Music

At Earhouse Songwriting Club music is not only about the performer or performance, but also about the audience and the act of listening

Indonesia has a plan to boost the economy through large-scale arts, cultural and sporting events, but are they ready?

For two decades Bali-based rock band Navicula’s mission has been to tackle some of the country’s biggest social and environmental ills

The Fighting Art of Pencak Silat and Its Music reveals the multitude of martial arts practices and celebrations

Performance groups negotiate between Islam and Sundanese tradition

Tradition and innovation in an OzAsia collaboration  

A singer for all seasons at ease with many musical repertoires and traditions

Rappers express their music in a Javanese way in Yogyakarta

An environmental movement is generating new forms of resistance by fusing traditional and contemporary Balinese art with social media

A new interdenominational Christian movement is gaining momentum in urban centres

The influence of music videos in the 2014 electoral campaign

Julia Byl’s ethnographic study reveals a musical tradition formed by its interactions with other cultures and musical influences  

Popular forms of writing in public reveal the richness of Balinese revitalisation

A nearly extinct rural Sundanese art form is being revived in an urban setting

Margaret Kartomi’s life-long devotion to bringing Sumatran music to the world is revealed in her major contribution to analysing and preserving this musical heritage

Indonesia’s liberal art scene attracts adventurous Australian artists

Rather than being merely the result of religious extremism, recent cases of moral outrage point to a wide range of current political and social problems

Bali rockers Navicula find a platform for social change in online social media

Dangdut music continues to be a vital part of Indonesian popular culture