Pop Music and Easy Listening

What defines pop music? Why do we consider some styles as easier listening than others? This collection of essays by a group of international scholars shows how academics have responded to questions such as these within pop criticism over the last twenty-five years. The intellectual perspectives on offer present the interdisciplinary aspects of studying music and form a snapshot of some of the authorial voices that have shaped the specific subject matter of pop criticism within the broader field of popular music studies.