Principal Lecturer, School of Art and Media, University of Brighton, University of Brighton Musicians have long had their careers captured for posterity by the music press. Yet, the spotlight has ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Last week, I spoke with Daramola about how the devaluation of music writing reflects the devaluation of music itself, what has ...

In 1953, just a year after buying Musical Express and relaunching it as the New Musical Express, Maurice Kinn bagged the mother of all music press scoops – with Frank Sinatra. The globally popular ...

We look at the past, present and future of the music press. Robert Bound meets Paul Gorman, whose new book, ‘Totally Wired: The Rise and Fall of the Music Press’ details the ‘glory days’ of the ...

This article explores the relationship between musicians and the music press from the musicians' point of view, based on a collection of recent interviews with musicians working in the pop and jazz ...

Totally Wired, published by Thames & Hudson, explores the development of the music press between the 50s and the 00s, honing in on particular genres, artists, publications, figures and events that ...