Raphaël Nowak & Andrew Whelan, Networked Music Cultures: Contemporary Approaches, Emerging Issues

In the exciting age of digitalism, music admirers, whether they are in the form of a consumer, practitioner, musician, educator etc. (or all), are fortunate to have unlimited access to music. The Internet, for example, has provided a gateway for computer/digital based device users to search, share, listen and download music anytime and anywhere (Whiteley and Rambarran, 2016). Indeed, there are restricted factors that need to be addressed as unlimited “free” access to music for all, does not n..

Raphaël Nowak, Consuming Music in the Digital Age: Technologies, Roles and Everyday Life

People’s habits and practices in consuming and listening to music have gradually changed over time. It is frightening to think that these habits have changed continuously over somewhat more than 20 years due to the rapid evolution of the digital age. The peak of digital music consumption (ranging from CDs/MP3s to streaming) was part of the early 2000s to when streaming took over. This revolution not only transformed our practices in “everyday listening” to music but our daily lives as well. I..

Sheila, Take a Bow

Professor Sheila Whiteley passed away on 6th of June, 2015. Sheila’s ground-breaking achievements in popular culture and gender studies, alongside her bright personal triumphs are celebrated by numerous obituaries from national and international media. Here, we present the tributes of Sheila’s students, colleagues and friends.Sheila Whiteley nous a quittés le 6 juin 2015. Ses recherches pionnières sur la culture populaire et le genre, en plus de ses grands succès personnels, furent célébrés dans de nombreux médias internationaux. Nous vous présentons ici une série d’hommages de ses étudiants, collègues et amis