Understanding Popular Music is a comprehensive introduction to the history and meaning of popular music. It begins with a critical assessment of the different w

Focusing on the variety of genres that make up pop music, Roy Shuker explores key subjects which shape our experience of music such as music production, the mus

With 'Key Concepts in Popular Music', Roy Shuker presents a comprehensive A-Z glossary of the main terms and concepts used in the study of popular music.

Explores the history and meaning of rock and popular music.

This extensively revised and expanded fifth edition of Understanding Popular Music Culture provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the producti