adrienne L. Kaeppler, 1935- and J.W. Love (Routledge (Publisher), 1998), 1088 page(s)
edited by Ruth M. Stone, 1942- (New York: Routledge (Publisher), 2001), 1017 page(s)
Each Volume comes with an audio CD
Online access information: https://search.alexanderstreet.com/glnd
