BIOGRAPHY

Cory LaFevers is a senior lecturer in the Texas A&M College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts. He designed and teaches popular new courses including The History of Country and Western Music as well as Music and Video Games. His work is primarily focused on popular music in the United States and Brazil. His research interests include genre boundaries; performing place; musical instruments and thing theory; and the history of cosmic country music.

He has published articles in The Journal of Musicological Research; PARtake: The Journal of Performance as Research; Revista África(s); and AlterNativas; and contributed chapters to volumes published in the United States and Brazil. He holds a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from the University of Texas.