Prof. Mike Alleyne

Freelance Writer, Professor Emeritus of Recording Industry at MTSU, Ph.D, Popular Music Scholar, International Award-Winning Author & Editor.

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I’m excited to share the news that Analyzing Recorded Music has received a 2023 Publication Award from SMT - the Society for Music Theory - for Outstanding Multi-Author Collection. Many thanks to my fellow editors and to all of the participating authors!

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Download my newly published Sly Stone obituary from the Rock Music Studies webpage (and access the link in the comments).

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A few excerpts from the lengthy New York Times Jimmy Cliff obituary in which I’m quoted.

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Prince’s 1985 album ‘Around the World in a Day’ is about to be reissued in a 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. For my Forbes article, I spoke to recording engineer Susan Rogers, art director Laura LiPuma, and artist Doug Henders about the record. https://t.co/CMEq3Y0ZRB

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The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar received an enthusiastic review in the latest edition of the Popular Music academic journal. It also includes my chapter, "Rhythm, Rasta, Rock and 'Electric Avenue': The Electric Guitar in Anglo-Caribbean Popular Music."

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My latest Forbes article examines recent legal conflicts involving artist names and trademarks in the music business. https://t.co/NC0bXhR0vk

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My new Forbes article explores recent royalty lawsuits involving two bands from the late 1970s and early 1980s: Supertramp and The Police.
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I’m now a contributor to @Forbes on the music industry. ✅🎉 https://t.co/lzSOt4LDv0

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@60sPsychJukebox The Hot Chocolate original is far better!

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Celebrating my book's first five months on the market: https://t.co/wSln2p7DhI

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A moment from my positively received IASPM Paris 2025 conference keynote session on “Culture, Commerce, and Authenticity: Black British Recordings in Context” (Photo by Tim Anderson).

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It’s nice to witness the physical presence of my book at the IASPM conference in Paris.

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I’ll be presenting at the IASPM Paris 2025 conference!

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Big news!
I’m confirmed as a keynote speaker for the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) conference in Paris!

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It’s interesting timing with the celebration of one hundred years of Black British music at London’s Barbican Music Library exhibition coinciding with the publication of my new book (20% discount with code 25AFLY1).

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@KatieKapurch Thanks, Katie! ❤️

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NEWLY PUBLISHED: My analysis of Black British music’s challenges in the American market in the last decades of the 20th century is now available worldwide in hardback and e-Book formats.

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