We are very pleased to announce the publication of an unofficial special issue of MUSICultures (46: 2) on music and the environment. This issue complements our recent issue on ecologies (45: 1-2), and I’m delighted that Aaron Allen and Jeff Todd Titon were willing to preface the current issue with a special introduction.

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The contents of this issue include:

Introduction
AARON S. ALLEN and JEFF TODD TITON
Anthropocentric and Ecocentric Perspectives on Music and Environment

MATTHEW DELCIAMPO
Recorded in a Cabin in the Woods: Place, Publicity, and the Isolationist Narrative of Indie Music

CHRISTINE DETTMANN
The Calf of the Wild: Sound, Embodiment, and Oral Poetry among Cattle Herders in Southwestern Angola

KONSTANTINE VLASIS
Paths of Friction: Intoning Societies, Identity, and Nature in 21st-Century Iceland

SOPHIE STÉVANCE et SERGE LACASSE
La musique de Tanya Tagaq comme engagement cosmopolite : Le cas de « Fracking » (2014)

INDERJIT KAUR
A Multisensorial Affective Ecology of Sonic Worship: The Sikh Sacred Song Culture

Plus book, recording, and film reviews.