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Timothy Brennan, Secular Devotion: Afro-Latin Music and Imperial Jazz Verso, 2008

Afro-Latin music is a multi-million dollar industry, but according to Timothy Brennan, it speaks to a world outside of the relations of the market and that's what makes it irresistible. Brennan talks about cultural resistance, the Afro-Cuban roots music known as the son, and the pioneering scholarship of Cuban novelist Alejo Carpentier.

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George Lipsitz, Footsteps in the Dark: The Hidden Histories of Popular Music U. of Minnesota Press, 2007

According to George Lipsitz, popular music emerges from, and tells stories about, social conditions, power relations, and collective struggles. The songs, especially those that endure, convey histories otherwise hidden from view. Lipsitz also critiques Ken Burns's documentary Jazz and describes how techno emerged from the streets of Detroit.

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Paul Gilroy, "Multiculture in Times of War"

Paul Gilroy, The Black Atlantic Harvard U. Press, 1993

Paul Gilroy, Darker Than Blue: On the Moral Economies of Black Atlantic Culture Harvard U. Press, forthcoming

How do racial politics play out in a former imperial power like Britain? What do popular desires for a restoration of national greatness do to how racial others and foreigners are perceived and treated? Paul Gilroy discusses the prospects for a robust multiculturalism; he also talks about the significance of Bob Marley's music and politics.