
What is happening to pop music and pop culture? Synthesizers, samplers and MDI systems have allowed anyone with basic computing skills to make music. Exchange is now automatic and weightless with the result that the High Street record store is dying. "MySpace," "Twitter" and...

Popular Music and Popular Culture offers readers a comprehenisve guide to understanding pop music today. It provides a clear survey of the field and description of core concepts. The main theoretical approaches to the analysis of pop are described and critically assessed.