Episode 92 of the Podcast for Social Research features fusion folk trio <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2s15DbsUwKNoJVXPca5rHW">Ghost Peppers</a> in concert at BISR Central, playing songs old and new, including selections from their newly released EP Red. After the performance (44:00), the three Ghost Peppers — tabla player Ritam Bhowmil, guitarist Kevin Meehan, and vocalist (and BISR faculty) Amrita Ghosh — sat down with BISR’s Hannah Leffingwell and scholar Sara Kazmi for a wide-ranging conversation about cultural and musical fusion, and the histories, both personal and political, that surround it. What happens when classical South Asian rhythms are “fused” to rock, reggae, or Americana song structures? What kind of sonic imaginaries does fusion music evoke or produce, both across regions and within a partitioned South Asia? How can we distinguish fusion from cultural appropriation? Amidst political (and geopolitical) inequality, can musical traditions be combined “equally”? Finally, can Tagore be sung in a bar? The Podcast for Social Research is produced by Ryan Lentini.  Learn more about upcoming courses on <a href= "https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/">our website</a>. Follow Brooklyn Institute for Social Research on <a href= "https://x.com/BklynInstitute">Twitter</a> / <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/TheBrooklynInstitute/">Facebook</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brooklyninstitute/">Instagram</a> / <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/brooklyninstitute.bsky.social">Bluesky</a>. Artwork: Bharti Kher, Algorithm for Hiding

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