These albums are often about American music as much as they are about America.
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Swift positions herself in a long history of women accused of ‘behaving badly’ while revealing the importance of revisiting our understanding of the past based on shifting evidence.
The pianist and vocalist helped Fleetwood Mac weather the changes in the music world.
Clicking ‘random’ on album tracks does the artist a disservice. It can also mean the listener is missing out, too.
With streaming, people listen to individual tracks but the Mercury Prize is all about albums, is it still relevant?
The story of the album, which was released 40 years ago, is a classic tale of how bands struggle with unchecked egos and competing visions.
Some covers are recorded as a nod to the legacy of the original, only to end up becoming the definitive version of the song.
Some of our favourite music formats might not be as environmentally friendly as we think.
Song by song streaming services may be hurting the album commercially, but its place in our cultural lexicon will be harder to shake.
The Cure’s seventh studio album was an 18-track, 70-minute plus extravagance of pure theatre and dark romance.
In Hounds of Love, Kate Bush’s extraordinary vocal performances are the musical equivalent of speaking in tongues. There are few more thrilling, literate, and ambitious works of popular music.
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Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Professor of Sustainable Development, Keele University
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Associate Professor and Chair of Music, Colorado College
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Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Creative Writing, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Music and the Creative Industries, Middlesex University
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Associate Professor of History, Brock University
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Program Director of Music Business & Entrepreneurship, University of Florida
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Director of Music Industry Program & Associate Professor of Musicology, Oklahoma State University
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Research Chair, Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Management, Keele University
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Head of Division, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the West of Scotland
