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 →

Popular music adding value through community choirs

Earlier this year I spoke at a conference on ‘The Value of Popular Music’, and on hearing the news that Continue reading →

Popular Music Research Group – Open Lecture at Oxford Brookes University

Dr Jennifer Skellington on Bob Dylan’s Tangled up in Blue (1974): A Disturbance of Narrative Order? 1pm, Tuesday 18th March, Continue reading →

Singing with The Cotswold Voices in Swindon Town Centre, December 2013

They say that variety is the spice of life and this would certainly count as variety in mine.  After setting Continue reading →

JLS Farewell Tour at the O2, December 2013

This would never have been my first choice for a night out in London but, thanks to some free tickets 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 →

Musical steps in Gijon

I photographed these brightly coloured steps, with their curious references to popular music, whilst attending the IASPM Conference in Gijon, 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 →