Litpop: Writing and Popular Music (Ashgate, 2014). Now in print!

It was a wonderful surprise to unwrap my personal hardcopy of this new Ashgate title which arrived in the post Continue reading →

‘Speaking of Value?’ Forthcoming Conference Paper Abstract

I am delighted to announce that I have another conference paper scheduled for next year, this time to be presented at the Continue reading →

Conference Paper in Honour of Simon Frith

Good news!  My paper proposal for the forthcoming conference ‘Studying Music: an International Conference in Honour of Prof. Simon Frith’, Continue reading →

Gijon: research poster

With only a few days left to go before I embark upon my 3-day trip to northern Spain to present Continue reading →

Making Y Viva España unpopular?

Making Y Viva España unpopular?  An historical examination of the marginalisation of ‘other’ forms of popular music in the English Continue reading →

Censorship and Music Journalism

Extract from conference paper: ‘Silencing Sounds: an investigation into the censorship of music criticism within the English broadsheet press from Continue reading →

Book review

The Oxford American Book of Great Music Writing.  Edited by Marc Smirnoff.  Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 2008.   Continue reading →

Challenges to London-centric music criticism in the quality press 1981 to 1991

“Evidence drawn from a series of interviews which I conducted with prolific English broadsheet music critics back in 2006 suggests Continue reading →