Popular music

Despite the influence of African American music and study as a worldwide phenomenon, no comprehensive and fully annotated reference tool currently exists that covers the wide range of genres.

This lively textual symposium offers a collection of formative research on the culture of global psytrance (psychedelic trance).

This lively textual symposium offers a collection of formative research on the culture of global psytrance (psychedelic trance).

In the first decade of the twentieth-century, many composers rejected the principles of tonality and regular beat.

In the first decade of the twentieth-century, many composers rejected the principles of tonality and regular beat.

The Music Business and Recording Industry is a comprehensive music business textbook focused on the three income streams in the music industry: music publishing, live entertainment, and recordings.

The Music Business and Recording Industry is a comprehensive music business textbook focused on the three income streams in the music industry: music publishing, live entertainment, and recordings.

The recording industry has been a major focus of interest for cultural commentators throughout the twenty-first century.

The recording industry has been a major focus of interest for cultural commentators throughout the twenty-first century.

Stuart Nicholson's biography of Ella Fitzgerald is considered a classic in jazz literature.

Stuart Nicholson's biography of Ella Fitzgerald is considered a classic in jazz literature.

To his many fans, he was known simply as "e;Mr.

To his many fans, he was known simply as "e;Mr.

Rock and roll's death has been forecast nearly since its birth; the country song "e;The Death of Rock and Roll"e; appeared in September 1956, showing that the music had already outraged a more conservative listening audience.

Rock and roll's death has been forecast nearly since its birth; the country song "e;The Death of Rock and Roll"e; appeared in September 1956, showing that the music had already outraged a more conservative listening audience.

Teenage Nervous Breakdown: Music and Politics in the Post-Elvis Era combines music and cultural history and criticism to examine how rock and the rock lifestyle have been merchandised first to a teenage audience and eventually to a worldwide consumer society.

Teenage Nervous Breakdown: Music and Politics in the Post-Elvis Era combines music and cultural history and criticism to examine how rock and the rock lifestyle have been merchandised first to a teenage audience and eventually to a worldwide consumer society.

It's the real stories, not the publicists' confections, that concern Colin Escott.

It's the real stories, not the publicists' confections, that concern Colin Escott.

An accessible introduction to the study of popular music, this book takes a schematic approach to a range of popular music genres, and examines them in terms of their antecedents, histories, visual aesthetics, and sociopolitical contexts.

An accessible introduction to the study of popular music, this book takes a schematic approach to a range of popular music genres, and examines them in terms of their antecedents, histories, visual aesthetics, and sociopolitical contexts.

In this collection, Shipton has drawn together conversations with some of the key jazz pianists.

In this collection, Shipton has drawn together conversations with some of the key jazz pianists.

Southwest Shuffle documents an important period in country music history.

Southwest Shuffle documents an important period in country music history.

"e;Maracatu Atomico"e; is the first academic work to investigate the mangue movement, one of Brazil's most vital pop culture trends of the last thirty years, and the related "e;new music scene"e; of Northeast Brazil.

"e;Maracatu Atomico"e; is the first academic work to investigate the mangue movement, one of Brazil's most vital pop culture trends of the last thirty years, and the related "e;new music scene"e; of Northeast Brazil.

Born in South Carolina, White spent his childhood as a lead boy for traveling blind bluesmen.

Born in South Carolina, White spent his childhood as a lead boy for traveling blind bluesmen.

Music, Movies, Meanings, and Markets focuses on macromarketing-related aspects of film music in general and on the cinemusical role of ambi-diegetic jazz in particular.

Music, Movies, Meanings, and Markets focuses on macromarketing-related aspects of film music in general and on the cinemusical role of ambi-diegetic jazz in particular.

College campuses have become rich sites of hip-hop culture and knowledge production.

College campuses have become rich sites of hip-hop culture and knowledge production.

Bringing together cultural, political and economic analyses, Lawrence Grossberg offers an original and bold interpretation of the contemporary politics of both rock and popular culture.

Bringing together cultural, political and economic analyses, Lawrence Grossberg offers an original and bold interpretation of the contemporary politics of both rock and popular culture.

Music in the Western: Notes from the Frontier presents essays from both film studies scholars and musicologists on core issues in western film scores: their history, their generic conventions, their operation as part of a narrative system, their functioning within individual filmic texts and their ideological import, especially in terms of the western's construction of gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity.

Music in the Western: Notes from the Frontier presents essays from both film studies scholars and musicologists on core issues in western film scores: their history, their generic conventions, their operation as part of a narrative system, their functioning within individual filmic texts and their ideological import, especially in terms of the western's construction of gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity.

Made in Italy serves as a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary Italian popular music.

Made in Italy serves as a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary Italian popular music.

First Published in 2001.

First Published in 2001.

Author of two books on Issac Albeniz, including Issac Albeniz: A Guide to Research (1998), Walter Aaron Clark has compiled thirteen essays that discuss the various aspects of Latin American music.

Author of two books on Issac Albeniz, including Issac Albeniz: A Guide to Research (1998), Walter Aaron Clark has compiled thirteen essays that discuss the various aspects of Latin American music.

'Tim Crook has written an important and much-needed book, and its arrival on our shelves has come at a highly appropriate time.

'Tim Crook has written an important and much-needed book, and its arrival on our shelves has come at a highly appropriate time.

The essays in this collection reflect the range and depth of musical life in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century.

The essays in this collection reflect the range and depth of musical life in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century.

What is the relationship between music and culture?

What is the relationship between music and culture?

Made in Spain: Studies in Popular Music will serve as a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the history, sociology and musicology of 20th century Spanish popular music.