Did Charles Manson personify the violence that rock counterculture inflicted on American society? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of society’s broken institutions? Discover more in The Musical Lives of Charles Manson. Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH

“They are afraid of it, because it tells the truth,” - Charles Manson What truths did the Manson Family's music tell? And how did stories about their music help Americans understand the meaning of the Sixties? Pre-order The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: bit.ly/4l8mFXH

Our Back to School sale is now live on our website with 30% off academic books until Sunday 5th October! Shop music & sound studies books: www.bloomsbury.com/academic/mus...

Ethnomusicology is now live on our digital platform Bloomsbury Music & Sound. Discover eBooks spanning 30+ countries & regions, plus key topics such as folk song, ethnic heritage, music in diaspora and the landmark reference work Music Around the World: bit.ly/3VkEckG

Did Charles Manson personify the violence that rock counterculture inflicted on American society? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of society’s broken institutions? Discover more in The Musical Lives of Charles Manson. Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH

Headed back to university? We're running a #BackToSchool sale on our website until October 5th. Get 30% off hundreds of our books ahead of the next semester. Shop Music & Sound Studies books: bit.ly/4fHGHqO

“They are afraid of it, because it tells the truth,” - Charles Manson What truths did the Manson Family's music tell? And how did stories about their music help Americans understand the meaning of the Sixties? Pre-order The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: bit.ly/4l8mFXH

Currently in our summer sale 🌞 A candid reevaluation of dance music as an everyday culture that reproduces social inequalities. Shop: www.bloomsbury.com/dance-music-...

Currently in our summer sale 🌞 This book takes a comprehensive look at what individual record stores meant to individual people, but also what they meant to communities, to musical genres, and to society in general. Shop: www.bloomsbury.com/life-death-a...

We're having a week-long summer sale! 🌞 Save up to 33% on hundreds of our music and sound studies books until midnight on Sunday 3rd August. Shop music & sound books: www.bloomsbury.com/academic/mus...

Currently in our summer sale 🌞 The first book-length study of filmmaker and video artist Kahlil Joseph's transmedia work on Afrodiasporic music in relation to a transcontinental, interdisciplinary framework. Shop: www.bloomsbury.com/kahlil-josep...

Currently in our summer sale 🌞 Written by a composer long immersed in new and experimental music, this book provides a tour of the music, technologies and people that have transformed how we make, hear and think about sound over the past fifty years. Shop: www.bloomsbury.com/semiconducti...

Currently in our summer sale 🌞 This book explores gender-based violence within the music industry, and how women who have experienced violence represent it in their music. Shop: www.bloomsbury.com/unsilenced-9...

There are currently hundreds of books available 33% off in our summer sale. Want some inspiration? We've picked out a handful of our bestsellers: www.bloomsbury.com/discover/sal...

It’s paperback publication day! 🎉🎉 If you thought to yourself, “DB and the Moving Image sounds great, but a hardcover is too unwieldy,” today is your lucky day. Available widely, and directly from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburymus.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/david-bow...

Now in Paperback! Performing Folk Songs is the first full-length volume to explore English folk singing from the perspective of performance studies. This book explores the affective and emotional aspects of learning songs 'by heart'. Learn more: bit.ly/4lB3eHK

David Bowie and the Moving Image is now in paperback! Analyzing Bowie’s music videos, planned film projects, acting roles, and depictions in film, this book provides a comprehensive view of Bowie’s use of the moving image. Learn more: bit.ly/4lUXZm2

We're having a week-long summer sale! 🌞 Save up to 33% on hundreds of our music and sound studies books until midnight on Sunday 3rd August. Shop music & sound books: bit.ly/44JK7Fx

Considering literary works drawn from a range of traditions, Literature as Sound Studies identifies literature as a site of sonic invention and reconfiguration, contributing a range of terms, models, and methods for attending to sound. Learn more: bit.ly/4lMbBQM

Did Charles Manson personify the violence that rock counterculture inflicted on American society? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of society’s broken institutions? Discover more in The Musical Lives of Charles Manson. Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH

This collection of scholarly essays analyses how NOFX’s aesthetics of punk provocation and discomfort provokes listeners to confront contradictions and conflicts in society concerning politics, identity, authenticity, and decorum. Find out more: bit.ly/4f2R1te

Using a radical and inclusive definition of the genre, Rereading Musicians and Their Audiences explores musicians' autobiographies as articulated in print, on stage, and through various media as a dynamic factor in contemporary culture. Learn more: bit.ly/4mmcvUn

Today on the Academic blog we are brought to our New York office where James Eason, Editorial Assistant for Music & Sound Studies books, takes us through a day in their life working at Bloomsbury. bit.ly/43XSBY9 @bloomsburymus.bsky.social @3313books.bsky.social

As Oasis embarks on their 2025 reunion tour, @alexniven.bsky.social looks back to where it all began. Definitely Maybe check it out: bit.ly/3ZSeDud 💙📚 #MusicSky @3313books.bsky.social @bloomsburymus.bsky.social

Rereading Musicians and Their Audiences is out today on @bloomsburymus.bsky.social and includes my chapter on Rita Lee among loads of fantastic contributions ✨ 🪐Check it out here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rereading...

It’s out! Published by @bloomsburymus.bsky.social Loved working with a great team in @Tom Attah and @Christian Lloyd.

Craig Harris’ “The Last Waltz” tells the story of rock ‘n’ roll group, The Band, which includes unpublished interviews with bandmates, producers and others. bit.ly/4nESDND (Available Oct. 2025 in the UK) #booksky #musicsky #musicbooks #soundstudies @bloomsburymus.bsky.social

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Want to see everything we're publishing July-September this year? Our new books catalogue is now available to read online. Check it out on the Bloomsbury website: bit.ly/3HA9qRh

Are you an early career researcher looking to get published? Don’t miss out on financial support and mentorship with the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with Writers & Artists. Find out how you can apply here: bit.ly/4mHlgcn

Want to see everything we're publishing July-September this year? Our new books catalogue is now available to read online. Check it out on the Bloomsbury website: bit.ly/3HA9qRh

Are you an early career researcher looking to get published? Don’t miss out on financial support and mentorship with the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with Writers & Artists. Find out how you can apply here: bit.ly/4mHlgcn

Want to see everything we're publishing July-September this year? Our new books catalogue is now available to read online. Check it out on the Bloomsbury website: bit.ly/3HA9qRh

The music industry has a problem with gender-based violence. Rosemary Lucy Hill, Bianca Fileborn and Catherine Strong, authors of Unsilenced examine how artists like Kesha use music to speak up about their experiences. Read more: bit.ly/4kAAGgU

Don't forget our May sale is running this week with up to 30% off books on the Bloomsbury website. Offer ends Sunday 18th May. Shop Music & Sound Studies: bit.ly/3GXT2ty Shop everything else: bit.ly/431o78g

Good news - our May sale starts today with up to 30% off books until Sunday! Start browsing: www.bloomsbury.com/discover/may...

@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social has been committed to making high-quality books accessible since 2008, and we are now boasting over 500 open access titles 🎉 Whatever your specialism, discover cutting-edge research, free to access via Bloomsbury Collections. 🔓 bloomsburycollections.com

📚BOOK LAUNCH📚 To celebrate the publication of „Tomorrow on Cassette“ with @bloomsburymus.bsky.social Tyler Sonnichsen and I are hosting a zoom book launch event on 12 June 2025. Join us, hang out and talk tapes with us! register here: uni-goettingen.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

We've an exciting new addition to our Music & Sound Studies list... Lavar Pope's American Rap Scenes: An Analysis of 25 Locations examines the history and legacy of rap music in 25 American cities. Order your copy: bit.ly/42GD6ED

Read an excerpt from Semi-Conducting: Rambles Through the Post-Cagean Thicket on @soundingfuture.bsky.social! Nic Collins describes the origins of his workshops and books on hardware hacking as a response to the lack of tactility in digital tools for sound. bit.ly/4lHk0p2

📅 Save the date: Tuesday, April 29th, 4pm BST/11am EDT Join Brandon Polite for the next Bloomsbury Lecture, as he talks about the questions surrounding Taylor Swift re-recording her own albums, and the lessons we can draw from it. Register here: bit.ly/43QOONU

What gave saxophones their sax appeal? Mollie Hawkins looks at why you just can't ignore this iconic instrument... bit.ly/4lrClGA

Congratulations to Dr Joseph Jackson and 'Kahlil Joseph and the Audiovisual Atlantic' which is a contender for the BAFTSS best first monograph! bit.ly/41rJk9n

While the 1970s is understood as being Reggae’s political pinnacle, this book explores the globally insurgent soundscapes of Dancehall music at the turn of the 21st-century. Find out more: bit.ly/3Xjf9jD

How does an iconic pop star connect with their fans and audiences via storytelling? Brand Lady Gaga explores the star’s extraordinary life and unpacks the themes and messages that have shaped her public image. Find out more: bit.ly/4grG7fz

How was birdsong conveyed through text prior to the advent of recording & broadcast technologies? Discover the writing which sought to interpret the subtleties of the fleeting sonic experience in a new paperback edition of Seán Street’s Wild Track. More: bit.ly/4aKvjYx

Out now, Nicolas Collins’ Semi-Conducting follows a personal chronology of observations and experiences with music, technology, economics and culture, written by a composer long immersed in new and experimental music. Order your copy: bit.ly/4gq7R4g

Read the introduction from Unsilenced: Women Musicians, Gender-Based Violence, and the Popular Music Industry: bit.ly/4hVXnKT

Introducing the first ethnographic work about TikTok’s musicking in a glocal (Austrian) context that complements and build upon ethnomusicological assumptions, theories, and methods for the study of musical practices in digital spaces. Find out more: bit.ly/4gJjxPr

Uncover the music, technologies and people that have transformed our relationship with sound over the past fifty years in Nicolas Collins’ exciting new book Semi-Conducting. Pre-order: bit.ly/3Q3bXEx