Popular Music: The Key Concepts Paperback / softback

Now in an updated fourth edition, this popular A-Z student handbook provides a comprehensive survey of key ideas and concepts in popular music culture.

With new and expanded entries on genres and subgenres, the text comprehensively examines the social and cultural aspects of popular music, taking into account the digital music revolution and changes in the way that music is manufactured, marketed and delivered.

New and updated entries include:Age and youthBlack musicDigital music cultureK-PopMash-upsPhiladelphia SoulPub musicReligion and spiritualityRemixSouthern SoulStreamingVinyl With further reading and listening included throughout, Popular Music: The Key Concepts is an essential reference text for all students studying the social and cultural dimensions of popular music.