Review — Making Value: Music, Capital, and the Social
byTimothy D. Taylor. Making Value: Music, Capital, and the Social. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2024, $26.95 E-book. From singing hymns in church, to…
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Pop Music
Perhaps unfairly, pop music elicits a variety of negative images—erratic crowds of fangirls, producers who prioritise formulaic constructions over creative innovation, sensational aesthetics trickling…