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Nothing Has Been Done Before: Seeking the New in 21st-Century American Popular Music

Nothing Has Been Done Before: Seeking the New in 21st-Century...

Author: Professor Robert Loss (Columbus College of Art and Design, USA)
ISBN: 9781501322037
Format: Hardback
$190.00

A counterpoint of sorts to Simon Reynolds' acclaimed book Retromania, Nothing Has Been Done Before is a sweeping...  Read More >>

Music and the Road: Essays on the Interplay of Music and the Popular Culture of the American Road

Music and the Road: Essays on the Interplay of Music...

Author: Gordon E. Slethaug (University of Waterloo, Canada)
ISBN: 9781501335266
Format: Hardback
$260.00

A historical and thematic overview of 20th-century road music, with a focus on blues, country-western, and rock...  Read More >>

Made in France: Studies in Popular Music

Made in France: Studies in Popular Music

Author: Gérôme Guibert (Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France) ,  Catherine Rudent (Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV), France)
ISBN: 9781138793040
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Made in France: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology...  Read More >>

Popular Music in World Perspective

Popular Music in World Perspective

Author: Simone Krüger
ISBN: 9780745651767
Format: Paperback
$43.96

This book is about understanding culture and society through contemporary world popular music. It brings together...  Read More >>

Popular Music in World Perspective

Popular Music in World Perspective

Author: Simone Krüger
ISBN: 9780745651750
Format: Hardback
$142.31

This book is about understanding culture and society through contemporary world popular music. It brings together...  Read More >>

The Ballad in American Popular Music: From Elvis to Beyoncé

The Ballad in American Popular Music: From Elvis to...

Author: David Metzer (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
ISBN: 9781107161528
Format: Hardback
$116.41

The first book to explore the history of the ballad in recent American music and the genre's role in American emotional...  Read More >>

Gender and Rock

Gender and Rock

Author: Mary Celeste Kearney (, University of Notre Dame)
ISBN: 9780199359516
Format: Paperback
$74.95

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Gender and Rock

Gender and Rock

Author: Mary Celeste Kearney (, University of Notre Dame)
ISBN: 9780190688660
Format: Hardback
$360.00

Gender & Rock introduces readers to how gender operates in multiple sites within rock culture, including its music,...  Read More >>

Ruth and Martin’s Album Club: Listen to a classic album you've never heard before. Now write about it.

Ruth and Martin’s Album Club: Listen to a classic album...

Author: Martin Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9781783524013
Format: Hardback
$32.99

A compilation of the greatest hits (and some new material) from the beloved blog where famous people review classic...  Read More >>

Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music, 1970–2000: “Those are the New Saints”

Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music,...

Author: Daniel McClure ,  Daniel Robert McClure
ISBN: 9781137570710
Format: Hardback
$317.95

This book examines the post-1960s era of popular music in the Anglo-Black Atlantic through the prism of historical...  Read More >>

Roll Over, Tchaikovsky!: Russian Popular Music and Post-Soviet Homosexuality

Roll Over, Tchaikovsky!: Russian Popular Music and Post-Soviet...

Author: Stephen Amico
ISBN: 9780252083082
Format: Paperback
$64.99

Centered on the musical experiences of homosexual men in St Petersburg and Moscow, this book examines how post-Soviet...  Read More >>

Popular World Music

Popular World Music

Author: Andrew Shahriari
ISBN: 9781138684478
Format: Paperback
$162.00

"Popular World Music, Second Edition introduces students to popular music genres and artists from around the world....  Read More >>

This is Not a Remix: Piracy, Authenticity and Popular Music

This is Not a Remix: Piracy, Authenticity and Popular...

Author: Margie Borschke (Macquarie University, Australia)
ISBN: 9781501318924
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Widespread distribution of recorded music via digital networks affects more than just business models and marketing...  Read More >>

Popular World Music

Popular World Music

Author: Andrew Shahriari
ISBN: 9781138684461
Format: Hardback
$326.00

"Popular World Music, Second Edition introduces students to popular music genres and artists from around the world....  Read More >>

Music/Video: Histories, Aesthetics, Media

Music/Video: Histories, Aesthetics, Media

Author: Gina Arnold (Evergreen State College, USA) ,  Dr. Daniel Cookney (Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
ISBN: 9781501313912
Format: Paperback
$59.99

A lively, wide-ranging and timely edited collection that takes a cross-disciplinary approach to the music video....  Read More >>

This is Not a Remix: Piracy, Authenticity and Popular Music

This is Not a Remix: Piracy, Authenticity and Popular...

Author: Margie Borschke (Macquarie University, Australia)
ISBN: 9781501318917
Format: Hardback
$190.00

Widespread distribution of recorded music via digital networks affects more than just business models and marketing...  Read More >>

Music/Video: Histories, Aesthetics, Media

Music/Video: Histories, Aesthetics, Media

Author: Gina Arnold (Evergreen State College, USA) ,  Dr. Daniel Cookney (Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
ISBN: 9781501313905
Format: Hardback
$280.00

A lively, wide-ranging and timely edited collection that takes a cross-disciplinary approach to the music video....  Read More >>

Pat Metheny: The ECM Years, 1975-1984

Pat Metheny: The ECM Years, 1975-1984

Author: Mervyn Cooke (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)
ISBN: 9780199897674
Format: Hardback
$253.44

The guitarist and composer Pat Metheny ranks among the most popular and innovative jazz musicians of all time. In...  Read More >>

Don't Give Your Heart to a Rambler: My Life with Jimmy Martin, the King of Bluegrass

Don't Give Your Heart to a Rambler: My Life with Jimmy...

Author: Barbara Martin Stephens
ISBN: 9780252082764
Format: Paperback
$51.99

As charismatic and gifted as he was volatile, Jimmy Martin recorded dozens of bluegrass classics and co-invented...  Read More >>

Schooling New Media: Music, Language, and Technology in Children's Culture

Schooling New Media: Music, Language, and Technology...

Author: Tyler Bickford (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh)
ISBN: 9780190654153
Format: Paperback
$80.95

Schooling New Media examines how transformations in music technologies influence the way children, their peers,...  Read More >>

Schooling New Media: Music, Language, and Technology in Children's Culture

Schooling New Media: Music, Language, and Technology...

Author: Tyler Bickford (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh)
ISBN: 9780190654146
Format: Hardback
$360.00

Schooling New Media examines how transformations in music technologies influence the way children, their peers,...  Read More >>

Bowie Unseen: Portraits of an Artist as a Young Man

Bowie Unseen: Portraits of an Artist as a Young Man...

Author: Gerald Fearnley
ISBN: 9781851498642
Format: Hardback
$36.99

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Globalization and Popular Music in South Korea: Sounding Out K-Pop

Globalization and Popular Music in South Korea: Sounding...

Author: Michael Fuhr
ISBN: 9781138298668
Format: Paperback
$101.00

"This book offers an in-depth study of the globalization of contemporary South Korean idol pop music, or K-Pop,...  Read More >>

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