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Greg Barz is an associate professor of ethnomusicology in the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, with appointments in anthropology and the Divinity School. He is the producer of the 2007 Grammy-nominated album, Singing for Life: Songs of Hope, Healing, and HIV/AIDS in Uganda, released by Smithsonian Folkways that draws on his field recordings in East Africa of the music of HIV+ women’s groups. His research in Uganda was supported by a senior research fellowship with in Fulbright African AIDS Research Program. Barz’s most recent research involves documenting the role of music on the radio broadcasts that led to the Rwandan genocide in the 1990s. He is author or editor of eight books including “Singing for Life: Music and HIV/AIDS in Uganda” (NY: Routledge) and “Music of East Africa: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture” (Oxford University Press, 2004)
Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Higher Ground” features podcasts of interviews and music from the World Music Spotlight.
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