Essay

Essay is a requested piece which we are asking from friends who are seriously engaged in related work and from whom we have so much to learn and who are generous enough to share their knowledge with us. Greek music researchers Costis Drygianakis and Yiorgis Sakellariou have a conversation about working in Russia and Lithuania; American sound artist Robert Millis writes about his listening memory of American folk music; and Renee Lulam, an independent researcher from Shillong writes about oral traditions in the Khasi Hills in the northeast of India.

BF SHELTON AND OH MOLLY DEAR
Robert Millis writes about his listening memory of American folk music

STORIES AS SONGS: ORAL TRADITIONS IN THE KHASI HILLS
Renee Lulam writes about oral traditions in the Khasi Hills

IN SEARCH OF MEANING: REFLECTIONS ON FOLKLORE
Costis Drygianakis and Yiorgis Sakellariou, who have worked on Russian and Lithuanian folk music respectively, share their thoughts on the notion of traditional music.