Popular music

Free Jazz, Harmolodics, and Ornette Coleman discusses Ornette Coleman's musical philosophy of "e;Harmolodics,"e; an improvisational system deeply inspired by the Civil Rights Movement.

Free Jazz, Harmolodics, and Ornette Coleman discusses Ornette Coleman's musical philosophy of "e;Harmolodics,"e; an improvisational system deeply inspired by the Civil Rights Movement.

Redefining Music Studies in an Age of Change: Creativity, Diversity, Integration takes prevailing discourse about change in music studies to new vistas, as higher education institutions are at a critical moment of determining just what professional musicians and teachers need to survive and thrive in public life.

This is the first history of the harp in Scotland to be published.

This is the first history of the harp in Scotland to be published.

Originally published in 1973.

Originally published in 1973.

For decades, scholars have been trying to answer the question: how was colonial Burma perceived in and by the Western world, and how did people in countries like the United Kingdom and United States form their views?

Originally published in 1977.

Originally published in 1977.

Since the 1990s there has been a dramatic increase in cultural flows and connections between the countries in the East Asian region.

Since the 1990s there has been a dramatic increase in cultural flows and connections between the countries in the East Asian region.

Youth unemployment in the UK remains around the one million mark, with many young people from impoverished backgrounds becoming and remaining NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training).

The study of television and music has expanded greatly in recent years, yet to date no book has focused on the genre of comedy television as it relates to music.

Made in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth-century popular music of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Made in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth-century popular music of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Jews and Jazz: Improvising Ethnicity explores the meaning of Jewish involvement in the world of American jazz.

Twenty-First Century Musicals stakes a place for the musical in today's cinematic landscape, taking a look at leading contemporary shows from their stage origins to their big-screen adaptations.

Twenty-First Century Musicals stakes a place for the musical in today's cinematic landscape, taking a look at leading contemporary shows from their stage origins to their big-screen adaptations.

This research and information guide provides a wide range of scholarship on the life, career, and musical legacy of Miles Davis, and is compiled for an interdisciplinary audience of scholars in jazz and popular music, musicology, and cultural studies.

This research and information guide provides a wide range of scholarship on the life, career, and musical legacy of Miles Davis, and is compiled for an interdisciplinary audience of scholars in jazz and popular music, musicology, and cultural studies.

This book, first published in 1982, shows that jazz and blues are music forms that are about individualism, experiment, expression and feeling.

This book, first published in 1982, shows that jazz and blues are music forms that are about individualism, experiment, expression and feeling.

This collection of essays, first published in 1987, provides a sociological treatment of many musical forms - rock, jazz, classical - with special emphasis on the perspective of the practising musician.

When rock 'n' roll began its ascendancy in the 1950s the older generation saw it as dangerous, renegade, threatening the moral stability of a nation.

When rock 'n' roll began its ascendancy in the 1950s the older generation saw it as dangerous, renegade, threatening the moral stability of a nation.

The first non-stop rock video channel was launched in the US in 1981.

The first non-stop rock video channel was launched in the US in 1981.

In Tin Pan Alley we see the beginnings of the pop world as we now know it: commercial, constantly capturing, exploiting or even occasionally creating a public mood.

In Tin Pan Alley we see the beginnings of the pop world as we now know it: commercial, constantly capturing, exploiting or even occasionally creating a public mood.

In this lively examination of youth and their relationship to music, first published in 1994, contributors cover issues ranging from the place of music in urban subculture and what music tells us about adolescent views on love and sex, to the political status of youth and youth culture.

In this lively examination of youth and their relationship to music, first published in 1994, contributors cover issues ranging from the place of music in urban subculture and what music tells us about adolescent views on love and sex, to the political status of youth and youth culture.

This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986.

This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986.

The approach of this book, first published in 1982, is multi-disciplinary.

The approach of this book, first published in 1982, is multi-disciplinary.

This book, first published in 1987, tells the intriguing and culturally complex story of the art school influence on postwar British popular music.

This book, first published in 1987, tells the intriguing and culturally complex story of the art school influence on postwar British popular music.

This collection of essays, first published in 1987, provides a sociological treatment of many musical forms - rock, jazz, classical - with special emphasis on the perspective of the practising musician.

This book investigates the discursive and performative strategies employed by Australian Indigenous rappers to make sense of the world and establish a position of authority over their identity and place in society.

Since the 1980s, music videos have been everywhere, and today almost all of the most-viewed clips on YouTube are music videos.

Since the 1980s, music videos have been everywhere, and today almost all of the most-viewed clips on YouTube are music videos.

Recording Analysis: How the Record Shapes the Song identifies and explains how the sounds imparted by recording processes enhance the artistry and expression of recorded songs.

Recording Analysis: How the Record Shapes the Song identifies and explains how the sounds imparted by recording processes enhance the artistry and expression of recorded songs.

The digital music revolution and the rise of piracy cultures has transformed the music world as we knew it.

The digital music revolution and the rise of piracy cultures has transformed the music world as we knew it.

This book explores the trend of retro and nostalgia within contemporary popular music culture.

This book explores the trend of retro and nostalgia within contemporary popular music culture.

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 challenges.

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 challenges.