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Pop Up Video: the new historicism
Abstract: The VH1 TV series Pop Up Video recapitulates earlier aesthetic forms such as the silent film while at the same time exemplifying recent economically ......(Continue Reading) Sacred words, profane music? The Free Monks as a musical phenomenon in contemporary Greek Orthodoxy
The Free Monks (Eleftheroi) are a Greek Orthodox rock band of black-robed monks. Being the first of its kind in Greece, the group has produced popular ......(Continue Reading)This charming man: it is 20 years since The Smiths' first hit transformed the British music scene. Jason Cowley on pop's antidote to early Thatcherism
To understand the impact Morrissey and his band The Smiths had on British popular culture when they first emerged in the autumn of 1983, one must first ......(Continue Reading)From demo to hit: the biography of three songs by country songwriter Tom Douglas
This article explores the songwriting process of Nashville-based writer Tom Douglas. Three of Douglas's songs are examined, from the creation of the ......(Continue Reading)Pop artists go commercial; advertisers are turning to pop tunes that will click in consumers' minds, while artists have learned that exposure and money
Watching TV commercials these days is like flipping around the radio dial. Pop songs from every era are filling up the commercial breaks. Popular groups ......(Continue Reading)
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