Preface. Recorded Selections. Contributors. 1. Music and Community in Multicultural America. 2. Czech American Polka Music in Wisconsin. 3.

Klezmer Music: The First One Thousands Years. 4. The Music of Arab Detroit: A Musical Mecca in the Midwest. 5. "Pan Is We Ting": West Indian Steelbands in Brooklyn. 6. Mexican Mariachi Music: Made in the U.S.

A. 7. Cultural Interaction in New Mexico as Illustrated in the Matachines Dance. 8. Waila: The Social Dance Music of the Tohono O'odham. 9. Triangles, Squares, Circles, and Diamonds: The "Fasola Folk" and Their Singing Tradition. 10.

The Memphis African American Sacred Quartet Community. 11. Sansei Voices in the Community: Japanese American Musicians in California. 12. Just being There: Making Asian American Space in the Recording Industry. 13. Constructing Communities and Identities: Riot Grrrl New York City. Index.