Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
The Act of Singing: Women, Music, and the Politics of Truth and Reconciliation. Yearbook for Traditional Music 53, 2021:1-44.
A Response to Peter Cooke’s Response. [co-authored with Sylvia Nannyonga Tamusuza]. Ethnomusicology 59 (3), 2015:480-482.
The Sound and Spectacle of Dangdut Koplo: Genre and Counter-Genre in East Java, Indonesia. Asian Music 44(2), 2013:160-194.
Making a Difference: Music and Multiculturalism in the United States and Indonesia. Umakgwa Munhwa (Music and Culture), 2013:148-174.
The Audible Future: Reimagining the Role of Sound Archives and Sound Repatriation in Uganda. [co-authored with Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza]. Ethnomusicology 56(2), 2012:206-233.
Music and Malayness: Orkes Melayu in Indonesia, 1950-1965. Archipel 79, 2010:57-78.
Dance Drills, Faith Spills: Islam, Body Politics, and Popular Music in Indonesia. Popular Music 27(3), 2008:365-390.
Dangdut Soul: Who are ‘The People’ in Indonesian Popular Music? Asian Journal of Communication 16(4), 2006:411-431. Reprinted in Mark Hobart & Richard Fox (eds.) Entertainment Media in Indonesia. New York: Routledge, 2008.
The Crisis of the Sinden: Gender, Politics, and Memory in the Performing Arts of West Java, 1959-1964. Indonesia 77, 2004:57-78.
Instruments of Power: ‘Multi-Laras’ Gamelan in New Order Indonesia. Ethnomusicology 45(2), 2001:197-227.
Contest-ing Culture: Sundanese Wayang Golek Purwa Competitions in New Order Indonesia. Asian Theatre Journal 18 (1), 2001:87-104.
Tune, Text, and the Function of Lagu in Pantun Sunda, a Sundanese Oral Narrative Tradition, Asian Music 26(1), 1994/95:175-211.
Jawaiian and Local Cultural Identity in Hawai‘i. Perfect Beat: The Journal of Research Into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture 1(2), 1993:78-89. Reprinted in Sound Alliances: Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Politics and Popular Music in the Pacific, ed. Philip Hayward. London and New York: Cassell, 1998:78-88.
Theory in Institutional Pedagogy and ‘Theory in Practice’ for Sundanese Gamelan Music. Ethnomusicology 37(1), 1993:29-39.
Peer-reviewed Chapters in Books
Indonesia: Meet the Beatles! In Routledge Handbook on Asian Music: Cultural Intersections, ed. Tong Soon Lee. New York: Routledge, 2021.
Soundtracks for the Masses: Transmediating India in Dangdut Films of Indonesia. In Making Waves: Traveling Musics in Asia and the Pacific, Ed. Christine Yano and Frederick Lau. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2018: 39-64.
Nation, Islam, and Gender in Dangdut, Indonesia’s Most Popular Music. In The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Indonesia, Ed. Robert W. Hefner. New York: Routledge Press, 2018: 369-377.
Re-vamping Asia: Women, Music, and Modernity in Comparative Perspective. (co-author with Bart Barendregt). In Vamping the Stage: Female Voices of Asian Modernities, Ed. Andrew N. Weintraub and Bart Barendregt. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 2017: 1-39.
Titiek Puspa: Gendered Modernity in 1960s and 1970s Indonesian Popular Music. In Vamping the Stage: Female Voices of Asian Modernities, Ed. Andrew N. Weintraub and Bart Barendregt. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 2017: 144-173.
Decentering Ethnomusicology: Indonesian Popular Music Studies. In Producing Indonesia: The State of the Field of Indonesian Studies, Ed. Eric Tagliacozzo. Ithaca: Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2014:347-366.
Pop Goes Melayu: Indonesian Popular Music, 1968-1975. In Sonic Modernities in the Malay World: A History of Popular Music, Social Distinction and Novel Lifestyles (1930s-2000s). ed. Bart Barendregt. Leiden: Brill Press, 2014:165-186.
Foreward. Aku Bernyanyi, Menjadi Saksi. by Edi Subandy Ibrahim. Jakarta: Fiskontak, 2011:xvii-xxiv.
Morality and its Dis(contents): Dangdut and Islam in Indonesia. In Music and Islam in Indonesia, ed. David Harnish and Anne Rasmussen. Oxford University Press, 2011:318-336.
Introduction. In Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia, ed. Andrew N. Weintraub. London and New York: Routledge, 2011:1-17.
Euis Komariah: Lessons in Humility, Respect, and Individual Expression. In Daweung Tineung: Sebuah Biografi sebagaimana diceritakan kepada Aam Amalia. Bandung: Jugala, 2010:174-79.
Introduction. In Music and Cultural Rights, ed. Andrew N. Weintraub and Bell Yung. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009:1-18.
Indonesian Wooden Puppet Theater of West Java, the Amir Hamzah Stories and the Localization of Islam. In Interweaving Cultures: Islam in Southeast Asia: A Guide for Teachers and Students. New York: Asia Society, 2007.
A Tape-Recorded History of Sundanese Wayang Golek: A Genealogy of Three Dalangs on Cassettes. In Konferensi Internasional Budaya Sunda (KIBS), Jilid 2 (Prosiding), ed. Ajip Rosidi, H. Edi S. Ekadjati, and A. Chaedar Alwasilah. Yayasan Kebudayaan Rancage, 2006.
Sejarah Wayang Golek Melalui Kaset: Sebuah Analisa Tiga Dalang, 1970-2000. In Tulak Bala: Sistem Pertahanan Tradisional Masyarakat Sunda dan Kajian Lainnya Mengenai Masyarakat Sunda. Bandung, Indonesia: Yayasan Pusat Studi Sunda, 2003.
New Order Politics and Popular Entertainment in Wayang Golek Purwa. In Puppet Theater in Contemporary Indonesia: New Approaches to Performance-Events, ed. Jan Mrazek. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2002.
Musical Communities of Hawai‘i. In American Musical Traditions, ed. Jeff Todd Titon. New York: Schirmer Books, 2001.
Website Publications
Gamelan Sunda: University of Pittsburgh Gamelan Program, University of Pittsburgh, 2009.
Wayang Golek Menak and Qasidah Moderen, AskAsia, The Asia Society
Indonesian Television after Soeharto: Discourse and Representation in the ‘Asep Show’. Media, Performance, and Identity Research Circle, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005.
Indonesian Television after Soeharto: Discourse and Representation in the ‘Asep Show’. Media, Performance, and Identity Research Circle, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005.
Encyclopedia Articles
Indonesia Raya. In World Book Encyclopedia. [forthcoming] Indonesia. In Oxford Bibliographies Online. 2013.
Gambang Kromong, Wayang Golek, and Sandiwara. In The Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. MA: Berkshire Publishing (2002).
R.M.A. Koesoemadinata and Nano S. In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2001.
Filipino Music and Dance and Hawaiian Music and Dance In The Asian-American Encyclopedia, ed. Franklin Ng. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995:460-64; 548-552.
Book, Recording, and Video Reviews
Antiphonal Histories: Resonant Pasts in the Toba Batak Musical Present (Julia Byl). Indonesia, 104, 2017:197-200.
Melayu: The Politics, Poetics and Paradoxes of Malayness (edited by Maznah Mohamad and Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied). Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 44(3), 2013:526-29.
Listening to an Earlier Java (Sarah Weiss). Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 2007.
Unplayed Melodies: Javanese Gamelan and the Genesis of Music Theory (Marc Perlman). Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 63(1), 2006:87-90.
Adeus & Aloha: The Portuguese heritage of Hawai’i. (Pan Records). Ethnomusicology 49(2), 2005:336-38.
Calling Back the Spirit: Music, Dance, and Cultural Politics in Lowland South Sulawesi (R. Anderson Sutton). The Journal of Asian Studies 63 (2), 2004:562-64.
Wayang Golek: Performing Arts of Sunda (West Java), a videocassette and accompanying notes produced by The Open University (Milton Keynes). Ethnomusicology 44 (3), 2000:547-49.
The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia/Pacific (Don Rubin, ed.). The Times Literary Supplement, August 27, 1999.
Balinese Music (Michael Tenzer). Ethnomusicology 38(2), 1994:364-367. Smithsonian Folkways Music of Indonesia Series, Volumes 1-3 (Philip Yampolsky, ed.). Asian Music 25(1-2), 1993/1994:282-286.
Popular Print Media
Java’s Puppets Come out of the Shadows. Songlines no. 37. June, 2006, pp. 32-35.
Samba, But not as we know it. Songlines no. 38. July/August, 2006, pp. 28-39.
Recordings and Annotations
Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry, 1955-67. London: Soundway Records, 2022.
Wayang Golek: The Sound and Celebration of Sundanese Puppet Theater. Six-CD set and accompanying 44-page booklet. Vermont: Multicultural Media, 2001.
The Music of Bali, Volumes 1-3. Tucson: Celestial Harmonies, 1997.
The Music of Islam, Volume 4 (Music of the Arabian Peninsula: Qatar) and Volume 8 (Folkloric Music of Tunisia). Tucson: Celestial Harmonies, 1997.
Tembang Sunda: Classical Music of West Java. Tucson: Celestial Harmonies, 1996 [nominated for a NAIRD Indie Award, 1997].
Educational Media
Faces Magazine, an interview for the issue on Music Around the World, May, 2009.
Aku Cinta Indonesia, a televised broadcast for Indonesian Television (Voice of America).
Sundanese Gamelan in America, a radio interview for Voice of America, April, 2007.
The Interpretation of Music, an interview for the radio series The Natural History of Sound produced by The Alder Institute, Newfoundland, Canada, 2004.
Wayang Golek: An Introduction to Puppet Theater and Music of West Java, Indonesia (CD-ROM), 2002.
A Manual for Learning Sundanese Gamelan. B.A. thesis, UC Santa Cruz, 1985.
The Birth of Gatotkaca: A Sundanese Wayang Golek Purwa Performance from West Java (translation and introduction). Jakarta: Lontar Publications, 1998.
Musics of Hawai’i -- An Anthology of Musical Traditions in Hawai’i (Principal Researcher, Writer, and Recording Engineer). Honolulu: State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1994.
Ngahudang Carita Anu Baheula (To Awaken an Ancient Story): An Introduction to the Stories of Pantun Sunda. Center for Southeast Asian Studies Paper Series no. 34, University of Hawaii. Honolulu: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1991.
