Ethnomusicology: a very short introduction
Explores the global extreme metal scene. This work shows how the scene is a space in which members creatively explore destructive themes, and a space in which members experience the everyday pleasures of community and friendship. It demonstrates the power and subtlety of an ofte…
Popular music is far more than just songs we listen to; its meanings are also in album covers, lyrics, subcultures, voices and video soundscapes. Like language these elements can be used to communicate complex cultural ideas, values, concepts and identities. Analysing Popular Mu…
Examines kwaito as it has developed alongside the democratization of South Africa over the past two decades. Tracking the fall of South African hope into the disenchantment that often characterizes the outlook of its youth today - who face high unemployment, extreme inequality, …
From Janis Joplin to P.J. Harvey, Women and popular music explores the changing role of women musicians and the ways in which their songs resonate in popular culture. Through a series of artist case studies Sheila Whiteley examines the interaction between feminist debates and mu…
Diplo (aka Wesley Pentz) is at the nexus of music and the cultural collateral it collects in the process of being created and released. His record label Mad Decent has helped bring the sounds of baile funk from Brazil, cumbia from Mexico, and other unknown musik to clubs around …
