Studies in Popular Music

Studies in Popular Music

Editors

Alyn Shipton
Independent musician, author and broadcaster

Christopher Partridge
University of Lancaster

To learn more about the series, open the Series Home box below.

15 projects. Showing results 1 through 15.

Studies in Popular Music (Series)

Edited by Alyn Shipton, Royal College of Music & Christopher Partridge, University of Lancaster

Photo of Billy J with the Beatles all holding pints of beer

Do You Want to Know a Secret?

The Autobiography of Billy J. Kramer

Billy J. Kramer, Singer, Songwriter and Bandleader, with Alyn Shipton, Royal Academy of Music

Dub in Babylon

Understanding the Evolution and Significance of Dub Reggae in Jamaica and Britain from King Tubby to Post-Punk

Christopher Partridge, Lancaster University
a sequence of photos of Falco with hands outstretched

Falco and Beyond

Neo Nothing Post of All

Ewa Mazierska, University of Central Lancashire

Global Tribe

Technology, Spirituality and Psytrance

Graham St John, Griffith University

Heavy Metal

Controversies and Countercultures

Titus Hjelm, University College London, Keith Kahn-Harris, Birkbeck College, Mark LeVine, University of California, Irvine, (Volume Editors)

Nick Cave

A Study of Love, Death and Apocalypse

Roland Boer, Dalian University of Technology

Open up the Doors

Music in the Modern Church

Mark Evans, University of Technology, Sydney
photo of Rolling Stones tribute band dressed circa 1970 with Mick Jagger character gesturing and sneering

Send in the Clones

A Cultural Study of the Tribute Band

Georgina Gregory, University of Central Lancaster
street-art style illustration of disc jockey working a turntable

Technomad

Global Raving Countercultures

Graham St John, Griffith University
photo of a statue of the group in Liverpool which has been digitally enhanced with vibrant colour

The Beatles in Perspective

A Carnival of Light

James McGrath, Leeds Beckett University, Peter Mills, Leeds Beckett University (Volume Editors)
book cover

The Boys in the Band

Amanda Kramer, Musician, Wayne Byrne, Author, Journalist and Broadcaster
punk female guitarist in recording studio

The Lost Women of Rock Music

Female Musicians of the Punk Era (Second Edition)

Helen Reddington, University of East London
Computer enhanced photo of interior of a dance club emphasizes shadows of dancers

The Northern Soul Scene

Sarah Raine, University College Dublin, Tim Wall, Birmingham City University, Nicola Watchman Smith, Teeside University (Volume Editors)
graphic of a rosary draped over a microphone

The Rosary and the Microphone

Religious Impulse in U2's Mediated Brand

Nicholas P. Greco, Providence University College, Canada