Music Reviews & Criticism

In today's technological and globalised world, music remains a basic dimension of society. Music, Encounter, Togetherness outlines a relational app...

What is rock? This book offers a new and systematic approach to understanding rock by applying sociological concepts in a historical context. Deena...

'Skilfully written, engaging and sensitive' HELEN O'HARA'Hugely readable' MOJO'A compelling, moving book' THE TIMESIn the early 1980s, the pop char...

Can the concert hall be as erotic as the bedroom? Many Victorian writers believed so. In the mid-nineteenth century, acoustical scientists such as ...

What does it mean to be a diva? A shifting, increasingly loaded term, it has been used to both deride and celebrate charismatic and unapologeticall...

The definitive illustrated book on The Boss now in an updated edition to celebrate his 75th birthday! Renowned for his passionate songwriting, galv...

Brilliant, practical, and humorous conversations with one of the twentieth-centurys greatest musicologists on art, culture, and the physical pain o...

*NEW EXTENDED MIX EDITION FEATURING EXTRA CHAPTERS*Nominated for Audiobook of the Year at the 2024 ARIAS Awards'Love this book! It triggers so many...

In the obituary that appeared soon after his death, Johann Sebastian Bach was described as the world-famous organist and the greatest organist...we...

The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today's Alt-Country and Americana superstars, tracing a path...

Offering a rare look at the musical life of Russia Abroad as it unfolded in New York City, Natalie K. Zelensky examines the popular music culture o...