A small crowd observes the work of Mr. Dynamite: The Legacy of James Brown's student curators on Nov. 13, 2024. (Photo by Caitlyn Hajek)
He was talented. He was complicated. He was influential.
But...
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Story by Bailey Brantingham
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On March 15, Dan Margolies, 49, professor of history at Virginia Wesleyan University, spoke at MTSU's Center for Popular Music about his knowledge...
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NPR music critic Ann Powers highlighted the unique connection between popular music and eroticism in America in a talk Monday afternoon at the MTSU...
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Ann Powers, National Public Radio’s music critic and correspondent, will make an appearance at the Center for Popular Music on Middle Tennessee State University’s...
Daniel Baumli // Contributing writer
Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Popular Music is home to an enormous body of music and related materials that are accessible to students and authors...
Lacey Kanipe // Contributing writer
Lamont Dozier, dubbed the #1 songwriter in America, will receive an honor from the Center for Popular Music this Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. in the Keathley University...
With MTSU's recent Constitution and Civil Rights events on campus, it’s only fitting that renowned singer-songwriter and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie discussed free speech, inspiration and songwriting...
Hundreds of American music manuscripts--handwritten musical documents dating as a far back as the Colonial era--have been put up online for the first time, thanks to a three-year joint effort between MTSU's...
Gregory Reish, who became director of MTSU's Center for Popular Music last year, will perform songs from a repertory of "old-time" music he has built through years as both a performer and a scholar of...
By Caroline Morris // Contributing Writer
Tracy E. Laird, author of the book Austin City Limits: A History, spoke Wednesday evening at MTSU’s Center for Popular Music.
Austin City Limits is a televised...
Author Tracey Laird is set to speak on her recently published book Austin City Limits: A History in the Center for Popular Music on Wednesday.
The lecture is expected to discuss the history of the longest...
