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Cher's Believe Lior Phillips, Music Journalist, USA Featuring interviews with some of her well-known fans, including Ru Paul and Sean Hayes, this is a celebration of the album where Cher challenged the ageist pop industry and re-solidified herself as a force to be reckoned with. By 1998, Cher seemed fated to fade off into the pop sunset. Her time of being half of pop music’s “It couple”, of releasing chart-topping singles, of having her own TV show, in starring in box office breaking movies, was coming to an end. But then Believe and a new invention called auto-tune changed everything. Pop has always been a young person’s game, especially for women, and a new dawn of that obsessive youth was in full swing in the late ‘90s. But Cher’s return to inescapability at 52 years old—making her the oldest woman to reach the top of
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the Billboard Hot 100—was a refusal to accept that model. Full of fire, cutting edge choices, and a strong advocacy for one’s self, Believe was her giant musical middle finger to all those assumptions. The album confirmed her place as a pop icon, a queer icon, a feminist icon, and reminds us that everyone should believe they can be strong enough.
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Frank Ocean's Blonde Yousef Srour, Freelance writer, USA By contextualizing the lyrics, reevaluating Ocean’s post-album release festival run, and presenting new information about the songs’ production, the book decodes the enigma that is Blonde. Frank Ocean’s Blonde is a contemporary classic. Sandwiched between Elvis Presley and the Sex Pistols at #79 on Rolling Stones’ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, Blonde defined a generation in the almost nine years since its release. Yet, the album is still a mystery to so many. Besides a handful of interviews, a hefty 360-page zine titled Boys Don’t Cry, and Tumblr posts from around the time of the album’s release, Frank Ocean has distanced himself as much as possible from the album and the conversations involving it.
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It is one of the seminal works in the 2010s Afrofuturism revival, which this book highlights by pointing at the role of modern technology in society, including a dialogue about its misgivings and its ability to manipulate time, memory, and emotions. It spotlights the summer leading up to the album, the album’s release, a track-by-track rundown illustrating the album’s narrative, along with a discussion about its lasting cultural impact.
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Violent Femmes' Violent Femmes Nic Brown, Clemson University, USA Through rare access to the Violent Femmes and their archives, this book investigates the creation of such iconic songs as "Blister in the Sun", "Kiss Off", "Add it Up" and "Prove My Love", as well as the album's recording process. The self-titled debut from Milwaukee post-punk acoustic trio the Violent Femmes is one of those rare albums that seems to have altered the course of popular music and influenced just about everyone who heard it while also managing to operate almost entirely outside of the mainstream. Released in 1983 to little sales or attention, the band was so iconoclastic that it couldn’t even engender support from Milwaukee’s anti-establishment punk scene. Over the ensuing years, though, Violent Femmes managed to exert itself as an unstoppable cultural force, ascending the college radio charts and spreading through
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word-of-mouth. Violent Femmes didn’t sound like anything else when it was made, and it still doesn’t sound like anything else. The album somehow exists both outside of time and as one of the most evocative and enduring artifacts of the alternative ‘80’s.
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Minimalist Music George Grella, Jr., Independent Scholar, USA Minimalist Music looks critically into the music’s past, shows how the genre thrives across styles, and points the way toward minimalism’s ongoing future. Minimalism as a genre is best defined not by any style or flavor but by its means. Certain rhythms and chords in other music may identify things like jazz or bossa nova or reggae; take those same elements and put them through the processes of minimalism and you have minimalism with the hues of other musics. A still young genre with ancient roots, minimalism is much less any kind of style than a practice, a manner of making music. Genre: A 33 1/3 Series UK April 2026 • US April 2026 152 Pages PB 9798765123447 • £14.99 / $19.95 ePDF 9798765123461 • £13.49 / $17.95 ePub 9798765123454 • £13.49 / $17.95 Bloomsbury Academic
Reviving those means and applying them to contemporary sounds and experiences, the pioneers of minimalism created a new and avant-garde music that immediately communicated its power to listeners of all kinds. The global appeal of minimalism and the way the methods adapt to myriad styles open up a view into how music actually works as an art and an experience, how through time it connects in a fundamental way to how we as humans listen. Minimalist Music is also available in audiobook format from audiobook retailers.
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Queercore Audrey Golden, Writer, USA Queercore officially got its name in the mid-1980s when G.B. Jones and Bruce LaBruce named it in their revolutionary zine J.D.s, but the movement began years earlier with bands like Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, Nervous Gender, and Fifth Column. The scene exploded into the next decade with the popularity of bands that often crossed over into the riot grrrl scene, including Tribe 8, Team Dresch, Sister George, and Huggy Bear. Their revolution took the form of zine and cassette creation, which they distributed far and wide. Those documents became like guidebooks for queer punks in small towns throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan. This book explores queercore as a genre that was never intended to be a genre, but instead an underground resistance movement centered around punk. It identifies the key players in the queercore lexicon, from musicians and filmmakers to Genre: A 33 1/3 Series UK June 2026 • US June 2026 208 Pages PB 9798765125854 • £14.99 / $19.95 ePDF 9798765125878 • £13.49 / $17.95 ePub 9798765125861 • £13.49 / $17.95 Bloomsbury Academic
record labels and zine-makers, and it documents their histories through original interviews and archival research. Ultimately, the book guides readers through the beginnings of queercore into the present, where the legacy of this unlikely genre looms loudly for LGBTQIA+ artists and all those marginalized by the mainstream.
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Pub Rock Mark Wilkerson, Writer, USA The scene that bulldozed the path from prog and glam to punk and new wave, pub rock was a short-lived phenomenon in the U.K., emerging amidst the bloated landscape of prog rock and an increasingly oppressive economic outlook. In the U.K. in the early ‘70s, in response to the glitz of glam and the excess of prog there emerged a DIY, back to basics scene known as pub rock: no-fuss, grass roots rock’n’roll bands playing in tight, sweaty rooms to packed throngs in the Victorian pubs of north London. Pub rock was a relative flash in the pan, lasting only a handful of years, but it produced a seismic shift, bridging the gap between rock’s Baroque period and the ensuing punk and new wave scene, and crucially, Genre: A 33 1/3 Series UK June 2026 • US June 2026 152 Pages PB 9798765123409 • £14.99 / $19.95 ePDF 9798765123423 • £13.49 / $17.95 ePub 9798765123416 • £14.36 / $17.95 Bloomsbury Academic
restoring the visceral connection between artist and audience. Pub rock set the standard and, through artists like Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe and Dr. Feelgood, paved the way for countless acts including The Clash, the Sex Pistols and The Pretenders. Pub Rock explores the history of the genre’s evolution, and examines its significant and enduring legacy.
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Silly's Februar Michael Rauhut, University of Agder, Norway A portrait and analysis of East German band Silly's popular music masterpiece, Februar, that mirrors the collapse of socialism. In early 1989, nine months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the band Silly released Februar, one of the most important albums in the history of rock music in the GDR. The record was both—an artistic masterpiece, and an eloquent sign of the times, with lyrics that commented on the political erosion afoot in East Europe and anticipated the collapse of socialism. That the words were able to overcome the hurdles typically set by censorship in the GDR owed in part to the extraordinary origins of the album. Februar was the only large-scale popular music coproduction between East and West Germany, jointly realized by Amiga in socialist East Germany and Ariola in the capitalist West. Ariola assumed the costs for the album, assuring itself the final say. Recorded in West Berlin, the album was released in both Germanies. Yet just as the song sequence and narrative of the record varied considerably from East to West, so too did its presentation and reception. 33 1/3 Europe UK May 2026 • US May 2026 160 Pages HB 9798765109304 • £60.00 / $80.00 PB 9798765109311 • £16.99 / $22.95 ePDF 9798765109335 • £15.29 / $20.65 ePub 9798765109328 • £15.209 / $20.65 Bloomsbury Academic
Februar illustrated the divergent meanings rock music held in the rival societies, confirming its special power in the GDR. Differently from what black-white interpretations suggest, rock in East Germany developed along lines marked by unexpected possibilities, productive contradictions, and constant negotiations between artists and the state. This is the subject of this book. It portrays Februar as the culmination of a long-process of self-empowerment, throughout which Silly gained increasing artistic and political leeway.
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CCCP - Fedeli Alla Linea’s Affinità - Divergenze Fra Il Compagno Togliatti e Noi Giacomo Bottà, University of Turku, Finland A squat in West Berlin, a farmhouse in Fellegara, a garret in Reggio Emilia, a cellar in Bologna - where is Affinità Divergenze Fra Il Compagno Togliatti e Noi really from? This book traces the tangled geographies behind one of Italy’s most enigmatic records asking: how do places shape music, and how does music make space? Giacomo Bottà explores the groundbreaking album by Italian band CCCP – Fedeli alla Linea, arguing that their aesthetic, musical and ideological approach embodies an ‘imaginary and affective territorialization’ caught between maximalism and minimalism. Through chapters that analyze the band’s origins, the album as an artifact and its deeper theoretical implications, the book explores CCCP’s ambiguous position, their unique sound and their lasting influence on Italian alternative music. Ultimately, 33 1/3 Europe UK February 2026 • US February 2026 128 Pages HB 9798765111277 • £60.00 / $80.00 PB 9798765111260 • £16.99 / $22.95 ePDF 9798765111291 • £15.29 / $20.65 ePub 9798765111284 • £15.209 / $20.65 Bloomsbury Academic
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this study reveals the band’s out-of-time and out-of-place nature, capturing their controversial yet pioneering role in shaping creative identities across Europe.
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The La De Da's The Happy Prince John Tebbutt, RMIT University, Australia This is the untold history of Oceania's 1960s lost psychedelic album, The Happy Prince. Recorded in Sydney by the La De Das, an Aotearoa/New Zealand band, this was the first LP in Australia that told a single story, creating an audio world. The La De Das were – and are – one of New Zealand’s most loved bands. By 1967 they had numerous hit singles and two albums of diverse music. What drove them to experiment with an art pop form? This book answers that question by digging into archives, dusting off historical memories of those who were there. Released in 1969, this album is a collection of original songs based on an Oscar Wilde story, published in 1888. The tracks include narration by Australia’s pop poet Adrian Rawlins. It was a technical and artistic statement, the likes of which Australian music had not previously heard. At EMI’s studios in Sydney, the production experimented with 8-track recording, using electronically synchronized four track machines. EMI provided an in-house producer but the album was independently 33 1/3 Oceania UK June 2026 • US June 2026 168 Pages HB 9798765114049 • £60.00 / $80.00 PB 9798765114032 • £16.99 / $22.95 ePDF 9798765114063 • £15.29 / $20.65 ePub 9798765114056 • £15.209 / $20.65 Bloomsbury Academic
funded. At the time, it was hailed in music magazine Go Set as “the best thing ever recorded in Australia”. Yet the album disappeared, rarely promoted and never charting. That line up of the band did not record another album. This book finally tells their story.
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The Three Out's Move James Gaunt, Writer, Australia This is the story of Australia’s most popular modern jazz group of the 1960s, and their best-selling debut album Move. The Three Out played at the Sydney jazz club El Rocco, where they started attracting large crowd. Their debut album Move was released just six weeks after the trio formed and sold over 3,000 copies upon its release in 1961. Detailing the careers of each member, Australian drummer Chris Karan, Dutch bassist Freddy Logan, and New Zealand pianist Mike Nock, this book looks at how they came together to push Australian jazz to new heights, and why they split up after two successful albums. Forming in 1960, The Three Out toured Australia, New Zealand, and Europe before going onto greater things. As each member forged new careers, performing with artists such as Dudley Moore, Tubby Hayes, and Yusef Lateef, The Three Out’s debut album - and indeed the trio itself - became a footnote in the careers' of its members. The album was mostly 33 1/3 Oceania UK June 2026 • US June 2026 152 Pages HB 9798765122969 • £60.00 / $80.00 PB 9798765122976 • £16.99 / $22.95 ePDF 9798765122990 • £15.29 / $20.65 ePub 9798765122983 • £15.209 / $20.65 Bloomsbury Academic
known to collectors only until a German record label reissued their albums in 2015 and brought them back into the spotlight. Featuring new interviews with Mike Nock, Chris Karan, and those who played with them, this book cements the importance of The Three Out’s Move within Australia jazz history, and documents the album's remastering and rediscovery by contemporary listeners.
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Cranking Up Taylor Swift
Her Musical Journey in 11 Songs Phoebe E. Hughes The volume on a standard amp goes to 10. But, sometimes, that’s just not high enough. Sometimes, you need to rock even harder than that—all the way to 11. Goes to 11books are short, opinionated introductions to the catalogs of major musical acts through 11 essential songs. Because going over the top is the only answer when it comes to good music. ==== Since the release of her first album in 2006, Taylor Swift has taken the world by storm, breaking countless records and changing the shape of music and songwriting worldwide. Her career has widened the scope of potential for musicians and GOES TO 11 UK April 2025 • US April 2025 160 Pages PB 9781493084722 • £14.99 / $19.95 ePDF 9798765161388 • £13.49 / $17.95 ePub 9781493084739 • £13.49 / $17.95 Backbeat
generated a body of work vast enough to cross multiple genres. From “Tim McGraw” to The Eras Tour, Cranking Up Taylor Swift provides a whirlwind tour of 11 essential Taylor Swift tracks. It covers every era of her output—early hits, genre experiments, and her latest career highlights—exploring the irresistible alchemy that makes Swift’s music impossible for the world to shake off.
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A Little More Love
The Life and Legacy of Olivia Newton-John Matthew Hild An in-depth biography that closely examines the superstar’s multi-faceted career, personal life, advocacy, and legacy. Olivia Newton-John was one of the biggest and most iconic global pop stars in history with estimated record sales of over 100 million and starring roles in several films, including Grease and Xanadu. Her hit “Physical” was ranked by Billboard as the most popular single of the 1980s. Behind all of this glitz and glamor was an extremely strong, kind, and resilient person with an unfailing, positive attitude in the face of personal tragedies and setbacks. For decades, she bravely and publicly UK May 2026 • US May 2026 264 Pages HB 9798216368021 • £22.00 / $30.00 ePDF 9798216352327 • £19.79 / $27.00 ePub 9798216352310 • £19.79 / $27.00 Bloomsbury Academic
battled breast cancer while continuing her career and advocated for environmental issues, animal rights, and LGBTQ+ rights. This biography, based on extensive archival research and original interviews with many of her friends and associates, reveals the real person who was Olivia Newton-John. Matthew Hild provides many never-before-shared insights into the star’s life, including her humanitarianism and personal struggles, and dives deeply into her many famous records and lesserknown work, from her early start in Australia all the way to her last recording – a moving duet of “Jolene” with Dolly Parton.
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Moving in Stereo
Ric Ocasek, the Driving Force of The Cars Peter Aaron The sounds of new wave pop music and the early days of MTV were defined by the work of a handful of iconic musicians, and few stood taller in that era than Ric Ocasek, frontman and primary songwriter for the Cars. The band charted thirteen Top 40 singles in the U.S. from 1978 to 1987, the music video for their song “You Might Think” won MTV’s first-ever Video of the Year award, and their biggest hit, “Drive,” became a Top 10 hit across the globe. They would ultimately be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Following the band’s breakup in 1988, Ocasek continued to have a lively professional as well as personal life—dating supermodels, publishing poetry, and appearing in movies. He UK September 2025 • US September 2025 264 Pages • 20 Color Photos, 15 B/W Photos PB 9781493075317 • £12.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9798765161401 • £11.69 / $26.95 ePub 9781493075324 • £11.69 / $26.95 Backbeat
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enjoyed enormous success as a producer, working with such bands as Weezer, No Doubt, Guided by Voices, and the Bad Brains. Moving in Stereo: The Life of Ric Ocasek, the Driving Force of the Cars serves as an in-depth guide to Ocasek's life and catalog as a musician. Drawing on interviews, personal reminiscences, and the the journalistic coverage he so reliably inspired, it gives a memorable portrait of one of the most essential voices in pop music during the MTV era and beyond.
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Scatman John
The Remarkable Story of the World's Unlikeliest Popstar Gina Waggott John Larkin – a fast-living, hard-playing, stuttering jazz pianist – overcame abuse, addiction, ageism, and obscurity to stage one of the most improbable debuts in pop music history by turning his greatest pain into his purpose. At 52, Larkin was a recovering alcoholic and veteran pianist, haunted by shame because of his lifelong stutter. His stutter meant he could scat-sing better than anyone else on the planet, grabbing and firing syllables like bullets – yet he couldn’t even say his own name. But when a small, indie record label took a gamble on an oddball fusion of John’s scat-singing and dance music, his life changed overnight: Scatman John was born. In 1995, his singles “Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)” and “Scatman’s World” shot to #1 across Europe and Asia, turning a man who’d spent his life hiding into a global star. But UK February 2026 • US February 2026 288 Pages HB 9798881807078 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9798881867676 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9798881807085 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Academic
behind the novelty was a deeper story: John’s scat-singing was creative camouflage for his stutter – his music, a last-ditch attempt to survive. When fame finally found him, he chose to reach others who felt broken or silenced, especially stutterers like him, by harnessing the one thing he was most afraid of: his voice. Based on rare archives and interviews with those who knew him best, this authorized biography is a redemptive, deeply human story of struggle, heartbreak, and triumph.
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The Untold Story of Scott Hoying, Pentatonix Star My Son's Journey to Find Harmony in Music and Life Connie Hoying This book depicts the life and career of Scott Hoying, Grammy Award-winning cofounder of Pentatonix, as seen by his mother Connie. More than just a book about her son’s life, Connie tells a heartfelt story of perseverance, dedication to music, LGBTQ+ acceptance, and supportive parenting. Connie mixes personal experiences about raising Scott and his two siblings with an account of his life—from Scott's childhood in Texas and coming out in high school to meteoric rise to fame with Pentatonix and, finally, married life. As a child, Scott was a musical prodigy. Connie shares what influenced him as a kid, his early musical successes and failures, and the ways she fostered a creative environment along with hard-won lessons as a mother of three. She candidly recounts UK May 2025 • US May 2025 224 Pages • 50 b/w photos HB 9798881804930 • £19.99 / $26.95 ePDF 9798765160633 • £17.99 / $24.25 ePub 9798881804947 • £17.99 / $24.25 Rowman & Littlefield
Scott’s coming out process in high school, including her initial mistakes and concerns along the way but also her journey to understanding and allyship. She details the unlikely formation and explosion of Pentatonix—from their start on The Sing-Off and initial setbacks to incredible success—as well as Scott’s solo work and the duo act Superfruit with Mitch Grassi. Connie concludes with a reflection on the wonderful, authentic life Scott and his husband Mark Manio have created for themselves and the support & choices that led up to that moment. Along with a foreword by Scott, the book also includes a QR code to an original, previously unreleased song “Pray” which covers themes related to Scott's coming out story.
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The Permanent Holdout
Jackson Browne, His Music, His America Cornel Bonca Known for albums like Late for the Sky, The Pretender, and Running on Empty, Jackson Browne was a master of capturing the counterculture ethos of the 1960s. Cornel Bonca dives deeply into his music, his long fifty-year career, and activism including environmentalism, within the context of American life, revealing a figure still fueled by certain American ideals like justice, freedom, and equality for all. Browne grew up in Southern California in the early 1960s, greatly influenced by his mother's progressive politics, the music of Bob Dylan and the speeches of Martin Luther King. Then, drawn to the Laurel Canyon rock scene, he moved to Los Angeles and established himself as a songwriter for The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, and many others, becoming a fixture of the singer-songwriter movement in the early 1970s. His music in the 1980s was largely political in scope, critiquing America's conservative turn, its militarism in Central America, its nuclear brinksmanship with the UK April 2025 • US April 2025 224 Pages PB 9798216465102 • £16.99 / $22.95 HB 9781538172872 • £25.00 / $32.00 ePDF 9798881864613 • £22.50 / $28.80 ePub 9781538172889 • £22.50 / $28.80 Rowman & Littlefield
Soviet Union, and its dismantling of Great Society social programs. He only returned to the personal music his fans treasured in 1993 with Alive. Since then, Browne's music has toggled back and forth between the personal and the political. He's settled down into a long-term relationship with environmental activist Dianna Cohen and remained astonishingly active in local and national politics. This book dives into his music, life, and political activism in the changing face of America over the last fifty years, and why he still matters today.
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Springsteen Fandom
"A Lifetime Conversation" Nicolas Pethes, University of Cologne, Germany Springsteen Fandom: "A Lifetime Conversation" explores the experience of the Bruce Springsteen musical fandom as a mutual exchange between artist and audience. Choosing significant stops of the Springsteen and E Street Band 2023 Tour as a narrative guideline, the book presents a thorough analysis of Springsteen’s album conceptions, song lyrics, show rituals, and interviews. Based on a discussion of the ever-growing Springsteen scholarship, Pethes introduces artist-fan-communication as a notion that is not based on mere illusions but rather on actual emotions and practices. UK May 2026 • US May 2026 160 Pages HB 9798765140994 • £60.00 / $80.00 PB 9798765141007 • £17.99 / $24.95 ePDF 9798765141021 • £16.19 / $22.45 ePub 9798765141038 • £16.19 / $22.45 Bloomsbury Academic
For over 50 years, Bruce Springsteen has been a rock star with whom fans entertain a highly personal relationship. This is not only due to Springsteen’s charismatic stage persona but also to the aesthetic conception of his music that the book explores based on Springsteen’s own description of the relationship to his fans as a “lifetime conversation.”
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Darker with the Dawn
Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death Adam Steiner From his early work with The Birthday Party to the future sounds of Ghosteen, Nick Cave has rewritten the language of rock ‘n’ roll. Darker with the Dawn uncovers the history and deeper meanings behind Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ most well-known songs from “Tupelo”, “The Mercy Seat”, “Red Right Hand”, “Stagger Lee”, “Into My Arms”, to “Higgs Boson Blues” and beyond. The book explores Nick Cave’s life in music drawing upon his inspirations of the Bible, Greek myth, and literature, as well as his enduring passion for gospel, blues, and progressive rock. Steiner reflects upon Cave's journey from his childhood in UK February 2026 • US February 2026 344 Pages • 29 b/w photos HB 9781538160350 • £25.00 / $34.00 PB 9798216379652 • £19.99 / $26.95 ePDF 9798216205289 • £22.50 / $28.80 ePub 9781538160367 • £22.50 / $28.80 Rowman & Littlefield
Australia, struggles with drug addiction, his young fascination with the nightmare landscapes of America's wild west and the southern gothic towards a reckoning with his own sense of Christian spirituality. In a career spanning four decades Cave's songwriting has moved from the saints and sinners of the traditional murder ballad to piano-based heartbreak songs, deconstructed garage rock and ambient fever dreams delivered through minimalist electronica. Adam Steiner dives into the world of a complex songwriter who, in his universal expressions of love and death, continues to speak to us of the light and shade of humanity.
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Elmer Bernstein, Film Composer An Authorized Biography Peter M. Bernstein “Consider this new book the standard Bernstein biography.” — Booklist, Starred Review A behind-the-scenes look at the life and music of legendary Hollywood composer Elmer Bernstein, the only person to be nominated for an Academy Award in every decade from the 1950s to the 2000s Over a career spanning 54 years, he composed landmark scores in every available genre—epics, jazz, westerns, dramas, and comedies—and his credits read like list of the greatest films of his time: The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Man With the Golden Arm, The Great Escape, Ghostbusters, to name just a few. This biography, written by Elmer’s son Peter, interweaves exclusive interviews, oral histories not otherwise available, estate UK February 2026 • US January 2026 280 Pages • 23 b/w photos HB 9781538183571 • £26.00 / $35.00 PB 9798216379669 • £16.99 / $22.95 ePDF 9798216222712 • £15.29 / $20.65 ePub 9781538183588 • £15.209 / $20.65 Rowman & Littlefield
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archival materials, and personal experiences. Elmer Bernstein lived a colorful life: he was a first generation American; he was blacklisted; and he was a fearless advocate for film music not afraid to take on anyone in pages of trade papers. The book looks at many of his landmark scores in depth, collaborations with various producers and directors, and his success in navigating the rough and tumble of Hollywood. There is much to his story: a cycle of struggle, success, frustration, failure, and reinvention repeated many times over his career which connected the Old Hollywood with the modern era.
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Livin' Just to Find Emotion
Journey and the Story of American Rock David Hamilton Golland Since exploding on the scene in the late 1970s, Journey has inspired generations of fans with hit after hit. But hidden under this rock ‘n’ roll glory is a complex story of ambition, larger-than-life personalities, and clashes. David Hamilton Golland unearths the band’s true and complete biography, based on over a decade of interviews and thousands of sources. When Steve Perry joined jazz-blues progressive rock band Journey in 1977, they saw a rise to the top, and their 1981 album Escape hit #1. But Perry’s quest for control led to Journey’s demise. They lost their record contract and much of their audience. After the unlikely comeback of “Don’t Stop Believin’” in movies, television, and sports stadiums, a new generation discovered Journey. UK February 2026 • US February 2026 384 Pages • 1 Table HB 9781538187012 • £25.00 / $34.00 PB 9798216379645 • £19.99 / $26.95 ePDF 9798216332299 • £17.99 / $24.25 ePub 9781538187029 • £17.99 / $24.25 Rowman & Littlefield
Golland dispels rehashed myths and also shows how race in popular music contributed to their breakout success. As the economy collapsed and as people abandoned the spirit of Woodstock in the late 70s, Journey used the rhythm of soul and Motown to inspire hope in primarily white teenagers’ lives. Decades later, the band and their signature song remain classics.
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That Was Me
Paul McCartney’s Career and the Legacy of the Beatles Richard D. Driver, McLennan Community College, USA This book explores the phenomena of Paul McCartney's career and his legacy in popular music and culture. Paul McCartney has lived an extraordinary life in popular music and popular culture. His careers as a Beatle, as a solo musician and band leader in Wings, and in areas outside music have varied tremendously and are well-documented. That Was Me: Paul McCartney’s Career and the Legacy of the Beatles explores the impact of Paul McCartney as a musician outside the Beatles, identifying the continued excitement in generations of fans and listeners, and his perennial efforts to perform and record music. Richard Driver argues that his solo career is multi-faceted and extremely diverse, ranging from breaking sharply with the style and output of the Beatles to experimenting in orchestral and operatic music and returning to For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music UK March 2026 • US March 2026 298 Pages HB 9781793632074 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781793632098 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9798881881726 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781793632081 • £76.50 / $103.50 Lexington Books
music designed to emulate and reproduce the style, success, and popularity of the Beatles. Through McCartney we can literally and symbolically view and revisit the popular music phenomenon that was the Beatles, and popular music from the 1950s to today.
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When Rock Met Hip-Hop
How Run-DMC, Aerosmith, Anthrax, The Beastie Boys, and More Crossed Cultural and Musical Boundaries Steven Blush, Freelance writer, New York City One of the most important events in modern music remains the late 80s cross-collision of rock and hip hop. Aerosmith/Run DMC, Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique, Public Enemy and Anthrax, Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons, De La Soul and Third Bass, and the 318 hip hop records that sampled Billy Squier’s “The Big Beat exemplify the era. Rap records sampled rock bands, elevating sampling into an art form, while influencing all other forms of popular music. One of the themes this book will explore is the way the fusion of rap and rock gave hope to a sense of interracial harmony. In keeping with When Rock Met Disco and When Rock Met Reggae, this title relates the musical cross collision, and cultural fallout that changed music for the better, and remains an influence through today. UK February 2026 • US February 2026 320 Pages • 20 Color Photos PB 9781493078028 • £23.99 / $32.95 ePDF 9798765161647 • £21.59 / $29.65 ePub 9781493078035 • £21.59 / $29.65 Backbeat
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Jazz, Race, and Writing, 1945-1970 Willis Salomon, Trinity University, USA This book widens the context of our understanding of the “modern” American jazz of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s by looking at writing about it by both musicians and commentators. It addresses jazz at its modernist apotheosis, from the 1940s to the 1970s, both the music and its cultural resonances. The author begins by examining autobiographical texts by two highly influential musicians: Miles Davis’s Miles: The Autobiography (1990) and Charles Mingus’s Beneath the Underdog (1971). The book then moves to discussions of the music by the late poet and cultural critic Amiri Baraka, the contemporary cultural critic and poet Fred Moten, and the late critic and public intellectual Stanley Crouch. The Davis and Mingus texts, in their highly distinctive autobiographical voices, highlight the volatile creative energy of jazz improvisation during this period and the correspondingly impeding cultural conditions that surrounded these musical UK May 2026 • US May 2026 184 Pages • 20 b/w illustrations PB 9798216438861 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781666909463 • £90.00 / $110.00 ePDF 9798216266914 • £81.00 / $99.00 ePub 9781978769595 • £81.00 / $99.00 Bloomsbury Academic
advances. In talking about their lives, their music, and the cultural conditions surrounding both, Davis and Mingus, in very different ways, reveal how the very texture of jazz, as well as its efficient mode of production, ensemble improvisation, reflects and refracts these very American social conditions, producing the arresting achievements of mid-century modern jazz despite social odds and financial impediments.
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Music Education, Social Justice, and the Global South Edited by Leon de Bruin, Jane Southcott, Monash University, Australia, Renée Crawford & Graham McPhail Music Education, Social Justice, and the Global South provocatively explores the complex, multidimensional nature of social justice and the challenges adapted in educational music contexts around the world. The tensions created by critical engagement with its concepts and practices provide unique opportunities for music educators to develop learners who can respond to the challenges of an increasingly globalised landscape. Applying critical engagement with its concepts and practices and looking beyond lines on the map across diverse countries and communities, particularly those that have negotiated colonialization and that value Indigenous ways of knowing and being into the spheres of education philosophy, policy, and practice, this book stimulates thinking about ways to create more equitable, inclusive, accessible, and emancipatory practices in music education. UK December 2025 • US December 2025 328 Pages • 4 b/w PB 9798216376668 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781666969269 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePDF 9798216258568 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781978766167 • £76.50 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
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Music Education at Oberlin Conservatory Timothy J. Groulx, University of North Florida, USA This work serves as an exemplary case study on the evolution of music education in the US from 1833-2017 through the history of the Oberlin Conservatory. While nominally the history of music education at Oberlin, this book also illustrates changing views and values related to music, evolution of musical taste, and its place in society. The history of teacher education writ large, particularly in terms of qualifications and teacher certification requirements, is also a core part of this in-depth narrative. The Oberlin Conservatory is allegedly the first institution in the United States to offer a Bachelor of Music Education degree, beginning in 1922. Music forms a part of Oberlin almost from the institution’s inception in 1833, through choral singing as a UK June 2026 • US June 2026 312 Pages PB 9798765159231 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9798765159248 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798765159262 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9798765159279 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
part of worship services. Following the conservatory from its nascent days as a musical institution, where choral singing was a part of worship services, to the influence of Mendelssohn's Leipzig Conservatory to the development of a bachelor's degree in music education, through the institution's golden age and subsequent evolution through social, political, and educational changes, and finally onto the program's decline in enrollment and institutional support. This unique study of music education is institutionally specific but with broader implications for the value and importance of music education in contemporary higher education curricula as well as society at large.
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The Bad Bunny Enigma
Culture, Resistance, and Uncertainty Edited by Sheilla R. Madera, Nelson Varas- Díaz & Daniel Nevárez Araújo This collection offers the first comprehensive analysis of Bad Bunny’s impact on music, culture, and politics. Exploring his gender-fluid style, Afro-Caribbean aesthetics, and critiques of colonialism, the book highlights his role in amplifying marginalized voices. With contributions from diverse scholars, it presents a balanced view of his influence on intersectional resistance. The chapters examine whether Bad Bunny represents a cultural shift or a fleeting moment, positioning him as a multifaceted figure in contemporary culture and activism.
Extreme Sounds Studies: Global Socio-Cultural Explorations UK May 2026 • US May 2026 276 Pages • 9 BW Illustrations, 1 Table HB 9781666935967 • £88.00 / $115.00 PB 9781666935981 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781978773677 • £79.20 / $103.50 ePub 9781666935974 • £79.20 / $103.50 Lexington Books
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Heavy Music Mothers
Extreme Identities, Narrative Disruptions Julie Turley & Joan Jocson-Singh Heavy Music Mothers: Extreme Identities, Narrative Disruptions is an exploration of women and heavy music and the ways in which women have historically engaged with musicking as mothers. Julie Turley and Joan Jocson-Singh, musicking mothers themselves, largely employ an ethnographic lens, foregrounded in powerful one-on-one original interviews as vignettes that narrate thematic patterns. Other chapters examine motherhood identity embedded in respective published rock music memoirs, discussions of rock performance as a site of maternal bonding, and themes that arise when heavy music mothers write about motherhood. Autoethnographic portions throughout give the book an intimate and personal tone: one such chapter presents the concept of vigilante motherhood within an auto-ethnographic context. The authors reference the book’s limitations, meditating on historically marginalized moms the authors predict and hope the focus will be on for the Extreme Sounds Studies: Global Socio-Cultural Explorations UK September 2025 • US September 2025 152 Pages • 12 b/w photos; 1 tables; HB 9781666916157 • £75.00 / $100.00 PB 9798216371618 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781978778597 • £26.09 / $35.95 ePub 9781666916164 • £26.09 / $35.95 Lexington Books
future. Heavy Music Mothers is a robust study of women and motherhood set within a music culture historically inhospitable to both women and mothers. This book, the first scholarly study of this topic, is just the beginning.
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Mediterranean Musicscapes in Contemporary Spain From Mosaic to Net
Edited by Kiko Mora, University of Alicante, Spain This volume focuses on the musicscapes that contest, critique, and rethink Mediterraneidad (Mediterraneaness) in Contemporary Spain, and understands it as a fluid and elusive sociological, cultural, and artistic category. The volume argues that since the 1990s we have witnessed a shift in which the mythical image of “Mediterranean harmony” has been superseded by the net: a figure that represents the linking of urban nodes and trans governmental networks, migratory movements, and cultural fluidity. Further, this book assesses how Mediterraneidad became, within the realm of music, the site and sign of a diverse array of social issues such as the formulation of Catalan, Valencian, Andalusian, and Mallorcan national identities, with the 2017 UK April 2026 • US April 2026 286 Pages HB 9798765102114 • £95.00 / $130.00 PB 9798765102152 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9798765102138 • £85.50 / $117.00 ePub 9798765102121 • £85.50 / $117.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Catalan Independence process taking center stage. Using diverse methodologies—data-driven sociological approaches; ethnographic and anthropological tools; feminist and gender theories—the authors also address the rapidly changing social landscape that started in the 1980s due to global migrations as well as the dismantling of traditional gender dynamics.
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Reimagining Panama's Musical and Cultural Narratives of Jazz Panamanian Suite
Patricia Zarate de Perez Reimagining Panama’s Musical and Cultural Narratives of Jazz: Panamanian Suite narrates the complex relationship between Panama and the United States by tracing the paths of their music, tracking the development of jazz in Panama from the mid-nineteenth century to the modern day through three movements: pre-jazz, jazz, and global jazz. As a vital port of Caribbean migration in the twentieth century, Panama played an essential role in the emergence and shaping of jazz and other cultural forms, many of which influenced culture on the mainland United States. Patricia Zarate de Perez explores new narratives of jazz from a Pan-Afro-Latin American perspective, beginning with an examination of music that contributed to a Panamanian imaginary which justified the expansion of imperial territories beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. This Panamanian imaginary and the white supremacy embedded within it also served as a basis for the erasure of the UK April 2026 • US April 2026 220 Pages • 13 b/w illustrations; HB 9781793621832 • £85.00 / $110.00 PB 9781793621856 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9798881881672 • £76.50 / $99.00 ePub 9781793621849 • £76.50 / $99.00 Lexington Books
contributions of Panamanians throughout jazz history, but not without resistance—modern Panamanian artists and cultural leaders continue to enact redressing actions even now. This book documents a history of jazz in Panama, naming its principal characters and culminating with the development of Global Jazz, a twenty-first century imaginary centered on the next generation of musicians and their place in jazz history.
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Pérez Prado
King of the Mambo John Radanovich A riveting tour through rich moments in Cuban, Mexican, and American cultural history, this book captures Prado’s colorful life and surprising influence, including his famous hit “Mambo No. 5.” Not only did Prado and his contemporaries ignite an American passion for the thrilling dance music of mambo, but they also played an essential part in early R&B and rock ‘n’ roll. Their influence can even be seen in much popular music of today, from Shakira and Jennifer Lopez to Karol G and Michael Bublé. Born in Cuba, Prado landed in Mexico City when music and cinema were soaring, starring in classic films of the Cine de Oro and writing for noir musicals in the 1940s and 1950s. He lived in Los Angeles for more than a decade, creating some of his UK June 2026 • US June 2026 288 Pages • 40 b/w photos HB 9798216368687 • £25.00 / $35.00 ePDF 9798216368694 • £22.50 / $31.50 ePub 9798216368700 • £22.50 / $31.50 Bloomsbury Academic
most notable artistic works that earned him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As Cuban music rose, audiences could not resist the startling horns, percussion, and rhythms of his hits. Prado had his quirks and an extreme attraction to kitsch. He regularly wore jewels, heavy gold chains, and flamboyant suits and drove a Cadillac with tiger stripe upholstery. This book dives into the story and legacy of this larger-than-life figure.
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Audible Ancestors
Tamborazo Music and Indigenous Memory in the Borderlands Luis Chávez-González, Bard College, USA Audible Ancestors provides a new understanding of music performance and the inheritance of Indigenous epistemologies and methodologies in Greater Mexico. By examining the audibility of Indigenous ancestry in the negotiation of Mexican subjectivities through danza performance, author Luis Chávez-González amplifies muted Caxcan Indigeneity rooted in the sounds of Regional Mexican music through tamborazo-Zacatecano, a drum-centered style originating from northcentral Mexico. Based on extensive musical ethnographic research between the US/Mexico border, this book offers an inter-musicological UK June 2026 • US June 2026 216 Pages PB 9798765134580 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9798765134573 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798765134603 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9798765134597 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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depth to Indigenous sound studies, Indigenous performativity, self-determination, decolonizing methodologies, and borderlands research. This new research considers Indigenous sonic cartographies that continue to that defy erasure amidst US and Mexican colonial normative paradigms by musically crossing, re-crossing, and reimagining place and belonging.
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Room 100
Sid, Nancy, and the Night Punk Rock Died Jesse P. Pollack Room 100 chronicles the tragic story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, punk rock’s very own Romeo and Juliet. Through a wealth of archival material, plus new and exclusive interviews from rock luminaries such as Television guitarist Richard Lloyd, iconic photographer Robert Bayley, and PUNK magazine co-creator John Holmstrom, critically acclaimed true-crime writer Jesse P. Pollack’s book is the first to be solely devoted to popular music’s darkest hour—the murder of Nancy Spungen. Did Sid kill the love of his life in a drug-induced stupor, or had Nancybe en the victim of a robbery gone wrong? Was there a death pact? Did the police ignore crucial evidence? This comprehensive journalistic account will be the definitive book on one of rock ‘n roll’s most intriguing and enduring mysteries. UK April 2025 • US April 2025 240 Pages • 52 BW Photos PB 9781493050635 • £19.99 / $26.95 ePDF 9798765161449 • £17.99 / $24.25 ePub 9781493050642 • £17.99 / $24.25 Backbeat
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From Born to Be Wild to Dazed and Confused Rock Music’s Revolution in 1968 John Einarson Emerging from a period of protest and social unrest, 1968 was the year that ushered in gut-punching sounds that would define classic and hard rock - the formation of bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath rolled away the light sounds of psychedelic music and Flower Power. Celebrated music journalist and author John Einarson provides the first detailed account of this crucial period. Einarson begins by examining the birth of psychedelic music and experimentation beginning in 1965 and the resultant Summer of Love, showing how The Who and The Jimi Hendrix Experience planted the seeds for the harder rock sounds at The Monterey Pop Festival. Music and popular culture always reflect prevailing social and political conditions, and 1968 was no exception. Events like the Tet Offensive, student protests around the world, the My Lai massacre, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, the Chicago Democratic National Convention UK April 2025 • US April 2025 224 Pages • 1 BW Photo HB 9781538197776 • £25.00 / $32.00 ePDF 9798881865986 • £22.50 / $28.80 ePub 9781538197783 • £22.50 / $28.80 Rowman & Littlefield
protests, and the election of Richard Nixon set the stage for a more visceral music that reflected the sense of alienation, frustration, and violence among young people who rejected the vacuous platitudes of Flower Power. Einarson traces the evolution of a harder rock sound throughout the year as well as the formation of pivotal hard rock and heavy metal bands in 1968, including Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin who would provide the all-important foundation for what we know today as classic rock.
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Górecki’s Solo Piano Music Jarred Dunn, Independent scholar, Canada This book offers the first primary source printing and English translation of Polish sources about Henryk Mikolaj Górecki’s solo piano music. Historical, analytical, and practical considerations converge on this study of the great composer’s neglected piano music and fascinating posthumously-published works.
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Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll 1944-1964 David Luhrssen, Independent Scholar, USA & Michael Larson, Independent Scholar, USA Who were the first giants of American rock and roll? Which songs and labels and performers drove rock's emergence and explosive growth in the mid-twentieth century? In what ways did the rhythm and blues sound created by African-American composers, singers, and musicians between the world wars become the foundation of early rock and roll? This wide-ranging encyclopedia answers these questions and many more through informative biographical profiles, coverage of noteworthy recordings and performances, and entries on important record labels, concert venues, and related musical genres including blues, folk, gospel, and Western swing.
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Making It in Country Music
An Insider's Look at the Industry Rich Redmond Rich Redmond, drummer for superstar Jason Aldean, provides a shot of inspiration for those interested in jumpstarting a music career. Any successful musician will tell you the most common question asked of them is, “What does it take to make it?” Rich Redmond is no different. He moved to Nashville more than twenty-five years ago with his drums, a cat, and a vision, and he’s made his dreams come true. Over one too many lattes, he decided to put all of his advice in one place. Making It in Country Music is filled with practical advice, stories of how Redmond did it himself, and insights from a chorus of other musicians. This is the ultimate behind-the-scenes and fun-to-read book looking at the country music industry and UK September 2025 • US September 2025 224 Pages • 43 b/w photos; 1 table HB 9781538172513 • £22.00 / $30.00 PB 9798881807566 • £14.99 / $19.00 ePDF 9798765160411 • £13.49 / $17.10 ePub 9781538172520 • £13.49 / $17.10 Rowman & Littlefield
music careers. Redmond takes you on a tour of Nashville and many other country music meccas: from the massive stadiums to the honkytonks and the wide variety of jobs that make the industry go. You’ll learn the various skill sets needed to become successful in the industry as well as predictions for the future of country music among many other things. There is no better guide to the country music business than Redmond with his unique blend of encouragement, detailed advice, humor, and experience.
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Punk Revolution!
An Oral History of Punk Rock Politics and Activism John Malkin, author Punk rock has been on the front lines of activism since exploding on the scene in the 1970s. Punk Revolution! is a reflection on this cultural movement over the past 45 years, told through firsthand accounts of hundreds of musicians and activists. John Malkin brings together a wide cast of characters that include major punk and postpunk musicians (members of The Ramones, Bad Religion, Crass, Dead Kennedys, Patti Smith’s band, Gang of Four, Sex Pistols, Iggy & the Stooges, Talking Heads, The Slits, and more), important figures influenced by the punk movement (Noam Chomsky, Kalle Lasn, Keith McHenry, Marjane Satrapi, Laurie Anderson, and Kenneth Jarecke), and underground punk voices. These insightful, radical, and often funny conversations travel through rebellions against Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, and UK September 2025 • US September 2025 384 Pages • 44 b/w photos HB 9781538171721 • £26.00 / $35.00 PB 9798881807542 • £16.99 / $23.00 ePDF 9798765161036 • £15.29 / $20.70 ePub 9781538171738 • £15.209 / $20.70 Rowman & Littlefield
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Vladimir Putin, to punk activism that has taken on nuclear war, neoliberalism, modern warfare, patriarchy, white supremacy, the police, settler colonialism, the climate crisis, and more. The result is a fresh and unique, global history of punk throughout the ages.
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The Beat, the Scene, the Sound
A DJ's Journey through the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of House Music in New York City DJ Disciple, artist, DJ, radio host & Henry Kronk, freelance journalist The Beat, the Scene, the Sound follows DJ Disciple and his behind-the-scenes account of how DJs, promoters, fans, and others transformed house music from a DIY project into an international sensation—dive into the glitzy clubs, underground parties, and the diverse communities who made up the scene amidst the tumult of 1980s/90s-era NYC—between the fall of disco and the rise of EDM. The book unearths many untold stories of the era. When house first rose to prominence in the 1980s, it brought people together—Palladium, Paradise Garage, Tunnel, Zanzibar, Studio 54, and other clubs were going strong. But as DJ Disciple established himself in the scene, he witnessed it shatter. During the crack-cocaine epidemic, he literally dodged bullets UK September 2025 • US September 2025 240 Pages • 19 b/w illustrations HB 9781538174876 • £25.00 / $34.00 PB 9798881807559 • £15.99 / $21.00 ePDF 9798765161142 • £14.39 / $18.90 ePub 9781538174883 • £14.39 / $18.90 Rowman & Littlefield
bringing his records to and from clubs at night. HIV/AIDS and homophobia threw up fear-based partitions. Then, mayors worked to close the clubs. House music was pushed underground and then abroad to the UK and Europe. Disciple and many other DJs sought to regain a footing in the United States, but that only became possible with the rise of commercialized EDM. With dozens of interviews and historic photographs, The Beat, the Scene, the Sound shows what is possible when you bring people together and what can unravel when you split them apart.
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Disability and Musicking
Resistance, Defiance, and Innovation Edited by Leon de Bruin, Jane Southcott, Monash University, Australia & Anthea Skinner Disability and Musicking sets to rework the social resources and social movements perceived in disability studies by challenging approaches wherein music is detached from the social relationships in which it is produced, transmitted, used, and judged. The authors contribute compelling insights of disabled musicking, balancing experience of time, engagement and experiential encounters with personal creativity, and temporal existence. Adopting a new turn in critical disability studies, this book asserts democratic, equitable, inclusive, accessible, emancipatory, and innovative practices in disabled musicking, and the creative and innovative experimentation in musicmaking practices that highlight a new sociocultural and performative paradigm for disabled musicking worldwide. UK February 2026 • US November 2027 350 Pages HB 9781666982046 • £95.00 / $130.00 PB 9798216367628 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9798216258599 • £85.50 / $117.00 ePub 9781978766204 • £85.50 / $117.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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Amateur Musicians in the Nineteenth Century Markets, Practices, and Identities
Edited by Nancy November, University of Auckland, New Zealand & Imogen Morris, University of Auckland, New Zealand By carefully piecing together musical and documentary evidence, Amateur Musicians in the Nineteenth Century reveals the musicians that have so far been largely invisible in histories of music. Musical amateurs occupy an indistinct, low-status, peripheral place in musical life today. Often defined by what they are not and compared unfavorably to professionals, amateurs are found to lack expertise, qualifications, and status. This book critiques these exclusionary ideologies, interrogating the historical amateur as a clear identity, role, and status within musical life. UK May 2026 • US May 2026 280 Pages PB 9798765164433 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9798765164457 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798765164495 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9798765164501 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
The focus of this edited collection spans across Europe and out to New Zealand and Australia, covering a wide range of repertoire and genres and providing a comprehensive survey of amateur music-making and its significance in the broader musical culture of the nineteenth century. Rather than being opposed to professionals, amateurs were considered to overlap with them in terms of skill. Far from learning by rote a narrow selection of canonical studies and works, such amateurs crosstrained on various instruments, freely adapted popular tunes to their own purposes and skills, improvised on scores, and composed afresh. In not just an exploration of the past, but of the future, Amateur Musicians in the Nineteenth Century offers insights that are relevant today, particularly to the project of raising the status of amateurism in the best sense.
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Optimizing Pianism
Evidence-Based Perspectives Cameron Roberts Drawing on his expertise as a medical professional and active pianist, Cameron Roberts provides an understanding of how virtuosic piano playing works from an evidence-based, scientific perspective. Using accessible language, this wealth of information will help readers steer away from uncertainty, suboptimal performance, and injury.
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Practical Vocal Acoustics
Pedagogic Applications for Teachers and Singers Kenneth Bozeman Scientific knowledge of vocal acoustics has grown exponentially in the last 80 years. With sophisticated yet inexpensive sound analysis technology, more voice teachers are curious about the value of vocal acoustics for the studio and see the need to understand it for more efficient, science-informed pedagogy. This 2nd edition provides vital updates, including: Updated notational designations; Inclusion of the transient theory of voice alongside the source-filter theory ; Updated gender designations; More details about treble voice acoustics and pedagogy; More details about vocal styles other than classical; Updated information on the perception of sound National Association of Teachers of With concise and easy-to-understand language, Bozeman translates complex concepts into practical tips and strategies that Singing Books can be used both in teaching and singing. Unlike many other singing texts, this book focuses on the perception, knowledge, UK September 2025 • US September 2025 216 Pages • 40 b/w illustrations HB 9798765162279 • £70.00 / $95.00 PB 9798765162286 • £30.00 / $34.95 ePDF 9798765156513 • £27.00 / $31.45 ePub 9798765159965 • £27.00 / $31.45 Bloomsbury Academic
and use of vocal acoustics as an especially powerful avenue for training vocal efficiency. Bozeman addresses topics including the relevance of perception of sound and sensation to singing, how theories of vocal resonance guide function, the pedagogic implications of tube acoustics, resonances and their interactions with harmonics, acoustic vocal registers and registration, effective passaggio training, the acoustics of belting, and acoustic technology useful for the studio. Also included are vocal exercises implementing these concepts.
Student-Centered Voice Pedagogy
Working with Students toward Developing Artistry, Authenticity, and Autonomy Edited by Matthew Hoch, Auburn University & Jeanne Goffi-Fynn, Columbia University This cutting-edge volume brings together educational research and practical strategies to align voice pedagogy with the twenty-first century teacher and student. Using a student-centered focus as a philosophical foundation, the book offers a blueprint for developing an inclusive approach when working with singers and cultivating a healthy mindset for vocal performance and learning across all genres. Chapters review concepts geared toward best practices for teaching and learning in the applied studio environment. Specific strategies consider the changing landscape of the vocal world as well as changes the voice encounters as it evolves over the course of a lifetime. National Association of Teachers of Singing Books UK October 2025 • US October 2025 232 Pages • 29 bw lineart HB 9798881800253 • £70.00 / $95.00 PB 9798881800260 • £22.99 / $38.00 ePDF 9798765155011 • £20.69 / $34.20 ePub 9798881800277 • £20.69 / $34.20 Bloomsbury Academic
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Part one provides insight into the practice of student-centered teaching and learning while the part two shares insights from different educational contexts, including working with trans singers, choral versus solo singing, and fostering a culturally responsive approach in the studio. Blending the academic worlds of education, voice science, and musical performance allows for opportunities to find commonalities in practice and encourages an open-minded and growth-oriented approach to voice pedagogy. As the voice changes across a lifetime, so does the informed pedagogue who evolves and develops as a practitioner.
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The Music and Literacy Connection Dee Hansen & Elaine Bernstorf The Music and Literacy Connection is the primary source of in-depth information detailing the relationship between music learning, literacy, and reading. This third edition delivers deeply researched information, provides classroom proven instructional approaches, and expands the value of music education to new heights. Too often music classes at the elementary and secondary levels are shortened or eliminated in order for students to have more reading instruction, but that approach is often unsuccessful and potentially harmful. Music education not only reinforces critical sound-symbol relationships by sharpening the listening ear but also provides cultural and historical interdisciplinary perspectives. Music performance provides valuable social-emotional growth and skills that are important for the modern workplace.This edition is a must for reading in the content area courses designed for music educators,
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pedagogical “best practices” courses, professional development resources, book study, and curriculum directors.
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Diversity in Music Education
Honoring the Languages, Literacies, Abilities, and Cultures of All Teresa Stewart-Meli, Musicology: Music Studies for EVERY Mind & Victor Antonio Lozada, University of North Texas-Dallas This key resource helps music educators develop a thorough understanding of important issues working with certain diverse student populations and provides pedagogical tools to help educators serve these students. Teresa Stewart-Meli and Victor Antonio Lozada discuss the theoretical foundations and contexts of diversity in the classroom before delving into the wealth of pedagogical strategies and tools instructors can employ to cater to individual needs of students. They specifically address emergent bi/multilingual students, students with physical variations, neurodiverse students, and gifted and talented students as well as those with intersectional identities. National Association for Music Education
The book serves as a first step in understanding how to leverage students’ individual strengths and selves for music
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education in a variety of settings, including general music classrooms, performing ensembles, and private studios. It provides a valuable starting point for both pre-service and in-service teachers alike who wish to create a more inclusive music education.
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Uke Can Do It!
Developing Your School Ukulele Program Philip Tamberino Affordable, versatile, portable, and popular once again, the ukulele is an ideal instrument for lifelong music making that can also be an engaging component of school music programs. Uke Can Do It! is a guide for teachers who may be at various stages of developing school ukulele programs. This second edition includes vital updates and a page-by-page teacher’s guide to the classroom method book, Uke Can Do It 2!: Classroom Ukulele Method. The book includes: A guide for first-time ukulele buyers; Beginner instruction in how to play the ukulele; Extensive guide to the start-up process; 30 ukulele-specific classroom management tips; Strategies for maximizing the benefits of the ukulele’s gentle learning curve in instruction; Technical sequence detailing right-hand and left-hand skills from simplest to most complex; Guidance in choosing or creating arrangements and making performance and accompaniment decisions; Support for use with special learners; Scales and National Association for Music Education
chord charts with fingering.
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Developing Intermediate-Level Piano Performance with Romantic Style Repertoire Foundational Concepts and Skills
Lori Ellen Rhoden, Ball State University An innovative, systematic approach to piano pedagogy that focuses on the mastery of foundational musical and technical skills through representative Romantic style repertoire. Oftentimes, intermediate-level piano repertoire resources list countless pieces from all historical style periods but only provide limited, general information about individual pieces or skills. Lori Ellen Rhoden provides a detailed exploration of key musical elements – including melody, harmony, texture, rhythm, technique, articulation, fingering, pedaling, and musical expression – found in intermediate-level Romantic style piano repertoire. For each element, Rhoden identifies concepts and skills that influence important technical, musical, and interpretive aspects of a piece. By emphasizing the mastery of UK January 2026 • US January 2026 336 Pages • 9 b/w photos HB 9798881805234 • £70.00 / $95.00 PB 9798881805241 • £22.99 / $36.00 ePDF 9798765149140 • £20.69 / $32.40 ePub 9798881805258 • £20.69 / $32.40 Bloomsbury Academic
concepts and skills in manageable settings and using the repertoire as a vehicle to achieve that goal, this book explores many aspects of technique and musicianship that are often only covered in more advanced piano study. It helps prepare students to become independent musicians who can approach unfamiliar repertoire with confidence. Repertoire collections by Amy Beach, Johann Burgmüller, Cécile Chaminade, William Gillock, Cornelius Gurlitt, Edvard Grieg, Robert Schumann, and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky are included. Independent piano teachers and piano pedagogy students will find this a comprehensive, developmental compendium of Romantic style repertoire.
Generations Z and Alpha Students at the Piano A Guide for Piano Teachers
Diana Dumlavwalla & Melody Morrison Diana Dumlavwalla and Melody Morrison provide a comprehensive guide for piano educators aiming to effectively engage and teach students from Generation Z and Generation Alpha. This book looks at the unique circumstances that have shaped the upbringing of younger generations--including their extensive use of digital technology, social media, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic--and how these traits influence their learning and educational experiences. Dumlavwalla and Morrison highlight the importance of adapting teaching methods to meet the needs of Gen Z and Alpha students, emphasizing the use of technology, fostering creativity, and understanding musical tastes. They offer practical strategies that teachers can readily implement in their pedagogical practices. While avoiding generalizations, it addresses UK February 2026 • US February 2026 192 Pages • 19 bw line art, 4 bw photos, 3 bw illustration, 7 tables HB 9798881805289 • £70.00 / $120.00 PB 9798881805296 • £27.99 / $34.95 ePDF 9798881867898 • £25.19 / $31.45 ePub 9798881805302 • £25.19 / $31.45 Bloomsbury Academic
common challenges faced by these students, such as the length of attention spans and hand dexterity and strength. A variety of solutions are offered to overcome these and other barriers. They also highlight the strengths of Gen Z and Alpha students, such as their digital familiarity and openness to diverse musical genres and suggest impactful ways to leverage these strengths in piano lessons. By focusing on generational differences and the evolving educational landscape, this book bridges the gap between traditional teaching methods and the contemporary needs of today’s students, offering tools to enhance student-teacher connections and ensure that piano education remains engaging for the next generation.
Unnerved
The Performer's Guide to Managing Anxiety Melissa M. Plamann A relatable and practical roadmap for combating each performer’s unique brand of performance anxiety by discovering and managing root emotional drivers—this resource is designed to uncover what makes each individual performer “tick.” Melissa M. Plamann provides an engaging and humorous book, chock-full of data, for anyone who experiences performance anxiety in any performing arts discipline at any age. After defining “performance anxiety” and exploring the fight-flight-freeze response, she examines treatment options, including medication and several types of therapy. Utilizing the Enneagram system as a tool to define personal drivers for anxiety, she examines fear, shame, and anger, and then suggests how performers can address and manage their unique brand of performance anxiety based on these emotional reflexes. UK January 2026 • US January 2026 176 Pages HB 9798216366331 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9798216366348 • £24.99 / $34.95 ePDF 9798216352358 • £22.49 / $31.45 ePub 9798216352341 • £22.49 / $31.45 Bloomsbury Academic
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Chapters deal with myriad other elements impacting performance anxiety, including the mind-body connection, suggesting that emotional turmoil and stress cause physical ailments and exacerbate the somatic expressions of anxiety. Also addressed are miscellaneous issues that predispose performers to increased anxiety: educational settings, hierarchical relationships, hormonal shifts, gender, and even the pandemic. Finally, she offers practice and performance strategies designed to prevent and interrupt performance anxiety when it attacks.
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The Piano Owner’s Guide
Essentials of Care, Maintenance, and Mechanics Jason Cassel Unlock the secrets behind one of the world’s most beloved instruments. Registered Piano Technician Jason Cassel helps readers better understand the inner workings of the piano. Featuring over 70 images, this book provides a wealth of practical information for anyone who owns a piano and seeks to address the most common questions and issues that piano owners face. Key Features: - Rich Visuals: Packed with high-quality images and diagrams make complex concepts easy to understand. - Video Content: Exclusive videos demonstrate key concepts and techniques. - Owner’s Guide: Practical advice helps keep your instrument in top condition. UK February 2026 • US February 2026 120 Pages • 70 b/w photos HB 9798216380139 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9798216380108 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9798216380115 • £19.79 / $26.95 ePub 9798216380122 • £19.79 / $26.95 Bloomsbury Academic
- Buyer’s Guide: Expert tips on what to look for when purchasing a piano ensure you make an informed decision. - Historical Insights: The evolution of pianos is traced, from the journey of early harpsichords to modern grand pianos. Section 1 covers how the piano works, including a brief history of the instrument, how pianos are made today, and how the keys and pedals function. Section 2 addresses how to care for a piano, including how to clean the keys, how to move a piano, recommended services, and what to look for in a technician. Section 3 looks at how to purchase a piano, including how to determine the age of a piano and what to consider when purchasing a used or rebuilt instrument.
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The Fundamentals of Piano Tuning and Maintenance Jason Cassel A richly illustrated, contemporary guide for the fundamentals of piano tuning, regulation, and repair. Registered Piano Technician Jason Cassel provides a clear, methodical path for those interested in learning the skills of a piano technician and turning that into a career. Over 170 photos and 40 supplemental videos help the reader understand what to listen for and how to subtly manipulate the tools to achieve success. Key Features: - Rich Visuals: High-quality images and diagrams make complex concepts easy to understand. - Video Content: Exclusive videos demonstrate key concepts, difficult procedures, and techniques. - Step-by-Step Lessons: Piano tuning, regulation, and repair are structured into 35 digestible lessons. - Hands-On Homework Assignments: Practical exercises are designed to build real-world experience. UK February 2026 • US February 2026 184 Pages • 170 b/w photos HB 9798216380153 • £95.00 / $130.00 PB 9798216380184 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9798216380160 • £26.09 / $35.95 ePub 9798216380177 • £26.09 / $35.95 Bloomsbury Academic
- Regulation Adjustments Table: A clear, easy-to-follow reference table shows each adjustment point and which direction to turn the screw. - US vs. UK Terminology Tables: Regional differences in piano terminology are explained. Cassel explains how to safely remove the case parts of the piano and then the action parts before diving into piano tuning. He surveys the adjustment points in the piano action for both an upright and grand piano. The book includes both US and UK terminologies. Finally, the book lists the most common reasons for specific repairs, such as clicks, buzzes, squeaks, sticky keys, leaking/ringing dampers, and even a step-by-step guide to replacing a broken string.
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REVOLUTION
Prince, the Band, the Era James Campion Revolution is a detailed exploration into the era of Prince’s most prolific and groundbreaking music made with considerable inspiration and performed by a unique cadre of musicians he gathered and relentlessly drove to be the sonic, visual, and ideological reflection of his evolving vision. Although being the most self-contained, versatile, and prolific artist of his era, Prince reveled in the band, a multi-racial, intergender unit that acted as both family and loyal acolytes that embodied his ethos, expressed his pathos, and lifted him to rarified heights of pop dominance. This is the story of the genre-shifting, multi-media, trailblazing Prince & the Revolution from their humble inception to their precipitous rise in celebrated hit singles, albums, films, and tours to their controversial and shocking demise. UK August 2025 • US August 2025 336 Pages • 8 colour and 12 bw illus PB 9781493080847 • £17.99 / $27.95 ePDF 9798765161456 • £16.19 / $25.15 ePub 9781493080854 • £16.19 / $25.15 Backbeat
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Last Waltz
The Full Story of The Band Craig Harris, historian Craig Harris dives deeply into The Band, including the myths and confusions surrounding its members, and provides a wide-ranging account from their very beginnings with Ronnie Hawkins, collaboration with Bob Dylan, to the present. A half-century after The Band’s original lineup, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson, and Levon Helm played together for a final time at a star-studded concert—the “Last Waltz”—on Thanksgiving 1976. The group’s blend of folk, blues, country, Dixieland, and rock ‘n’ roll is revered as a root of Americana music. UK July 2025 • US July 2025 280 Pages HB 9781538194768 • £30.00 / $36.00 ePDF 9798765154571 • £27.00 / $32.40 ePub 9781538194775 • £27.00 / $32.40 Bloomsbury Academic
Harris interweaves original and previously unpublished interviews with the late Robertson, Danko, and Hawkins, as well as producer/sideman Aaron “Professor Louie” Hurwitz, drummer Rick Ciarlante, the Helm Band’s Larry Campbell and his wife Teresa Williams, and others. Recordings, concerts, festivals, film appearances, Robertson’s soundtracks for Martin Scorsese, and others are assessed closely. But this isn’t just a story celebrating the group’s countless hits, successes, and victories. Despite their lasting influence, The Band’s journey was far from smooth. Drug and alcohol abuse, poor health, bankruptcies, and bitter conflicts over songwriting credits took their toll. Craig Harris looks at it all.
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All Summer Long
Conversations with The Beach Boys from Surfin' to SMiLE David Beard David Beard compiles a wide range of fascinating and eye-opening conversations and original interviews with the group and integral figures in the band’s history, including Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks, Bruce Johnston, Jan Berry, Dean Torrence, Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford, Ginger Blake, and many others. All Summer Long is based on over 30 years of archival interview content and provides a wealth of fresh insights into the personalities, circumstances, and decisions that shaped the music created by one of the most enduring acts in popular music history. This book covers the early transformative years of 1962 –1963 when Brian Wilson was working at breakneck speed, as well as the influences of Jan & Dean. It looks at Brian and The Beach Boys’ incredible leap forward in music, the changing arc of UK June 2026 • US June 2026 Brian’s creativity in 1965, the triumph that was Pet Sounds, the synergistic shift with “Good Vibrations” in 1966, and the 256 Pages • 25 b/w photos; 1 b/w illustration outcome of the SMiLE recordings. The subjects themselves take center stage in this book, sharing their recollections which HB 9798216383208 • £25.00 / $34.00 ePDF 9798216351238 • £22.50 / $30.60 allow their emotions to be fully conveyed. Love, laughter, sorrow, and joy are captured along with the history of the ePub 9798216351221 • £22.50 / $30.60 groundbreaking and chart-topping recordings. Grab a board and get ready for the ride of your life. Bloomsbury Academic
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Raps of Resistance
How Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole Reignited a Hip-Hop Tradition Jeremy C. McCool & Earl Hopkins Conscious rap, a subgenre of hip-hop music that engages in dialogue about social and political issues and often challenges systems of oppression, ascended with pioneers like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, A Tribe Called Quest, and other acts at the helm. But in recent decades, it lost much of its favor in pop culture and mainstream hip-hop. Jeremy C. McCool and Earl Hopkins explore the evolution of the subgenre and chronicle the rise of Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole. The two rappers are synonymous with chart-topping hits and platinum-selling albums, but their confessional poetry and soul-stirring lyrics establish them as the two biggest names in conscious rap within the new millennia. UK May 2026 • US May 2026 232 Pages HB 9798881801250 • £24.99 / $34.00 ePDF 9798216378891 • £22.49 / $30.60 ePub 9798881801267 • £22.49 / $30.60 Bloomsbury Academic
While many new artists have abandoned the subgenre in exchange for music trends linked to instantaneous success and acclaim, Cole and Lamar have preserved the lyrical prowess and revolutionary spirit of their hip-hop forefathers. They tackle issues such as drug addiction, poverty, systemic racism, and domestic violence while still appealing to mainstream audiences.
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The Disneyfication of Pop
With the Beatles, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift Katie Kapurch, Texas State University, USA In the first-ever book of its kind, Katie Kapurch reveals unseen relationships between the Walt Disney Company and pop icons. Much like the fairy-tale media they interpolate and inspire, Disneyfied artists create and market music that is thrilling and comforting, sexy and safe, controlled and consoling. As if dusted with the Studios’ own sparkle, the Beatles, Beyoncé, and Swift use Disney techniques to become “princely auteurs” and “princesses adored.” Occupying two roles at once, the artist is a hero worth imitating and a damsel deserving attention and rescue. These melodramatic dynamics let audiences see themselves reflected in pop superstars, whose dreamworlds are safe spaces as protected and storied as Sleeping Beauty's castle. UK April 2026 • US April 2026 368 Pages PB 9798765100073 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9798765100035 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798765100059 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9798765100042 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Disney’s looking glass offers new ways of seeing the Beatles, Beyoncé, and Swift and uncovers unprecedented links between them, too. While these phenomena exemplify Disneyfied pop, Kapurch’s insights have wide-ranging applications to mediated wonderlands and the engagements they demand throughout the broader pop cultural landscape.
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Can't Stop the Grrrls
Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko Ono Lily E. Hirsch From stars like Britney Spears and Mariah Carey to classic icons like Yoko Ono, female musicians have long been the target of double standards and toxic labels in the media and pop culture: liar, crazy, snake, diva, slut, b*tch. These words hurt—the popular expression “sticks and stones” is wildly wrong. Lily Hirsch confronts the full range of this sexist labeling as well as the repercussions, concentrating on the experiences of Yoko Ono, Courtney Love, Britney Spears, FKA twigs, Taylor Swift, Kesha, Mariah Carey, and Ariana Grande, among many others. While men can make outrageous backstage demands, women like Carey are punished as “divas.” A sign of supposed genius for men, “crazy” is a word of condemnation for many women—with legal ramifications in Spears’ case. UK September 2025 • US September 2025 240 Pages • 8 b/w photos HB 9781538169063 • £25.00 / $34.00 PB 9798881807535 • £15.99 / $21.00 ePDF 9798765160848 • £14.39 / $18.90 ePub 9781538169070 • £14.39 / $18.90 Rowman & Littlefield
Hirsch dives into the world of these women, looking at their personal lives, relationships and breakups, music, media coverage, public reception, as well as the origins of these toxic labels and how they have caused serious damage. Can't Stop the Grrrls reveals the inner workings of misogyny and invites us to think about these remarkable women on their own terms—showing us how women have fought back too, sometimes reclaiming these words and their own stories through music.
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The Literary Taylor Swift
Songwriting and Intertextuality Edited by Betsy Winakur Tontiplaphol, Trinity University, USA & Anastasia Klimchynskaya, Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, USA Taylor Swift, arguably the most prolific and acclaimed singer-songwriter of the 21st century, has shaped her listeners’ collective consciousness and challenged her industry’s often limiting attitudes toward genre, revision, and collaboration. Although Swift is a perennial subject in the media, cast in both a positive and a negative light, few professional scholars have considered her ever-growing body of work. The Literary Taylor Swift examines Swift’s significance and timeliness through literary analysis and theory. UK May 2026 • US May 2026 288 Pages HB 9798765104514 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9798765104552 • £21.99 / $29.95 ePDF 9798765104538 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9798765104521 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Taylor Swift has been celebrated for her ability to craft immersive narratives and to articulate, with lyrical acuity, a broad range of emotional experiences, and her lyrics underscore her profound relationship with text. The Literary Taylor Swift explores Swift’s engagements, intertextual and otherwise, with literature and treats her songs as literature—as, that is, stories, poems, and other textual forms to which literary-critical theories and methodologies can and should be productively applied. This collection offers carefully curated arguments constellated around four key relationships: Swift and the literaryhistorical canon; Swift and the language of gender and sexuality; Swift and the relationship between writing and memory; and Swift and the nature of literary craft.
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Teaching Bob Dylan "Multitudes"
Edited by Barry J. Faulk, Florida State University, USA & Brady Harrison, University of Montana, USA Teaching Bob Dylan offers educators practical, adaptable strategies for designing or updating courses (or units within courses) on the life, music, career, and critical reception of Bob Dylan. Drawing on the latest pedagogical developments and best classroom practices in a range of fields, the contributors present concrete approaches for teaching not only Dylan’s lyrics and music, but also his many—and sometimes abrupt or unexpected—changes in musical direction, numerous creative guises, and writings. Situating Dylan and his work in their musical, literary, historical, and cultural contexts, the essays explore ways to teach Dylan’s connections to African American music and performers, American popular music, the Beats, Christianity, and the revolutions of the 1960s, and more, and offer strategies for incorporating, and analyzing, not only documentaries and films about or featuring Dylan, but also critical and biographical studies on multiple dimensions of an UK April 2026 • US April 2026 278 Pages HB 9798765105030 • £95.00 / $130.00 PB 9798765105078 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9798765105054 • £85.50 / $117.00 ePub 9798765105047 • £85.50 / $117.00 Bloomsbury Academic
American icon’s long and complex career.
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Sounding the Voice
Identity, Lyrics, and Vocal Recognition in Popular Music Kari Iveland, Independent artist and scholar, Oslo, Norway Sounding the Voice highlights how humans develop voice recognition and listening competence through a lifelong relationship with the voice. The voice is considered to be a transmitter of verbal information and an embodied, expressive sound that conveys identity, intent and temperament. Within this analysis is a further exploration of the impact of AIgenerated voices, from how they challenge people’s knowledge of voice to their ability to recognize voices and traditional notions of vocal identity. This is a vector for considering how new technologies shape vocal aesthetics and perceptions of vocal performance and lyrical meaning. Through interdisciplinary insights into individual artists, including The Weeknd, M.I.A., Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Stevie UK June 2026 • US June 2026 232 Pages PB 9798765157442 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9798765157435 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798765157466 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9798765157473 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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Wonder and Stephen Sondheim, as well as particular songs such as Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town," the Chicks' "Not Ready to Make Nice" and " Joyner Luas's "I'm not Racist," the book reveals how vocal timbre, sensory responses, performance dynamics and listening contexts shape our perception of lyrics and vocal performances. It demonstrates that lyrical and song meanings are not stable but dynamic, co-created by authors, performers and audiences and informed by factors such as technology, culture and time.
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Voices of Influence
Exploring the Journey of a Teacher and Student in the Voice Studio Brian Manternach, University of Utah Brian Manternach examines the dynamic relationship of influence between teacher and student in the voice studio. Relating personal stories and formative experiences, the book is part pedagogical guide, part memoir, and part exploration of how vocal philosophies and practices evolve as they are passed from teacher to student. Part One introduces readers to noted voice professor Robert J. Harrison, exploring biographical elements that have formed how he thinks, what he believes, and how that has informed his life as an artist and as a teacher. Part Two examines Harrison’s teaching approaches, including tactics he used in the voice studio to address aspects of respiration, phonation, resonance, registration, and articulation. It also discusses how Harrison taught artistry, from how he defines his own musical National Association of Teachers of tastes and sensibilities to how he taught communicative singing. Part Three presents the complicated idea of “legacy,” Singing Books considering how we might remember teachers and their influence once their formal instruction has concluded. Manternach UK September 2025 • US September 2025 224 Pages • 1 b/w illustration, 10 b/w photographs HB 9798765146125 • £70.00 / $95.00 PB 9798765146118 • £28.00 / $38.00 ePDF 9798765146132 • £25.20 / $34.20 ePub 9798765146149 • £25.20 / $34.20 Bloomsbury Academic
also considers how to contextualize the work of teachers from previous generations to fairly assess their contributions.
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Set Sail and Sing
A Singer’s Guide to Cruise Ship Careers and Performance Tanya C. Roberts Cruise ship entertainment is a thriving yet often misunderstood industry that offers singers unique opportunities to travel the world, hone their craft, and build sustainable careers doing what they love. This book is a practical and comprehensive resource for vocalists looking to navigate the exciting world of cruise ship performance.The cruise ship industry is experiencing unprecedented growth and creating more performance opportunities for singers than ever before. Organized around the five primary career paths for vocalists at sea – Production Cast Vocalist, Lounge Entertainer, Guest Entertainer, Step-On Entertainer, and Cruise Administrator – this guide offers an in-depth look at what it takes to succeed in each role. From auditioning and rehearsing to vocal health and life onboard, each chapter offers National Association of Teachers of insider perspectives on the skills, professionalism, and adaptability required to thrive in the ever-evolving world of cruise ship Singing Books entertainment.
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With expert advice informed by firsthand experience, real-world anecdotes, and actionable strategies, Tanya C. Roberts demystifies a complex industry and equips singers with the tools to launch and sustain a successful career at sea. Whether you’re a classically trained vocalist, a musical theatre performer, or a contemporary artist, this essential resource will help you chart your course and set sail on your musical journey.
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An Approach for Teaching Music to Diverse Learners A Neuro-Inclusive Resource
Elise S. Sobol, Long Island University-Post This is an essential neuro-inclusive resource for teaching music to diverse learners. Internationally renowned and pioneering music educator, Elise S. Sobol, presents current trends in research, policy, and practice, while sharing her experience and joy of music. Designed as a text for pre-service teacher preparation courses, this edition offers a wider scope helpful to teachers in different school and community settings. While focusing on inclusive music education and its cross curricular connections, the fourth edition features: -An improved structured, reader-friendly format, new graphics, end-of-chapter summaries, and discussion questions; -New disability language etiquette usage shaped by the United States civil rights and educational laws; National Association for Music Education UK September 2025 • US September 2025 200 Pages • 31 b/w illus HB 9798881808037 • £70.00 / $95.00 PB 9798881808044 • £22.99 / $38.00 ePDF 9798765148747 • £20.69 / $34.20 ePub 9798881808051 • £20.69 / $34.20 Bloomsbury Academic
-Eligibility categories for identifying students needing special education with latest report on implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) across the United States, each state, district, and territory; -The author’s conceptual framework for music assisted learning, examples of contextual teaching through universal design for learning (UDL), distinctive classroom music and literacy activities, and student success stories; -The National Core Arts Standards (NCAS) and progress on state adoptions and revisions; references and links to the U.S. Department of Education, each of its affiliates, offices for arts implementation, special education, access and equity services.
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Wild Sound Michael Pigott, University of Warwick, UK Bringing concepts from early film theory into dialogue with the vibrant field of contemporary sound studies, Wild Sound turns an analytic eye and ear to the role of the soundscape in cinema, particularly the way that film soundtracks capture, create, represent, and even critique our sonic environment. Listening beyond music and dialogue, this book draws attention to the oft-ignored background soundscape—film's "wild sound"—which plays a quiet but substantial role in determining how film audiences feel about certain places, people, and processes. It explores the relationship between location sound and wider practices of phonographic field recording in the creation of a cinematic sonic environment. The latter half of the book shifts attention from the controlled soundscapes of cinema to the relatively chaotic sonic The Study of Sound UK February 2026 • US February 2026 224 Pages • 20 bw illus HB 9781501350917 • £72.00 / $90.00 PB 9781501350900 • £22.99 / $27.95 ePDF 9781501350931 • £20.69 / $25.15 ePub 9781501350924 • £20.69 / $25.15 Bloomsbury Academic
environments of the world around us. Michael Pigott ultimately demonstrates how a theory of cinematic soundscapes helps us develop practical strategies for investigating the sonic environment in our personal and natural sound worlds, beyond the cinema auditorium.
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Listening on Display
Exhibiting Sounding Artworks, 1960s to the Present Linnea Semmerling, Leiden University, the Netherlands Listening on Display provides an empirical investigation of the historically, culturally, and socially contingent ways in which artists, curators, and visitors relate to sounds in contemporary art exhibitions. Since the 1960s, sounding artworks regularly appear in exhibitions of contemporary art. However, scholars of art history, musicology, sound studies, and museum studies lament the experiential difficulties of this development. They describe how sounds challenge the sensory hierarchy of the museum, how they disrupt the venerable silence of the white cube, or how they drown in the overall noise level of the galleries. This book examines the listening experiences of artists, visitors, curators, and technicians in more than twenty exhibitions that have taken place at contemporary art museums, alternative art spaces, and other venues in Germany and the US since UK February 2026 • US February 2026 232 Pages PB 9798765136263 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9798765136232 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798765136256 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9798765136249 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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the 1960s. Through archival research, visitor book analysis, interviews, and observations drawing on sensory ethnography, the book brings together their ideas and ideals about aesthetic ambitions, sensory abilities, cultural conventions, and technological standards.
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Ennio Morricone and the Western Genre Hugh Maloney, Independent Scholar, Germany Ennio Morricone composed 34 scores for films released between 1963 and 2015; the success and impact of a small handful of these films in popular culture has caused the distinctive soundworld that he cultivated for the genre known as the Italian western (or the spaghetti western) to become a musical byword for the frontier, and the name Morricone itself to be virtually synonymous with the notion of western film music. And indeed, some of these definitive scores are ranked among the most canonic works in the history of film music generally. Hugh Maloney’s study ascertains the fundamental compositional characteristics of this output, while drawing out its salience in various contexts: western-genre film-scoring, Italian cinema, Morricone’s creative practice and technical questions of film composition. Its most essential aim is to apprehend the composer’s relationship with the western genre; although this is a UK April 2026 • US April 2026 280 Pages PB 9798765126615 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9798765126578 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798765126592 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9798765126585 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
notion often alluded to in discussions of the films of Sergio Leone, the composer’s best-known collaborator, Maloney’s book expands the discourse beyond this limited filmography to include the entirety of Morricone’s experience composing for westerns, putting his practice front and centre. As he argues, this relationship is characterized by tensions, between innovation and tradition, acclaim and exasperation, and, for the composer himself, the forces of commerce and those of artistic integrity.
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Harmony of the Spheres
Ancient and Recent Perspectives Edited by Ken Parry, Macquarie University, Australia & Dean Rickles, University of Sydney, Australia The idea of the harmony of the spheres is an old and venerable one, finding a parallel between the orderly nature of the cosmos and that of music. Wherever there is discussion of order, number, and frequency, connections to music are close at hand. Modern physics, while on the surface a long way from such ideas, tells a not dissimilar story. Here all things are in motion, ever oscillating, and since sound is a kind of vibration, we have the harmony of spheres built in from the ground up. There is a rhythm to the processes in nature too, from the planetary orbits down to the periodicity of atoms, to the beat of the heart and the circadian cycle. Harmony and rhythm seem to push through into the social world too, offering analogies for ordering (or disordering) societies. Therapeutic connections to health are becoming more apparent, with music able to control many bodily functions via the linkages between brain, heart, lungs, and other systems, which can treat illnesses UK May 2026 • US May 2026 296 Pages PB 9798765157336 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9798765157343 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798765157367 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9798765157374 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
caused by stress - or, inversely, music might trigger stress. This volume presents both old and new approaches to the idea of the harmony of spheres, alternately returning to and revitalizing ancient ideas and taking entirely novel perspectives. Anchored in classical philosophy and religious sources, reflecting Muslim, Jewish, Sufi, Aboriginal, Alchemical/Hermetic/Occult, Kabbalistic, and Zoroastrian thought, this comprehensive work marks a timely reassessment of a perennial idea.
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Rock for Change
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Benefit Concert Edited by Nicolas Baxter-Moore, Brock University, Canada & Peter Grant, University of London, UK This book explores the role that benefit concerts, tours, and recordings have and have had in mobilizing popular music and musicians to raise money or awareness to combat social problems, both human and natural. Fund raising rock concerts have been a major feature of the music scene since the first recognized event, the Concert for Bangladesh, was organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar in 1971. Since then, they have come in many guises, from small-scale local affairs to mega international extravaganzas with the causes they support including national and international disaster relief as well as more political objectives. Rock for Change: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the UK June 2026 • US June 2026 296 Pages PB 9798216396772 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781793629739 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798216260912 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781978763883 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Benefit Concert looks at all these over thirteen wide-ranging chapters. Major events including the Concert for Bangladesh, Live Aid and the Concert for New York are covered. National examples include Scottish concerts for overseas aid, Neil and Pegi Young’s Bridge School benefits in California, mining disasters in Canada and three New Zealand concerts each portraying a different aspect of the meaning of nationality in that country. Political causes include Rock Against Racism and Red Wedge in the UK and punk events in Washington DC. Finally, there are chapters on the film of the Wattstax Festival and a newer form of event solely for young volunteers, RockCorps.
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Scoring the Screen
The Secret Language of Music for Film and Visual Media Andy Hill This widely acclaimed book enables readers to understand and practice the language of music composed for film, video games, and other visual media. Film and television music veteran Andy Hill offers an insider’s view of what goes into the creation of the musical score for major motion pictures and other works of screen entertainment, including video games. This unique text provides deeply informed, measure-by-measure analysis of highly detailed reductions of music cues from more than two dozen films composed by the top composers, among them Howard Shore, Danny Elfman, Ennio Morricone, and Bernard Herrmann, as well as trailblazers of today. Music Pro Guides UK May 2026 • US May 2026 440 Pages • 285 b/w illustrations; 16 b/w photos HB 9781538163474 • £95.00 / $130.00 PB 9781538163481 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9798765161098 • £26.09 / $35.95 ePub 9781538163498 • £26.09 / $35.95 Bloomsbury Academic
Hill’s powerful insights enable readers to witness the composition of the score. This resource provides a close-up look at the tricks-of-the-trade that composers use to express the full range of human experience, allowing music students, practicing composers, and aficionados of the craft to better understand and hone its power.
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The Great Book of Vintage Microphones Sylvia Massy & Chris Johnson Grammy Award-winning music producer Sylvia Massy provides a visual tour through the fascinating world of vintage microphones with hundreds of original, full-color photographs. Based on one of the largest collections in the world, this book is for the appreciation of the art, technology, and history of microphones, looking at the first 100 years since the original invention – from the 1870s through the 1970s. Discover microphones used by major figures, including the one used by every US President since Lyndon B. Johnson, the epic microphone built for King George V, and the one used by Bruce Swedien for Michael Jackson’s hits. Music Pro Guides UK October 2026 • US May 2026 256 Pages • 599 color photographs HB 9781540026231 • £35.00 / $50.00 ePDF 9798765161586 • £31.50 / $45.00 ePub 9781538144503 • £31.50 / $45.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Microphones are abundant in our modern world: dozens of different technologies, millions of different uses. Sylvia Massy and Chris Johnson expertly curate hundreds of microphones, from the rare and eccentric to well-known gamechangers, and provide interesting tidbits relating to their use, history, manufacture, design, and more. This visually stunning book traces the microphone through a history that includes the Great Depression, two World Wars, and the Cold War era.
The Concert Composer’s Business Handbook Steven Rosenhaus The Concert Composer's Business Handbook is written for composers of original music - mostly or completely within the world of concert or classical music - as a one-stop resource of information on earning income from music that they write. Drawing on a breadth of experience in the professional field, Stephen L. Rosenhaus addresses a variety of important topics, including: Copyright; Types of income streams; Performing rights organizations; Promoting and presenting music; Music publishing; Contracts for composers; Basics of finances.
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Music Industry Internships
The Ultimate Guide for Students Bobby Borg, University of Southern California Music industry students: ready to nail your next internship interview, craft a standout resume, and turn that internship into a full-time gig? Look no further! This book is a practical, no-nonsense guide to mastering every step of the music industry internship journey. Industry insider Bobby Borg teaches students how to: -
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Featuring interviews with top supervisors and over 20 practical templates, students will learn how to track applications, perfect networking pitches, review job contracts, and much more—all in one place. Written in short, digestible chapters, this book will help students jumpstart their careers today.
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Library Music and Imagined Images Júlia Durand, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal Library music is a ubiquitous yet often unquestioned presence in contemporary media. This pre-existing music is used in a wide variety of contexts, from television and film trailers to YouTube videos. Although library music was first targeted at professional audiovisual producers, the spread of digital technologies has widened this music industry’s client-base to include amateur videographers and online content makers. Drawing from qualitative interviews with composers and media producers, these actors’ perspectives are woven together in order to reach an in-depth insight into library music’s creation and synchronization with pictures. The book teases out the patterns and peculiarities of library music that distinguish it from other musical practices: it is cast here as usable music made for imagined images, and as a repository of shared musical imaginaries. New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media UK June 2026 • US June 2026 232 Pages PB 9798765152997 • £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9798765153000 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9798765153024 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9798765153031 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
By exploring how library music is continuously transformed in multiple and unpredictable moments of meaning-making, we also unveil its specificity not as a finished musical work, but rather as a raw material meant to be repurposed and reshaped beyond composers’ hands. Ultimately, the book reframes library music as an object worthy of attention – one that can reveal much about music for media today.
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Aesthetic Amalgams and Political Pursuits Intertextuality in Music Videos
Edited by Tomasz Dobrogoszcz, University of Lodz, Poland, Agata Handley, University of Lodz, Poland & Tomasz Fisiak, University of Lodz, Poland This open access book illustrates how intertextuality in music videos can be used to create new aesthetic patterns and develop a political agenda. Music videos can sensitize the audience to various themes, motifs, and artistic conventions by transferring them into a familiar medium. This process is enhanced through the use of intertextual references to other culture products, whereby meanings are conveyed in a highly condensed form. Intertexts connected with particular art forms can undergo revisions through the cultural context in which a new music video is produced: the amalgam of word, sound and image initiates innovative readings of familiar motifs, and transforms the understanding of literature, music, film, and art. New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media UK May 2026 • US May 2026 320 Pages HB 9798765109519 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9798765109540 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9798765109502 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9798765109526 • £0.00 / $0.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Authored by a group of international scholars, implementing various conceptual approaches, and analyzing an original selection of artists, this collection of essays examines music videos as an innovative transmedial practice which employs intertextuality both to create new aesthetic patterns and to develop a political agenda. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
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Vincenzo Bellini on Stage and Screen, 1935-2020 Edited by Emilio Sala, University of Milan, Italy, Graziella Seminara, University of Catania, Italy & Emanuele Senici, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Vincenzo Bellini on Stage and Screen, 1935–2020 offers nine case studies of the history of Vincenzo Bellini’s operas on stage, on screen, and in sound, video and performance art. This investigation begins in 1935, the hundredth anniversary of the composer’s death and the year when his first biopic was released, and ends in 2020, when performance artist Marina Abramovic’s ‘opera project’ 7 Deaths of Maria Callas, whose final scene is accompanied by Bellini’s famous aria ‘Casta Diva,’ was premiered. In Part One, several recent productions of La sonnambula, Norma and I Puritani are discussed from different perspectives, New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media UK June 2026 • US June 2026 256 Pages HB 9781501391194 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781501391231 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9781501391217 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781501391200 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
but the common focus is on the possible meanings of these works for contemporary spectators. Part Two, centered on cinema, includes chapters on biopics of Bellini that make extensive use of his music, as well as on the presence of this music in soundtracks of films from the last half century. Part Three turns to other media or mixtures of stage and screen, and focuses on Bellini in sound and video art of the last few decades, on YouTube and its fandom, and on 7 Deaths of Maria Callas. The volume offers an expansive view of the many ways in which Bellini’s operas have been visualized and conceptualized over the past century, and of what they may have meant, and may still mean, for twentieth- and twenty-first-century culture.
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Ink on the Tracks
Rock and Roll Writing Edited by Adrian Grafe, Université d’Artois, France & Andrew McKeown, University of Poitiers, France This book embraces the multiplicity of forms of writing inspired by rock and roll. Exploring a diverse range of formats including rock autobiography and gender, race and class in American rock journalism, rock obituaries, rock literature and spirituality, rock writing and promotion/packaging, and more, this book identifies and prioritizes writing forms often excluded from the categorization of rock music writing. Vitally, the volume places rock and roll writing within a wider cultural frame often overlooked by studies of traditional white male-led music journalism.
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Diffusing Music
Trajectories of Sonic Democratization Ben Neill, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA This book explores the democratization of music in our current era made possible by digital technologies. Music has become ubiquitous and increasingly intertwined with everyday life, rendering previous models of creation, performance, and consumption obsolete. Diffusing Music identifies trajectories between 20th-century innovators and the broader redefinition of the musical art in popular culture today. This approach can inform new modalities of musical thinking in the wake of the transformations being actualized by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. The author has been an active participant in many of the scenes and movements that gave rise to musical democratization. His experiences and collaborations with influential figures in the field are woven into the fabric of the narrative. UK June 2026 • US June 2026 248 Pages HB 9798765109205 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9798765109243 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePDF 9798765109229 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9798765109212 • £81.00 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
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