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Technology and the Stylistic Evolution of the Jazz Bass
Technology and the Stylistic Evolution of the Jazz Bass traces the stylistic evolution of jazz from the bass player’s perspective. Historical works to date have tended to pursue a …
The Art of Record Production
The playback of recordings is the primary means of experiencing music in contemporary society, and in recent years 'classical' musicologists and popular music theorists have begun …
Elvis Costello and Thatcherism
The emergence of Thatcherism around 1980, which ushered in a period of neo-liberalism in British politics that still resonates today, led musicians, like other artists, to respond …
Litpop: Writing and Popular Music
Bringing together exciting new interdisciplinary work from emerging and established scholars in the UK and beyond, Litpop addresses the question: how has writing past and present …
'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 …
Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
In 1974 the British progressive rock group Genesis released their double concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. The story was described by Genesis's then front-man Peter …
When Music Migrates
When Music Migrates uses rich material to examine the ways that music has crossed racial faultlines that have developed in the post-Second World War era as a consequence of the …
Other Voices: Hidden Histories of Liverpool's Popular Music Scenes, 1930s-1970s
At times it appears that a whole industry exists to perpetuate the myth of origin of the Beatles. There certainly exists a popular music (or perhaps 'rock') origin myth concerning …
Studies in Maltese Popular Music
This book examines the diverse facets of popular music in Malta, paying special attention to ghana (Malta’s folk song), the wind band tradition, and modern popular music. Ciantar …
Invisible Now: Bob Dylan in the 1960s
Invisible Now describes Bob Dylan's transformative inspiration as artist and cultural figure in the 1960s. Hughes identifies Dylan's creativity with an essential imaginative …
Music and Irish Identity
Music and Irish Identity represents the latest stage in a life-long project for Gerry Smyth, focusing here on the ways in which music engages with particular aspects of Irish …
She's So Fine: Reflections on Whiteness, Femininity, Adolescence and Class in 1960s Music
She's So Fine explores the music, reception and cultural significance of 1960s girl singers and girl groups in the US and the UK. Using approaches from the fields of musicology, …