Popular Music (Cambridge University Press)

Popular Music (Cambridge University Press)
Title	Popular Music
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Discipline	Musicology
Series	Cambridge Studies in Popular Music
Established	1980s

Popular Music (Cambridge University Press) is a scholarly book series and imprint specializing in the study of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Jazz and Rock music traditions, with extended coverage of Blues, Hip hop, Electronic dance music, Country music, Reggae, Ska, Funk, Soul music, and Punk rock. The series assembles monographs, edited collections, and reference volumes by historians, ethnomusicologists, cultural theorists, and sociologists connected to institutions such as University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, King's College London, University of California, Los Angeles, and New York University.

Overview

Cambridge's Popular Music imprint situates studies within conversations involving figures and events including Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Madonna (entertainer), Prince (musician), David Bowie, Nirvana (band), The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Janet Jackson, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Led Zeppelin, Queen (band), The Clash, Sex Pistols, Public Enemy, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé Knowles, Taylor Swift, Radiohead, The Smiths, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, BB King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Etta James, Sade (singer), Sonic Youth, Rage Against the Machine, Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Adele (singer), Ed Sheeran, and Billie Eilish alongside examinations of movements such as Motown, Stax Records, Sun Records, Factory Records, Island Records, Def Jam Recordings, EMI, Columbia Records, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group. The imprint engages sources from archives like the British Library, Library of Congress, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Editorial Scope and Series Development

The editorial remit covers historiography, reception studies, music theory, and ethnography, connecting scholarship to institutions including Royal Music School, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Berkeley (University of California, Berkeley), Columbia University, Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, King's College London, University of Manchester, University of Leeds, Goldsmiths, University of London, University of Edinburgh, McGill University, University of Toronto, Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, Seoul National University, Peking University, and National University of Singapore. Series editors have collaborated with associations such as the Royal Musical Association, International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Society for Ethnomusicology, American Musicological Society, British Academy, Arts and Humanities Research Council, National Endowment for the Humanities, and European Research Council. Development pathways reflect peer review from faculty at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Chicago.

Notable Publications and Authors

Key authors include scholars affiliated with King's College London and Goldsmiths, University of London as well as contributors from New York University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Michigan, Columbia University, Stanford University, Princeton University, Yale University, Mount Holyoke College, University of Texas at Austin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University Bloomington, McMaster University, University of British Columbia, University of Copenhagen, University of Amsterdam, and Universidade de São Paulo. Representative monographs treat subjects such as Motown production, Reggae diasporas linked to Bob Marley, analyses of Hip hop production at labels like Def Jam Recordings and artists like Grandmaster Flash, studies of Punk rock scenes centered on CBGB, and cultural readings of Synth-pop acts such as Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys. Edited volumes have collected essays on topics from the British Invasion to Afrobeat; contributors range from researchers at University of Sussex and University of York to scholars at University of Ghana and University of Cape Town.

Academic Reception and Impact

Works have been cited in journals including Journal of the American Musicological Society, Ethnomusicology, Popular Music (journal), Music & Letters, Twentieth-Century Music, Critical Inquiry, Cultural Studies, American Quarterly, New Left Review, and Contemporary Music Review. Scholars referencing Cambridge volumes include faculty from University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, UCLA, Yale University, Princeton University, University of Chicago, Columbia University, University of Michigan, and Duke University. The imprint has influenced syllabi at Royal Holloway, University of London, University of Leeds, University of Warwick, SOAS University of London, University of Exeter, University of Sheffield, University of Southampton, University of Bristol, Goldsmiths, University of London, University of Birmingham, and University of Glasgow.

Editions, Formats, and Accessibility

Publications appear in hardcover, paperback, and digital formats distributed via Cambridge University Press platforms and academic aggregators used by libraries at British Library, Library of Congress, National Library of Australia, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, National Diet Library (Japan), and university consortia such as JSTOR, Project MUSE, and ProQuest. Accessibility initiatives reference standards from Publishers Association (UK), Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act implementations in Canadian university libraries, and open-access frameworks advocated by Wellcome Trust and European Research Council grants supporting some authors. Special editions and paperback reprints often coincide with exhibitions at Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and Smithsonian Institution.

Related Conferences and Collaborations

Series editors and authors regularly present at conferences and workshops organized by International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Society for Ethnomusicology, American Musicological Society, Royal Musical Association National Early Music Festival, Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Music Encoding Conference, Biennial Symposium on Popular Music Studies, and events hosted at British Library, Royal Albert Hall, Barbican Centre, Southbank Centre, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Sydney Opera House, National Centre for the Performing Arts (China), and universities such as University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, University of California, Los Angeles, and University of California, Berkeley. Collaborative projects have involved partnerships with archives including BBC Archives, RIAA, Universal Music Group Archives, Island Records Archive, Motown Historical Museum, and independent repositories like Smithsonian Folkways.

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