1st Edition

Paul Weller and Popular Music Identity, Idiolect and Image

By Andrew West Copyright 2023
166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

Using research, analysis and a range of historical sources, Paul Weller and Popular Music immerses the reader in the excitement of Paul Weller’s unique creative journey, covering topics such as the artist’s position within his field; his creative processes; the contexts in which the music was made; the artist as collaborator; signifiers that mark the trajectory of the music; and formative... Read more

1 Identity

1.1 Modernist
1.2 Londoner
1.3 Activist
1.4 Nonconformist

2 Idiolect

2.1 Curation
2.2 Impetus

3 Image
3.1 Evolution
3.2 Typology
3.3 Visual

Biography

Andrew West is a Professor and Head of Postgraduate Studies at Leeds Conservatoire, UK.

"On roughly 160 pages author Andrew West, Professor at Leeds Conservatoire, goes through a deep and scrupulous analysis of Weller’s formative influences, his times, social upheavals, experiences and unofficial spokesman for the working class that made the man and the artist... The concise biography Paul Weller and Popular Music portrays this artist as an outstanding songwriter and performer, but also as a controversial person." - Dr. A. Ebert, popcultureshelf.com