1st Edition

Popular Music Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies

Edited By Simon Frith
1684 Pages
by Routledge

Popular music studies is a rapidly expanding field with changing emphases and agendas. The music industry has changed in recent years, as has governmental involvement in popular music schemes as part of the culture industry. The distinction between the major record labels and the outsider independents has become blurred over time. Popular music, as part of this umbrella of the culture industry,... Read more
Volume I Music and Society, Volume II The Rock Era, Volume III Popular Music Analysis, Volume IV Music and Identity

Biography

Simon Frith