‘The Folk Box’ sought to trace the roots and branches of American music, and document the forging – and constant reinvention – of the national identity.
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The new track from US country singer Jelly Roll, Mexican singer Carín León and Canadian producer Cirkut feels like a cheap bourbon hangover.
Composer Quincy Jones, who died in November 2024, was a titan of 20th-century American music. So why don’t music majors study his work?
These albums are often about American music as much as they are about America.
Christian and Jewish themes influenced the world of art around one of jazz’s greatest singers.
Willie Nelson is an icon who rose to the top of an industry by challenging it – showing that you can be a counterculture figure and activist while remaining as American as apple pie.
Songs of the season – sacred and secular music alike – sometimes acknowledge that Christmas isn’t all joy.
As you would expect the two US election campaigns differ greatly in their approach to songs.
His songs struck a chord with millions and Lean on Me has become an anthem for the coronavirus pandemic.
Behind the wordless language of the jazz greats.
There’s a new Prince album coming out, two years after his death. Would the artist approve?
Aretha Franklin, the ‘Queen of Soul’, was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Happy birthday Ms Ciccone – you redefine age.
After the happy psychedelia of the Summer of Love, the Velvet’s second album seemed to usher in a new, darker era in rock music
Groundbreaking musician who inspired Elvis and The Beatles.
He was a true heart breaker.
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Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
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Reader in Performing Arts, University of Portsmouth
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Associate professor, University of Bradford
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Kingston University
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Senior Lecturer in Commercial Music Performance, University of Westminster
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Professor in American Studies, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Director of the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University
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Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
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Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University
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Head of Division, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the West of Scotland
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Professor of Music Theory, Hunter College
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Lecturer in the School of Communications, University of Technology Sydney
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Reader in the Department of Music, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University