Popular Music Matters: Essays in Honour of Simon Frith

by Dave Laing and Lee Marshall

Book Overview

Simon Frith has been one of the most important figures in the emergence and subsequent development of popular music studies. From his earliest academic publication, The Sociology of Rock (1978), through to his recent work on the live music industry in the UK, in his desire to 'take popular music seriously' he has probably been cited more than any other author in the field. Uniquely, he has combined this work with a lengthy career as a music critic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472421795
• ISBN13: 9781472421791
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"