Music Reviews & Criticism

The Wild Tchoupitoulas is a definitive expression of the modern New Orleans sound. From Hey Pocky A-Way to Big Chief Got a Golden Crown, the al...

So much, popular and scholarly, has been written about the synthesizer, Bob Moog and his brand-name instrument, and even Wendy Carlos, the musician...

Eleanora Lady Day Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, played a primary role in the development of American jazz culture and in African Americ...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Times, Sunday Times and Telegraph Book of the Year______________________________________________'A triumph ... a ...

Playing in an orchestra in an intelligent way is the best school for democracy.--Daniel Barenboim The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been led by...

In recent years, Björks artistry has become ever more ambitious and ever more respected. With the release of her conceptual app-album Biophilia in ...

Released in 2008, J-pop trio Perfumes GAME shot to the top of Japanese music charts and turned the Hiroshima trio into a household name across the ...

* The first book to analyse every Queen song - giving equal weight to album tracks alongside the hits . * Includes analysis of about 20 classic so...

Geechi Suede and Sonny Cheeba are Camp Lo. These two emcees from the Bronx, NY entered the American hip hop scene with an insider slang that bewild...

In 1978, Siouxsie and the Banshees declared We dont see ourselves in the same context as other rock'n'roll bands. A decade later, and in the stark ...

As immediately believable as they were cartoonish, as much an inner city cipher as a suburban boys gang, the foursome that made up the Pharcyde wer...

For over one hundred years, Memphis, Tennessee, has been the center of musical innovation for American popular music. From W. C. Handy to Alberta H...

A radically new reading of the origins of recorded musicNoise Uprising brings to life the moment and sounds of a cultural revolution. Between the d...

In 1991, a loose-knit collective released a record called Blue Lines under the name Massive Attack, splicing together American hip-hop and soul wit...

In this unique and hybrid book, cultural and music historian Michael P. Steinberg combines a close analysis of Wagnerian music drama with a persona...

Its hard to think of a solo female recording artist who has been as revered or as reviled over the course of her career as Tori Amos. Amy Gentry ar...