Mike Levine works as Assistant Professor of Musicology at Christopher Newport University. He has written for "Sounding Out!," Cuban literary and arts magazine Hypermedia, Cuban Studies, Twentieth Century Music, American Music, and Independence in 21st-Century Popular Music: Cases from Beyond Anglo-America. He is currently drafting a monograph, Pegao: Underground Music and the Rise of Reparto in Post-Socialist Cuba, for University Press of Florida.

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Mike Levine

Ethnomusicology • Code • Bass
The Cuban Internet • Música Reparto

“Extremely Entertaining” – Kevin Moore, timba.com
Grove Dictionary of American Music
Isla Diseminada
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Cuban Studies 50
Cuban Studies 50

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Popular Music Books in Process — Mike Levine and Gustavo Souza Marques on Tyler the Creator and Cuban Reparto (May 27, 2026)

Digital Humanities Projects

Bedstuy Bid

Bedstuy, Brooklyn-based website focused on connecting local Black-owned businesses with community members.

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Collectionzz

A site where collectors of art, posters, and other memorabilia post, share, and trade collections with one another.

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El Paquete Semanal

A selection of searchable, browsable metadata from “el paquete semanal,” Cuba’s USB-based, peer-to-peer internet.

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Environmental Humanities Map

An interactive map created for Wichita State University, featuring the sounds of Wichita’s students.

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National Humanities Center Podcasts

Podcasts co-produced as part of the “Nerds in the Woods” series for the National Humanities Center from 2019 – 2021.

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