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Song Means: Analysing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song
The musicological study of popular music has developed, particularly over the past twenty years, into an established aspect of the discipline. The academic community is now well …
The Music and Noise of the Stooges, 1967-71
The Stooges have come to be considered one of the most important rock bands, especially in regard to the formation of punk. By emphasizing their influence on later developments, …
Beggars Banquet and the Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Revolution
The Rolling Stones’ Beggars Banquet is one of the seminal albums in rock history. Arguably it not only marks the advent of the ‘mature’ sound of the Rolling Stones but lays out a …
The Twenty-first-century Legacy of the Beatles
It has taken Liverpool almost half a century to come to terms with the musical, cultural and now economic legacy of the Beatles and popular music. At times the group was negatively …
Punk Rock Warlord: the Life and Work of Joe Strummer
Punk Rock Warlord explores the relevance of Joe Strummer within the continuing legacies of both punk rock and progressive politics. It is aimed at scholars and general readers …
Cultural Seeds: Essays on the Work of Nick Cave
Nick Cave is now widely recognized as a songwriter, musician, novelist, screenwriter, curator, critic, actor and performer. From the band, The Boys Next Door (1976-1980), to the …
Peter Gabriel, From Genesis to Growing Up
Ever since Peter Gabriel fronted progressive rock band Genesis, from the late 1960s until the mid 1970s, journalists and academics alike have noted the importance of Gabriel's …
Blixa Bargeld and Einstürzende Neubauten: German Experimental Music
At the end of his life, Pierre Schaeffer commented that his musical and sound experiments had attempted to go beyond 'do-re-mi'. This had a direct bearing on Einstürzende …
Popular Music, Cultural Politics and Music Education in China
While attention has been paid to various aspects of music education in China, to date no single publication has systematically addressed the complex interplay of sociopolitical …
'Rock On': Women, Ageing and Popular Music
For female pop stars, whose star bodies and star performances are undisputedly the objects of a sexualized external gaze, the process of ageing in public poses particular …
The Songs of Joni Mitchell
An unorthodox musician from the start, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's style of composing, performing, and of playing (and tuning) the guitar is unique. In the framework of …
Remembering Woodstock
The Woodstock festival of 1969, which featured such groups and artists as the Who, Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, is remembered as much …