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Enemy lines: Richard Cook on half a century of reporting from the front line of popular culture - Music - the New Musical Express - Brief Article
At 50 years old, the New Musical Express is the great survivor of the music press. Its birthday issue trumpets half a century of "sex, drugs and rock'n'roll", ......(Continue Reading) Poetry, Pedagogy, and Popular Music: Renegade Reflections
It's been more than a quarter of a century since I published Beowulf to Beatles: Approaches to Poetry (1972), and two decades since I put together A ......(Continue Reading)Club for heroes: William Cook on how the boys in skirts are back in town - Music - Boy George and the New Romantics - Brief Article
"Give me a freak any day of the week," warbles a bloke in a policewoman's cap and an off-the-shoulder ball gown. "I'm comfortable with those you call ......(Continue Reading)Sugar Beats Bop to Pop - music group records popular music for children - Brief Article
The Sugar Beats record pop hits from the sixties and seventies on family-friendly CDs that have Kids--and their parents--singing along. Sherry Goffin ......(Continue Reading)Even our enemies deserve music: Michael Franti and other young artists are spearheading a new generation of politically engaged musicians. Jeff Chang charts
In New York's hermetic world of music and fashion, it's been the year of the throwback, a post--11 September retreat to the familiar and comfortable....(Continue Reading)
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