My year-end review of music is available on my Songs and Objects Substack site. At the end of the post is a link to a 100-track playlist of 2024 tracks; I've also embedded this below. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4wWeMzPM0yELFavKzK0t8u Other recent posts on Songs and Objects include: 1. My Life at Thirty. A reflection on the anniversary of… Continue reading 2024 in review
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Presentation on my forthcoming book DJs do Guetto
Here's a video of me and three other contributors to the 33 1/3 book series talking about our recent or forthcoming books for the 'Popular Music Books in Process' series. First up is Ginger Dellenbaugh speaking about her book on Maria Callas's album Lyric and Coloratura Arias (1954). Then I talk about my book on… Continue reading Presentation on my forthcoming book DJs do Guetto
New publication on Bruce Springsteen’s recent autobiographical projects
My article ‘Brilliant Disguises: Persona, Autobiography and the Magic of Retrospection in Bruce Springsteen’s Late Career’ has been published in the new issue of the open access journal Persona Studies, a themed issue on 'Music and Persona' edited by Charles Fairchild and David Marshall. Abstract Popular musicians with long careers provide rich source material for… Continue reading New publication on Bruce Springsteen’s recent autobiographical projects
Stupidity
I have recently sent off two pieces of writing; one is the manuscript of a short book and the other is an essay for a forthcoming Research Companion. As they go through the review process I find myself in the normal stage of not being able to look at them. Whenever I submit a text… Continue reading Stupidity
Late Voice 