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Zimdancehall is a musical movement in Zimbabwe that has grown significantly since 2010. The Zimdancehall Revolution brings together critical essays...

Music and Dance as Everyday South Asia offers an inclusive lens through which to study the music, dance, and allied arts of South Asia, its diaspor...

During the Great War, composers and performers created music that expressed common sentiments like patriotism, grief, and anxiety. Yet music also r...

The Business of Bobbysoxers reconsiders the story of American popular music, celebrity following, and fan behavior during World War II through clos...

The stage musical constitutes a major industry not only in the US and the UK, but in many regions of the world. Over the last four decades many cou...

A teen idol of the 1950s who virtually invented the idea of singer-songwriter-heartthrob that still fuels the industry today, Paul Anka's slew of h...

In 1985 Scottish rockers Simple Minds topped the Billboard 100 with Dont You (Forget About Me), performing the song at Live Aid in Philadelphia the...

Vic Damone is a lasting legend of American pop music. Befriended by Frank Sinatra and encouraged by legends like Perry Como and Tommy Dorsey, he ha...

For the first time, platinum-certified singer-songwriter Marina shares her singular observations of the human heart through poetry; this collection...

In this never-before-published memoir from the files of The Walt Disney Archives, Disney Legend Jimmy Johnson (1917-1976) takes you from his beginn...

In The Music-Machines, author Sean Nye traces a fascinating and distinctly American interpretation of 20th century German electronic music . Coveri...

In The Music-Machines, author Sean Nye traces a fascinating and distinctly American interpretation of 20th century German electronic music . Coveri...

This book traces the trajectories of modern globalization since the late nineteenth century, and considers hegemonic cultural beliefs and practices...

Using interviews with and academic studies of the careers of internationally-famous music producers and music industry professionals from Småland, ...

What do the power rock band Aegis, multimedia superstar Vice Ganda, queer zombie film Zombadings, and glocalized movement P-Pop have in common? The...