Media and Popular Music

Peter Mills is Senior Lecturer in Media and Popular Culture at Leeds Metropolitan University. He is the author of Hymns To The Silence, a major study of the work of Van Morrison published by Continuum in 2010, alongside work on Samuel Beckett, Olaf Stapledon, Hungarian folk music, Pink Floyd and the KLF. He is currently preparing studies of the work of Kate Rusby, Jake Thackray and 'Popular Music and the Moving Image'. He was singer and lyricist for the band Innocents Abroad who made two albums, Quaker City and Eleven.

CONTENTS Acknowledgements 1.Introduction 2.Dancing about architecture? Mediating Popular Music Through The Written Word i)Introduction ii)Mark Ellen: editor, The Word iii)Laura Barton: music writer, journalist, novelist iv)Simon Broughton: editor, Songlines v)Paul Williams: editor, Music Week 3."Everybody's on Top Of The Pops" : Music on Television i)Introduction ii)Mark Cooper: Producer, Later... and Creative Head of Music Entertainment, BBC 4.Sold On Song? : Popular Music and Advertising i)Introduction ii)Jeremy Lascelles: CEO , Chrysalis Music and Media 5."Who Listens To The Radio?" - Music and Public Service Radio i)Introduction ii)Fiona Talkington: presenter Late Junction BBC Radio 3 iii)James Addyman: presenter Down In The Grooves BBC Radio Leeds 6.State of Independence? The Life Of An Independent Record Label i)Introduction ii)Case Study I : Buzzin' Fly : Ben Watt iii)Case Study II : Pure Records: The Rusby family Appendices: i)'Hail Hail Rock 'n' Roll' column by Laura Barton, The Guardian April 11th 2008 ii)Content analysis of issue of Music Week September 18th 2010 iii)Down In the Grooves playlist October 10th 2009 Glossary Bibliography Discography and Links