By James Walvin, author of Amazing Grace: A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn It may seem odd for a historian of slavery to write a history of a popular hymn. In …
By Kerry O’Brien and William Robin, co-authors of On Minimalism: Documenting a Musical Movement “Thursday evening was a major moment for musical Minimalism,” the New York Times declared last month. The Chicago …
The 21st biannual meeting of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) and the annual meeting of its US branch, IASPM-US, is being held this week in Minneapolis from …
UC Press is pleased to offer our complete list of music journals packaged together as a collection. The “Music Subject Collection” includes: Journal of the American Musicological SocietyJournal of MusicologyMusic Perception19th-Century MusicJournal …
We’re pleased to announce that LeKeisha Hughes will be our new Associate Editor of Art History and Music! LeKeisha originally joined the UC Press team in 2021 as an editorial assistant. Prior …
By Lawrence Kramer, author of Music and the Forms of Life The concept of life has a long and complicated history, but its modern version can be said to date to the late …
A stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar. Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the …
By Mark Levine, author of We’ll Play Till We Die and Heavy Metal Islam The video, posted anonymously on Facebook, had only 300 views when I first saw it. The singer wasn’t …
University of California Press (UC Press) is seeking individual and co-editor applications for the editorship of the Journal of Musicology. Applicant(s) appointed to this position will succeed current Co-Editors Andrew Hicks and …