This roundtable examines care as a central component of our interdisciplinary work as ethnomusicologists and sound studies scholars. We ask how an ethics of care, informed by the needs and desires of communities we work alongside, can amplify “just vibrations” in intersecting academic and social spheres (Cheng 2016). The roundtable begins with a theoretical framing of a politics of care, shaped by 21st century calls toward greater equity along lines of race, gender, and dis/ability and informed by a New Materialist view of relationality. Our second participant, drawing on ethnographic research with chronically ill individuals who experience medical trauma, asks how we can balance caring for ourselves and our interlocutors while in the field. Our third participant shares research on music workshops for military-connected community members, considering how care- and/or service-based work can be placed in the discipline to better support ethnomusicologists and the people we support. Our fourth participant, working among war-displaced Syrians in Germany, explores the role of “active listening” and researcher positionality as they navigate the complexities of care for our interlocutors and ourselves. Our fifth participant considers how, in transformative justice work, Black artists are well-equipped to provide trauma-informed care in intensely segregated cities, provided collaboration and care for their health is prioritized throughout the research lifecycle. The roundtable concludes with a reflection on trauma-inflected situations that impact mental health in the field, raising critical questions about the politics of care work in music, health, and well-being scholarship vis-à-vis the research ethics of our academic societies.