"A perfectly executed study about authenticity of musical expressions in Bolivia's plurimulticultural encounters with tradition and modernity. Bravo! An excellent performance." -- Enrique Mayer, Yale University "A sensitive and wide-ranging study of the conundrums of national imagining and the politics of musical performance. Michelle Bigenho's fascinating account combines anthropological insight with first-hand experience as a 'Bolivian' musician." -- Olivia Harris, Professor of Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London "This sensitive, astute, and nuanced ethnography takes us on a intriguing excursion into how national modernity intersects with indigenous modernities in the construction of a sense of nationhood in Latin America." -- Joanne Rappaport, Georgetown University.