Continuum Encyclopedia Of Popular Music Of The World, Part Two: Volumes 3,4,5,6 & 7 [Hardcover]

Dave Laing (Author), John Shepherd (Editor), David Horn (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 18, 2005

"EPMOW lives music. Put another way, it does for popular music what Grove has done for classical"
David Brackett

'Excellent, readable and thoroughly useful...While some previous single-volume and multivolume works have addressed the development and current state of popular music, none has done so with this work's depth of scholarship and global reach. Scholarly, clearly written, and well indexed, it is an ideal reference set.' Library Journal

Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World's five-volume work 'Locations' is the most authoritative reference work on the history and current practice of popular music ever published. The five volumes on 'Locations' that form Part 2 of this multi-volume work follow on from the two volumes of Part 1: Media, Industry and Society (Volume I) and Performance and Production (Volume II) . They cover over 200 nation states and are organized according to continental regions: Volume III: Caribbean and Latin America Volume IV: North America Volume V: Asia and Oceania Volume VI: Africa and the Middle East Volume VII: Europe Each discusses the history, development and current practice of popular music in cities, districts, cross-border regions, nation states and diasporic communities around the world. Includes coverage of:·

The historical, geographical, demographical, political, economic and cultural context·

Genres for which the location is known or which have been important to the development and current practice of its popular music·

Significant venues such as theatres, dance halls, clubs and bars·

The role of the industry: music publishers, record companies/labels, recording studios, radio and TV·

The role of the state and government regulatory bodies·

The teaching and research of popular music in educational institutions·

Songs associated with the location·

Notable performers and other practitioners such as producers, engineers, technological innovators, record company heads, journalists, critics and scholars, songwriters, composers and lyricists.

250 leading popular music scholars and practitioners have contributed over 500 entries. They include Rafael José de Menezes Bastos on Brazil, Peter Manuel on India and the Caribbean Islands, John Collins on Ghana, Moya Aliya Malamusi on Malawi, Tôru Mitsui on Japan, Motti Regev on Israel, Martin Stokes on Turkey, Richard Peterson on Nashville, Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman on Hawai'I, Bruce Johnson on Australia, Paolo Prato on Italy, Svanibor Pettan on Croatia and Alf Björnberg on Sweden.

For more information please visit:

www.continuumpopmusic.com

Editorial Reviews

Review

"In a review of the first two volumes in this series, this reviewer indicated that this reference work would become a seminal addition to popular music studies. These latest five volumes underscore that position...the scope of the project, the quality of the writing, and the authority of the authors make this a must-have for any academic library that supports popular culture studies. Summing Up: Highly recommended." -- Choice (Choice )

"While some previous single-volume and multi-volume works have addressed the development and current state of popular music... none has done so with this work's depth of scholarship and global reach. Scholarly, clearly written, and well indexed, it is an ideal reference set for any public or academic library... Highly recommended." Starred review - Library Journal

(Library Journal )

The Continuum Encyclopedia is, no doubt, one of the most academic sources in the area of popular music studies, and should be considered a required source for all larger public and academic libraries. This set is highly recommneded." - American Reference Books Annual

(American Reference Books Annual )

'the Encyclopedia is designed to provide scholars, researchers, media professionals and the public with a comprehensive reference work on the world's popular music...all of it....I applaud the structure used to organize the material presented here: simply presenting information on the world's music according to geo-cultural boundaries...I found this system far more logical than had it been organized alphabetically...Again, the editors chose wisely, and the variety of writers actually created a balance of emphasis. By having each section composed by a writer who is intimately knowledgeable about the subject matter, the reader is assured of having a fair and detailed explanation of that region's music....Although scholarly in scope, the entries are written in a more reader-friendly style than is commonly associated with reference works...The set's value as a well-planned and executed reference work makes it a must for these professionals and scholars.'

~ Sing Out!

“In a review of the first two volumes in this series, this reviewer indicated that this reference work would become a seminal addition to popular music studies. These latest five volumes underscore that position…the scope of the project, the quality of the writing, and the authority of the authors make this a must-have for any academic library that supports popular culture studies. Summing Up: Highly recommended.” – Choice (Choice )

"While some previous single-volume and multi-volume works have addressed the development and current state of popular music… none has done so with this work's depth of scholarship and global reach. Scholarly, clearly written, and well indexed, it is an ideal reference set for any public or academic library… Highly recommended." Starred review - Library Journal

(Library Journal )

About the Author

John Shepherd is Chancellor's Professor of music and sociology, and Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research at Carleton University, ON. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

David Horn was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music (Cambridge University Press, 1981+), and a founding member of IASPM (The International Association for the Study of Popular Music). He was Director of the Institute of Popular Music at the University of Liverpool from 1988 until his retirement in 2002. Together with the blues scholar Paul Oliver he first proposed the idea of EPMOW in the 1980s, and has worked on the project since that time. Other recent publications include two edited volumes: The Cambridge Companion to Jazz (with Mervyn Cooke, 2002),and a special issue of Popular Music in honour of Paul Oliver (2006).

Dave Laing is the author of several books on popular music and a former editor of Music Week. Former Research Fellow at the University of Westminster where he conducted research on the music industry.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1824 pages
• Publisher: Continuum (April 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826474365
• ISBN-13: 978-0826474360
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.3 x 7.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,242,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)