My review of “Hard Rain: Bob Dylan, Oral Cultures, and the Meaning of History”

My review of Alessandro Portelli's 2022 book Hard Rain: Bob Dylan, Oral Cultures, and the Meaning of History has now been published on the website of Oral History journal. This brilliant book takes the form of a set of responses to the 1962 song ‘A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall’, mixing these with narratives about the… Continue reading My review of “Hard Rain: Bob Dylan, Oral Cultures, and the Meaning of History”

Review: Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX

My review of the Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX (Encyclopedia of Music in Portugal in the 20th Century) has been published in the latest issue of Popular Music and is reproduced here by permission of the journal's access policy. PDF First published in Popular Music Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan 2014): 161-164.… Continue reading Review: Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX