That rare thing, an academic study of music that seeks to tie together the strands of the musical text, the industry that produces it, and the audience that giv

Offers a multidisciplinary analysis of Anglo-American popular music of the last two hundred years.

This extensively revised and expanded fifth edition of Understanding Popular Music Culture provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the producti

Now in an updated 3rd edition this popular A-Z student handbook provides a comprehensive survey of key ideas and concepts in popular music culture. With new and

Popular music studies is a rapidly expanding field with changing emphases and agendas. The music industry has changed in recent years, as has governmental invol