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Popular music has become not only one of the most lucrative spheres of human activity, but also one of the most influential on the identities of individuals and communities. Popular music matters, and it matters to many people, people we can only partially understand if we do not understand their music. In the light of this phenomenon the academic study of popular music has become universally established as an active discipline at university level and this timely series brings together the fruits of recent teaching and research in this field. It makes overt recognition of the fact that the study of popular music is necessarily inter-disciplinary and addresses issues as diverse as: the popular music industry and its institutions; aspects of the history of genres; issues in the theories and methodologies of study and practice; questions of the ontologies and hermeneutics of particular musics; the varying influence of different waves of technological development; the ways markets and audiences are constructed, reproduced and reached; and aspects of the repertory without which there would be no popular music to study. The eight volumes in this series span the range of the world's popular music genres from rap, hip hop, soul and jazz, to roots, electronica, dance and club music. Each volume editor has contributed an introductory essay which constitutes a broad overview of the specific group of genres, and made a selection of the most important and influential published articles, papers and other relevant material. Taken together, these volumes offer an invaluable resource for the study of popular music today in all its forms.

Popular music --- Musique populaire --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Musique populaire.

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) represents the highpoint of the recording career of the Beatles. This is the first detailed study to be made of this or any other such album, and it demonstrates how serious discussion of popular music can be undertaken without failing either the approach or the music. Dr Moore considers each song individually, tying his analysis to the recorded performance on disc, rather than the printed music. He focuses on the musical quality of the songs and the interpretations offered by a range of commentators. He also describes the context in which the album was written - both within the career of the group itself and within the development of popular music globally, both before and since.

Rock music --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Beatles.

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From Robert Johnson to Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson to John Lee Hooker, blues and gospel artists figure heavily in the mythology of twentieth-century culture. The styles in which they sang have proved hugely influential to generations of popular singers, from the wholesale adoptions of singers like Robert Cray or James Brown, to the subtler vocal appropriations of Mariah Carey. Their own music, and how it operates, is not, however, always seen as valid in its own right. This book provides an overview of both these genres, which worked together to provide an expression of twentieth-century black US experience. Their histories are unfolded and questioned; representative songs and lyrical imagery are analysed; perspectives are offered from the standpoint of the voice, the guitar, the piano, and also that of the working musician. The book concludes with a discussion of the impact the genres have had on mainstream musical culture.

Blues (Music) --- Gospel music --- History and criticism.

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This book presents the proceedings of the first international conference on progressive rock in its many manifestations, at the University of Burgundy, Dijon - France, in December 2014, a conference which was the first visible outcome of the Progect network. In his presentation of the Conference, Allan F. Moore suggested that we might address five themes. These five themes are the ones we can find on the website "the progect" (http://rock-progressif.u-bourgogne.fr/). At the Dijon conference, contributors addressed some of these themes in a range of different ways, and Philippe Gonin has gathered together written versions of many of the papers delivered into four sections. The first addresses progressive rock in Eastern Europe, a presence which might seem to outsiders to be somewhat unlikely. The second addresses four case studies from Western Europe, focusing on issues in Spanish and Italian prog. The UK is addressed in the third section, extending beyond the canonic period and questionning issues of the definition of prog bands within the 1970s. The fourth section addresses some initial questions of social use and impact.

Progressive rock music --- Rock progressif --- History and criticism --- Congresses --- Histoire et critique --- Congrès --- Rock progessif --- Congrès --- Progressive rock music - History and criticism