Book review: Studying popular music culture

"Studying Popular Music Culture." Second Edition. Tim Wall. Sage. March 2013. --- Popular music entertains, inspires and even empowers, but where did it come from, how is it made, what does it mean, and how does it eventually reach our ears? Tim Wall seeks to guide students through the many ways we can analyse music and the music industries, highlighting crucial skills and useful research tips. Studying Popular Music Culture equips readers with useful analytical tools for understanding a subject that is embedded in almost everyone’s everyday life, writes Catherine Baker.