Artist as Interpretive

The podcast Artist as Interpretive is part of the “Music Cultures” series which was recorded online during the Covid19 pandemic. In this podcast, our host Anungla Zoe Longkumer converses with Nagaland-born ethnomusicologist Sentianla Toy Threadgill also known as Senti Toy about her musical journey and her works. This discussion was part of the 2020 programming for Zubaan’s Cultures of Peace: Festival of the Northeast project, run in collaboration with Heinrich Boell Stiftung, Regional Office, New Delhi.Anungla Zoe Longkumer is an independent artist from Nagaland who is drawn to inspired and intuitive pursuits in music, writing, filmmaking, painting, papermaking, and research in the traditional arts, and is an advocate for a waste-less sustainable way of living.Senti Toy Threadgill is a singer, songwriter, ethnomusicologist and sound artist of Naga origin. She has been based in New York city since the 90’s, where she lives with her husband and daughter.  She earned her doctoral degree in Ethnomusicology from the New York University.