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a major contribution to our understanding of the evolution of the industry in Britain over the last two decades — Popular Music More…

Men, Masculinities and the Beatles is a good starting point for anyone with an interest in the role played by popular musicians in the 1960s in British popular culture, and a valuable contribution... — Popular Music More…

Other Voices is a valuable addition to the academic literature on popular music history. Its rich and detailed analyses of Liverpool's varied music scenes across five decades highlights the... — Popular Music More…

[T]hese essays are a necessary start for a consideration of the abundantly provocative works of Nick Cave — Popular Music More…

an entertaining and important book — MOJO More…

Carys Wyn Jones succeeds in bringing debates over a rock canon and its making into popular music studies. Insofar as canon formation remains an understudied and undertheorised issue within... — Popular Music More…

Fairchild's Pop Idols and Pirates is a good read for those wanting an introductory examination of the consumer/producer relationship within the music industry as it relates to Australian Idol — Popular Music More…