From acid house to zydeco, and from Acapulco to Zanzibar, Bloomsbury Popular Music provides unrivalled scholarly coverage of modern popular music worldwide, covering the mid-20th century to the present day. It is an ideal resource for students and academics across disciplines including music, ethnomusicology, the performing arts, media and communication, cultural studies, anthropology and sociology.
- Explore the historical origins and cultural impact of popular music from almost every country in the world
- Discover more about influential artists and albums, and local music scenes and subcultures
- Learn about everything from musical form and instruments to the workings of the music industry
- Research the social, political and economic context of different musical genres
Research and Learning Tools:
Bloomsbury Popular Music also contains a wealth of exclusive and specially-commissioned research and learning tools are designed with teachers, students, and researchers in mind.
- Subject Guides which provide instructors, students, and librarians with a simple shortcut to help them find the material they need across a number of topics.
- An illustrated Timeline of Popular Music back to 1900, including dates of 33 ⅓ series albums, plus an overview of contextual events in musical and political history, with links to relevant articles.
- An interactive World Map which enables users to navigate to books and articles covering a particular country or region that is most relevant to their work.
- Artist pages including curated related content, and biographical information on hundreds of artists and musicians. The artist page biographies are written by Shara Rambarran, André Diehl, and Robrecht Herfkens.
Find out more about Bloomsbury Music and Sound for music research in the video below!