Text and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Beats and Rock Culture

New book
Text and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Beats and Rock Culture
Simon Warner
Bloomsbury Publishing

9780826416643

Text and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Beats and Rock Culture considers the relationship between Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs and others and those waves of singers, songwriters and bands – from Dylan to the Beatles, Tom Waits to Patti Smith, the Clash to Kurt Cobain, and many more – who have taken inspiration from that earlier literary community.

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Brazilian Journal of Song Studies #3

New journal issue
Brazilian Journal of Song Studies #3
http://rbec.ect.ufrn.br/

An online scientific journal dedicated to popular music studies, issue 3 of the Brazilian Journal of Song Studies is now available. Although most of the articles are in Portuguese, there are two in English in the current issue – one about Pink Floyd’s “Goodbye Blue Sky” and another about Iron Maiden’s songs with historical themes.

Marabi Nights – Jazz, ‘Race’ and Society

New book
Marabi Nights – Jazz, ‘Race’ and Society in Early Apartheid South Africa
Christopher Ballantine

Marabi Nights

Marabi Nights – Jazz, ‘Race’ and Society in Early Apartheid South Africa is an updated and substantially expanded second edition of Christopher Ballantine’s classic study of the triumphs and tragedies of South Africa’s marabi-jazz tradition. New chapters extend the book’s in-depth account of the birth and development of urban-black popular music. Continue reading