Category Archives: music
Britpop at the BBC
To celebrate to 20th anniversary of the Britpop music scene, the BBC have various programmes and other features. These are all described, with links to podcasts, on the Britpop at the BBC site. It is taking place all week, but … Continue reading
Youth Subcultures: What are they now?
There is a really interesting piece on youth subcultures by Alexis Petridis in The Guardian. He attempts to think through the forms that subcultures take today, using examples and some reflections from sociologists. The piece raises some questions about the … Continue reading
A third review of Punk Sociology
It’s been great to see people using blogs and the like to respond to Punk Sociology. A third review has just been published on Tracey Yeadon-Lee’s blog (I posted about the previous two reviews here and here). I understand that a … Continue reading
Smokey Robinson and Love
In the third instalment in his series of posts on music for the Theory, Culture & Society site, Les Back has written a piece on Smokey Robinson and Love (its open access). It’s an amazing piece that looks at sociological questions … Continue reading
20 things to read about the music industry
Toby Bennett has posted 20 things to read about the music industry. These are all publications from the last year, there are also some notes at the end about forthcoming books. It’s a comprehensive list, plus it is useful for … Continue reading
Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding and Freedom’s Yearning by Les Back
Les back has written a second piece on music for the Theory, Culture & Society site. This time it’s on Otis Redding (and follows the previous piece on Junior Murvin).
A second review of Punk Sociology
Last week I posted a link to Deborah Lupton’s review of Punk Sociology. A second review of the book has now been published, its by Jon Rainford and is available on his blog.
Punk Sociology playlist on Spotify
The preface to my Punk Sociology book contains a playlist that can be listened to whilst reading chapter 2 of the book. The playlist is intended to help orientate the discussion for those who are not familiar with punk music and … Continue reading
Deborah Lupton reviews Punk Sociology
I’m really pleased to say that Deborah Lupton has written a review of Punk Sociology for her excellent This Sociological Life blog.
Thinking Allowed on why music matters
I posted previously to a podcast featuring Les Back talking about the politics of music. In that podcast Les spoke about David Hesmondhalgh’s new book Why Music Matters?. A recent episode of Thinking Allowed featured David talking about his book … Continue reading
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