An authority on the music of both North India and the Caribbean, Peter Manuel is Associate Professor in the Department of Art, Music, and Philosophy at John Jay College. He is the author of several books, including Popular Musics of the Non-Western World (Oxford University Press), Cassette Culture: Popular Music and Technology in North India, and Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae (Temple University Press).

"This is excellent musical, cultural and political analysis. It charts the fascinating re-configuration of Indian practices and terms that is 'tan-singing' and articulates the complex significance of the licentious 'chutney' in a fast-changing, multi-cultural society in which the Indian contingent is on the rise, and women want liberation. It is indeed a worthy book." -Dr. Edward O. Henry, Professor of Anthropology, San Diego State University, and author of Chant the Names of God: Music and Culture in Bhojpuri-Speaking India "Manuel has produced a timely and relevant scholarly contribution to the growing body of literature on diaspora cultures... His expertise in both Indian and Caribbean music makes him the ideal person to undertake such a task... The work is richly detailed with information on the historical development and modern dynamics of Indo-Caribbean musical genres. Manuel not only describes the empirical facts pertaining to his topic but also provides a multi-layered interpretive analysis of his findings... I recommend it wholeheartedly." -Frank J. Korom, Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Boston University, and author or editor of five books, most recently Tibetan Culture in the Diaspora

• CONTENTS List of Maps, Illustrations, and Musical Examples Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Development of Local-Classical Music 3. The 1960s to the Present: Efflorescence and Decline 4. Tradition, Innovation, and Identity in Tan-Singing Aesthetics 5. Style and Subgenre in Tan-Singing 6. The Chutney Phenomenon 7. Conclusion: Music and the Dynamics of a Diaspora Glossary Selections on the Compact Disc Selected Hindi Songs in Devnagari Script Notes Bibliography Discography of Local-Classical Music Index

An authority on the music of both North India and the Caribbean, Peter Manuel is Associate Professor in the Department of Art, Music, and Philosophy at John Jay College. He is the author of several books, including Popular Musics of the Non-Western World (Oxford University Press), Cassette Culture: Popular Music and Technology in North India, and Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae (Temple University Press).

"This is excellent musical, cultural and political analysis. It charts the fascinating re-configuration of Indian practices and terms that is 'tan-singing' and articulates the complex significance of the licentious 'chutney' in a fast-changing, multi-cultural society in which the Indian contingent is on the rise, and women want liberation. It is indeed a worthy book." -Dr. Edward O. Henry, Professor of Anthropology, San Diego State University, and author of Chant the Names of God: Music and Culture in Bhojpuri-Speaking India "Manuel has produced a timely and relevant scholarly contribution to the growing body of literature on diaspora cultures... His expertise in both Indian and Caribbean music makes him the ideal person to undertake such a task... The work is richly detailed with information on the historical development and modern dynamics of Indo-Caribbean musical genres. Manuel not only describes the empirical facts pertaining to his topic but also provides a multi-layered interpretive analysis of his findings... I recommend it wholeheartedly." -Frank J. Korom, Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Boston University, and author or editor of five books, most recently Tibetan Culture in the Diaspora

• CONTENTS List of Maps, Illustrations, and Musical Examples Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Development of Local-Classical Music 3. The 1960s to the Present: Efflorescence and Decline 4. Tradition, Innovation, and Identity in Tan-Singing Aesthetics 5. Style and Subgenre in Tan-Singing 6. The Chutney Phenomenon 7. Conclusion: Music and the Dynamics of a Diaspora Glossary Selections on the Compact Disc Selected Hindi Songs in Devnagari Script Notes Bibliography Discography of Local-Classical Music Index

An authority on the music of both North India and the Caribbean, Peter Manuel is Associate Professor in the Department of Art, Music, and Philosophy at John Jay College. He is the author of several books, including Popular Musics of the Non-Western World (Oxford University Press), Cassette Culture: Popular Music and Technology in North India, and Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae (Temple University Press).

"This is excellent musical, cultural and political analysis. It charts the fascinating re-configuration of Indian practices and terms that is 'tan-singing' and articulates the complex significance of the licentious 'chutney' in a fast-changing, multi-cultural society in which the Indian contingent is on the rise, and women want liberation. It is indeed a worthy book." -Dr. Edward O. Henry, Professor of Anthropology, San Diego State University, and author of Chant the Names of God: Music and Culture in Bhojpuri-Speaking India "Manuel has produced a timely and relevant scholarly contribution to the growing body of literature on diaspora cultures... His expertise in both Indian and Caribbean music makes him the ideal person to undertake such a task... The work is richly detailed with information on the historical development and modern dynamics of Indo-Caribbean musical genres. Manuel not only describes the empirical facts pertaining to his topic but also provides a multi-layered interpretive analysis of his findings... I recommend it wholeheartedly." -Frank J. Korom, Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Boston University, and author or editor of five books, most recently Tibetan Culture in the Diaspora

• CONTENTS List of Maps, Illustrations, and Musical Examples Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Development of Local-Classical Music 3. The 1960s to the Present: Efflorescence and Decline 4. Tradition, Innovation, and Identity in Tan-Singing Aesthetics 5. Style and Subgenre in Tan-Singing 6. The Chutney Phenomenon 7. Conclusion: Music and the Dynamics of a Diaspora Glossary Selections on the Compact Disc Selected Hindi Songs in Devnagari Script Notes Bibliography Discography of Local-Classical Music Index