Evert's World of Music

I play in two bands. In one of them, I have put a ban on two things: using instruments that cannot simply be carried (like drum sets or pian...

I promised to write a blog on “dialogic research” and “advocacy” in ethnomusicology. So there we go. In ethnomusicology, the main concern se...

I write this while I am attending a big conference. Several hundreds (!) of ethnomusicologists from all over the world are meeting in Newfou...

Oh, the endless amazement music leads to. Last week, on Thursdays, I had organized a workshop on Indian music for our students. Teachers wer...

Today is the day the “March of Civilization” reaches The Hague. The Hague, for those of you who do not know, is the residency of the Dutch P...

There is no such thing as good taste, only taste. That’s what I wrote last week. And actually I believe that is true. It is complicated, tho...

I have often been thinking about a Top Ten of artists world wide people should have listened to according to me. I even   started with one s...