2026

  • [BOOK] Music at the Threshold from the Sacred to the Dangerous. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • [CHAPTER] “World Music,” in The Oxford Handbook of Musical Biography and Life-Writing, ed. by Paul Watt and Chris Wiley. New York: Oxford University Press. (forthcoming)
  • [ARTICLE] “From Singing to Speaking: A Song-Based Irish Language Pedagogy,” in Traditions of Music and Dance 57/1: 1-17 [co-written with Ellen MacIsaac]. 

2025

  • [CHAPTER] “From Deanglicization to Riverdance: Revivals in Music and Dance,” in The Revival in Irish Literature and Culture, ed. by Gregory Castle. New York: Cambridge University Press. 
  • [CHAPTER] “Irishness and the Musical Imperialism of Britishness,” in Studies of Music in the British Empire: Past, Present, and Future, ed. by Paul Watt. 
  • [CHAPTER] “Between Vulgarity and Beauty in the Interstices of Orality and Literacy,” in The Oxford Handbook of Irish Song from the earliest days to 1850, (Moyra Haslett, Conor Caldwell, and Lillis Ó Laoire, eds.). New York: Oxford University Press. [with Lillis Ó Laoire] – published online prior to in-print publication.
  • [CHAPTER] “‘Excellent in Point of Both Music and Words’: The Music of Keening,” in The Oxford Handbook of Early Irish Song from the earliest days to 1850, Moyra Haslett, Conor Caldwell, and Lillis Ó Laoire, eds. New York and London: Oxford University Press. [co-written with Lillis Ó Laoire and Méadhbh Nic An Airchinnigh] – published online prior to in-print publication.

2024

  • [ARTICLE] “Vernacular Catholicism in Ireland: The Keening Woman,” in Religions 15/879: 1-14 [co-written with Lillis Ó Laoire]. Awarded Honourable Mention for Best Article 2025 from the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance.
  • [REVIEW] Conamara Chronicles: Tales from Iorras Aithneach (Compiled by Seán Mac Giollarnáth; translated by Liam Mac Con Iomaire and Tim Robinson), in Journal of Folklore Research Reviews – [published October 4, 2024].

2023

  • [REVIEW] Global Perspectives on the Liminality of the Supernatural: from Animus to Zombi (Rebecca Gibson and James M. Vanderveen, eds.) in Journal of Folklore in Journal of Folklore Research Reviews [published September 23, 2023]
  • [REVIEW] Collecting Music in the Aran Islands: A Century of History and Practice (Deirdre Ní Chonghaile) in Journal of American Folklore 136/540: 236-237.

2022

  • [ARTICLE] “Poetry Writing as Transgressive Ethnography,” in Ethnomusicology 66/3: 361-378. *Best Article award from the Society for Ethnomusicology, 2023; Honourable Mention for Best Article award from the International Council for Traditions in Music and Dance, 2023.
  • [ARTICLES] “Collegial Team Teaching,” and “Writing a Collegial Evaluation,” in Evergreen: An Educator’s Handbook (ed. Jolie Sandoz). Olympia, WA: Evergreen State College.
  • [REVIEW] Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music (ed. Áine Mangaoang, John O’Flynn and Lonán Ó Briain) in Journal of the Society for Music in Ireland 17: 79-81.
  • [OBITUARY] “Mick Moloney, 1944-2022,” in Society for Ethnomusicology Newsletter 56/4: 262-7.

2021

  • [BOOK] Musics of the World. New York and London: Oxford University Press. ISBN: #978-0190235864.
  • [ARTICLE] “The Magical Whiteness of Being Irish: Language and Song in American White Nationalism,” in New Hibernia Review 25/4: 134-148.
  • [REVIEW] The Bodhrán: Experimentation, Innovation, and the Irish Frame Drum (Colin Harte) in MUSICultures 48: 390-392.

2020

  • [BOOK] Focus: Irish Traditional Music, 2nd edition. New York: Routledge. ISBN: #978-0367244026
  • [CHAPTER] “Ethnomusicology, Music Education, and the Power and Limitations of Social Media,” in Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning, Janice Waldron, Stephanie Horsley, and Kari Veblen, eds. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: #978-0190660772.
  • [REVIEW] Trad Nation: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Irish Traditional Music (Tes Slominski) in Journal of Folklore Research Reviews. [posted December 18, 2020]
  • [REVIEW] The Masses of Seán and Peadar Ó Riada: Explorations in Vernacular Chant (John O’Keeffe) in Notes 76/3:  446-448.

2019

2018

  • [ARTICLE] “Sonic Liminalities of Faith in Sundanese Vocal Music,” in the Yale Journal of Music and Religion 4/1:43-59.
  • [REVIEW] Saints’ Cults in the Celtic World (Steve Boardman, John Reuben Davies, and Eila Williamson, eds.) in Journal of Folklore Research Reviews.
  • [POEM] “Three Approaches,” selected for Olympia, Washington’s Intercity Transit Poetry at the Bus Stop series.

2017

  • [CHAPTER] “The Singing Body as a Fieldwork Site,” in Cultural Performance: Ethnographic Approaches to Performance Studies, Kevin Landis and Suzanne Macaulay, eds. London: Palgrave, p.164-179.
  • [REVIEW] Seán Ó Sé: A Life in Song and Story (film by Matthew Allen) in Yearbook for Traditional Music 49: 198-199.
  • [REVIEW] Flowing Tides: History and Memory in an Irish Soundscape (Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin) in The New Hibernia Review 20/4: 144-146.
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2016

2015

2014

  • [CHAPTER] “Irish Music Revivals Through Generations of Diaspora,” in The Oxford Handbook of Revival and Post-Revival Music-Cultures, Caroline Bithell and Juniper Hill, eds. London: Oxford University Press. pp. 596-615.[REVIEW] Traditional Music and Irish Society: Historical Perspectives (Martin Dowling) in New Hibernia Review 154-157.

2013

2011

2010

  • [BOOK] Focus: Traditional Irish Music. New York and London: Routledge Publishing. ISBN #9780415991476.
  • [CHAPTER] “Beberapa Ingatan Gembira Terhadap Guru Saya, Ibu Euis Komariah,” in Daweung Tineung Euis Komariah, ed. Aam Amilia, pp.135-139. Bandung, Indonesia: Jugala. [written in Indonesian]

2009

  • [ARTICLE] “’Gan Unsa ar Bith Céille’: An Fhearúlacht agus An Bharántúlacht in Dhá amhrán le Seosamh Ó hÉanaí,” in Béaloideas: Journal of the Ireland Folklore Society 77: 58-79. [with Lillis Ó Laoire, written in Irish
  • [REVIEW] The Norwegian Scots: an Anthropological Interpretation of Viking-Scottish Identity in the Orkney Islands (Michael A. Lange) in The Journal of Folklore Research Reviews.
  • [REVIEW] Listening to an Earlier Java: Aesthetics, Gender, and the Music of Wayang in Central Java (Sarah Weiss) in Yearbook for Traditional Music 41:232-233.
  • [REVIEW] The Courtesan’s Arts: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (Martha Feldman and Bonnie Gordon, eds.) in Asian Music 40/2:143-145.

2008

2007

2006

2005

  • [PLAY] Widower’s Paradise: an Irish Farce in Three Acts (co-written with Stacey Stearns), an unpublished comedy play set in Donegal in the early 1970s.
  • [REVIEW] Power Plays: Wayang Golek Puppet Theater of West Java (Andrew N. Weintraub) in Asian Music 36/2:109-113.

2004

  • [ARTICLE] “Melodic Ornamentation in the Connemara Sean-Nós Singing of Joe Heaney,” in The New Hibernia Review 8/1:122-145.
  • Memories of Stone (poetry anthology), co-editor (with Kate Newmann) and contributor. Shelton, WA: D & H Printing.
  • [REVIEW] Gamelan Gong Kebyar: The Art of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music (Michael Tenzer) in The World of Music 46/1:133-135.

2003

  • [ARTICLE] “Competing Against ‘Tradition’ in the Sundanese Performing Arts,” in The World of Music 45/1:79-96.
  • [REVIEW] The Gamelan Digul and the Prison Camp Musician Who Built It (Margaret Kartomi) in Notes 59/3.
  • [REVIEW] Wayang Golék: Performing Arts of Sunda (West Java)

    in Asian Music 34/2:154-156.

  • [REVIEW] Ar Chreag i Lár na Farraige: Amhráin agus Amhránaithe i dToraigh [On a Rock in the Center of the Ocean: Songs and Singing in Tory] (Lillis Ó Laoire) in Ethnomusicology 47/3:384.
  • [REVIEWS] ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s Dream: The Image of Ireland and the Irish in American Popular Song Lyrics, 1800-1920 (William H.A.Williams) and How Shall We Sing in A Foreign Land: Catholic Music of the Antebellum Irish (Robert R. Grimes) in Ethnomusicology 47/1:127-130.

2002

  • [POEM] “The Ship,” (poem) in In the Deep Heart’s Core (poetry anthology) Dunstan Skinner and Bill Compton, eds., p.25. Olympia, WA: The Evergreen State College.
  • [REVIEW] Wayang Golek: The Sound and Celebration of Sundanese Puppet Theater (Andrew N. Weintraub) in Yearbook for Traditional Music 34:223.

2001

2000

1999

  • [ARTICLE] “Competition in the Sundanese Performing Arts of West Java, Indonesia,” in Current Musicology 63:27-45.
  • [LINER NOTES] Trance 3 (“Sacred Tembang Sunda of West Java”), CD. Ellipsis Arts compact disc.

1998

  • [CHAPTERS] “Sunda,” and “An Introduction to Java,” in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, volume IV (Southeast Asia), edited by Terry E. Miller and Sean Williams. New York: Garland Publishing. ISBN # 0-8240-6040-7. “Southeast Asian Musics: An Overview,” “A Survey of Scholarship on Southeast Asian Musics,” “Waves of Cultural Influence,” “Culture, Politics, and War,” and “The Impact of Modernization on Traditional Musics,” (co-written with Dr. Terry E. Miller) in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, volume IV (Southeast Asia), edited by Terry E. Miller and Sean Williams. New York: Garland Publishing. ISBN # 0-8240-6040-7.
  • [ARTICLE] “Constructing Gender in Sundanese Music,” in Yearbook for Traditional Music 30:74-84.
  • [REVIEWS] Betawi and Sundanese Music of the North Coast of Java and Java: Tembang Sunda in Yearbook for Traditional Music 30:199-201.

1997

  • [REVIEW] Gamelan Stories: Tantrism, Islam, and Aesthetics in Central Java (Judith Becker) in Journal of Asian Studies 56/1:246-247.
  • [REVIEW] Knowing Music, Making Music: Javanese Gamelan and the Theory of Musical Competence and Interaction (Benjamin Brinner) in Yearbook for Traditional Music 29:153-154.

1996

1995

  • [ARTICLE] “World Beat: Modern Colonialism or Indigenous Synthesis?” in ReView 17/1:31.

1993

  • [ARTICLE] “Our Laughter Balances Our Tears: Humor in Sundanese Arts,” in Balungan 5/2:11-14.

1992

  • [REVIEWS] Popular Music Perspectives (B. Lee Cooper) and The End-of-the-Century Party (Steve Redhead) in Notes 49/2:623-24.
  • [REVIEW] Sundanese Music in the Cianjuran Style: Anthropological and Musicological Aspects of Tembang Sunda (Wim van Zanten) in Yearbook for Traditional Music 24:159-160.

1990

  • “The Urbanization of Tembang Sunda, an Aristocratic Musical Genre of West Java, Indonesia.” Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington.
  • [REVIEW] Indonesia 2: Java

    in Asian Music 24/2:157-158.

  • [REVIEWS] Songs Before Dawn: Gandrung Banyuwangi; Indonesian Popular Music: Kroncong, Dangdut and Langgam Jawa; and Music from the Outskirts of Java in Yearbook for Traditional Music 25:177-179.
  • [REVIEW] “Sunda: from Village to City, Festival of Indonesia in Performance” [concert] in Antara Kita, Bulletin of the Indonesian Studies Committee, Association for Asian Studies 30:23-27.

1989

  • [ARTICLE] “Current Developments in Sundanese Popular Music,” in Asian Music 21/1:105-136.

1985

1984