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General Studies in Music: Popular Music

Taking a music class? This guide points you to music-related resources.

Journals

Billboard
The international newsweekly of music, video and home entertainment; profiles, commentary, album ratings, feature articles, marketing and reviews.
Music Week
Publishes music industry news, sales charts, airplay charts, commentary, features, product information & gossip.
Popular Music & Society
Research articles and reviews for a general readership about popular music, culture, and sociology.
Rolling Stone
The music lovers magazine! Rock & Roll, national affairs, feature stories, reviews, classified ads, and the music charts. Find out where your favorite group stands in the ratings

Books about Popular Music

Analyzing popular music by Allan F. Moore
Call Number: eBrary
ISBN: 0521100356
Encyclopedia of popular music by Colin Larkin
Call Number: REF ML102.P66 G84 2006
ISBN: 1846098564
I'll take you there : pop music and the urge for transcendence by Bill Friskics-Warren
Call Number: ML3470.F746 2005
ISBN: 0826419216
Living through pop by Andrew Blake
Call Number: eBrary
ISBN: 0415161991
The producer as composer : shaping the sounds of popular music by Virgil Moorefield
Call Number: ML3470 .M66 2005
ISBN: 0262134578

Websites

Rolling Stone: Music News, Reviews, Photos, Videos, Interviews, Politics and More
Online version of the popular print magazine Rolling Stone, featuring daily news, feature articles, and artist information.
Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts | Billboard.com
Updated weekly of the top selling artists in the country from Billboard Magazine.
Billboard.com: Music News, Reviews, Articles, Information, News Online & Free Music | Billboard.com
Features news, current charts, artist information, tour finder, and the latest headlines from Billboard Magazine.