Colonialist, nationalist, and regionalist ideologies have
profoundly influenced folk music and related musical practices
among the Garhwali and Kumaoni of Uttarakhand. Stefan Fiol blends
historical and ethnographic approaches to unlock these influences
and explore a paradox: how the oefolk designation can alternately
identify a universal stage of humanity, or denote alterity and
subordination. Fiol explores the lives and work of Gahrwali artists
who produce folk music. These musicians create art as both a
discursive idea and as a set of expressive practices across
strikingly different historical and cultural settings. Juxtaposing
performance contexts in Himalayan villages with Delhi recording
studios, Fiol shows how the practices have emerged within and
between sites of contrasting values and expectations. Throughout,
Fiol presents the varying perspectives and complex lives of the
upper-caste, upper-class, male performers spearheading the
processes of folklorization. But he also charts their resonance
with, and collision against, the perspectives of the women and
hereditary musicians most affected by the processes. Expertly
observed, Recasting Folk in the Himalayas offers an engaging
immersion in a little-studied musical milieu.
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