Sad but varied. This is the state of modern pop music
In 1985, the best selling song in the UK was Jennifer Rush’s The Power of Love. Thirty years later, it was Uptown Funk, by Mark Ronson, featuring Bruno Mars. From soft-rock power ballad t...
Adam is a Lecturer in Contemporary and Popular Music at the International Centre for Music Studies, Newcastle University. His PhD, from the University of Stirling, involved historical and ethnographic research into the evolution and social dynamics of the rock band as form of creative practice.