Music Reviews & Criticism

The monograph concerns one of the most important trends in contemporary classical Polish music. The new romanticism represented the reaction to the...

This book offers an overview of issues related to the regulated, formal organization of sound and speech in verse intended for singing. Particularl...

Over the last three decades Slavoj iek has become an iconic figure of intellectuel engagé and his works have engendered ongoing reflection within a...

Explore the fascinating story of Pink Floyd, brought to vivid life with over 250 images, including live performance and candid off-stage photos as ...

***WINNER OF THE 2024 PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE***A Times Book of the YearA Telegraph Book of the YearA Guardian Book of the Year A Rock 'n' Roll B...

'ABC', as perfect as anything I've ever witnessed up until that point in my tiny little life. Three minutes of divine delirium.In 1972, when Robert...

Becoming Audible explores the phenomenon of human and animal acoustic entanglements in art and performance practices. Focusing on the work of artis...

Venue Stories is an anthology of creative non-fiction that remembers, celebrates and reinvigorates our complex and plural relationship with small a...

Canadian performer k.d. lang broke new ground in the 1980s by blending the genres of punk and country, dubbed cowpunk, with her band, the Reclines....

From male bisexuality to religion in pop, Little Richard spent the 1950s pioneering ideas that are still too challenging for the mainstream. As a B...

Fleetwood Mac is one of the most successful bands of all time. Despite a long and complicated history, the band has survived dysfunction on a scale...

Eschewing the usual criteria of chart success or acknowledged influence, the Copendium - a collection of album reviews and themed track samplers - ...

In 1997 the rap group Racionais MCs (the Rational MCs) recorded the album Sobrevivendo no Inferno (Surviving in Hell), subsequently changing the hi...