Who are pop dandies? Why are stars like David Bowie, Jarvis Cocker, Pete Doherty and
Robbie Williams so dandified? Taking up a wide range of British pop stars, Hawkins seeks …

The music we hear is always inhabited by voices of previous performances. Because
listening is now so often accompanied by moving images, this process is more complex than …

As with most popular musicologists, I entered the academic study of popular music through
my experience as a performing musician—in my case as a guitarist both live and in the …

Close reading is one of the most ubiquitous yet also one of the most widely misunderstood
and misrepresented approaches to research on the arts. In my understanding, almost any …

In 2019, Dolby Atmos Music launched on Tidal HiFi and Amazon Prime Music HD,
integrating 3D sound with music streaming services for the first time. This is one of several …

Lähiluku on yleisyydestään huolimatta väärinymmärretyimpiä ja väärin käsitellyimpiä
taiteentutkimuksen lähestymistapoja. Oman käsitykseni mukaan miltei mitä tahansa tarkan …

This article explores the potential role of popular music studies when integrated into popular
music practice programmes in higher education, and proposes that purely theoretical …

This chapter aims to establish a case for teaching and learning what the authors refer to as
musical listening as a potential inroad to bridge the gap between practical and analytical …

This article bridges ecocriticism and popular music analysis in a close reading of three
examples that respond musically to environmental debates in Iceland during the period …

This collection of original essays is in tribute to the work of Derek Scott on the occasion of his
sixtieth birthday. As one of the leading lights in Critical Musicology, Scott has helped shape …