Books

The following is a list of books and publications that focus on music censorship.

 

Ahmad, Salman Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star’s Revolution Published by Free Press on 12 January 2010. 240 pages. ISBN-10: 1416597670.   ISBN-13: 978-1416597674“Facing down angry mullahs and oppressive dictators who wanted all music to be banned from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Salman Ahmad rocketed to the top of the music charts…” Read more…

Averill, Gage A Day for the Hunter. A Day for the Prey. The Univ. Of Chicago Press, 1997, ISBN 0-226-03292-2 (pbk)

Baily, John “Can you stop the birds singing?” The censorship of music in Afghanistan. Freemuse, Copenhagen 2001, ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click

Bennett, Tony; Turner, Graeme; Shepherd, John; Al, Et (ed) Rock and Popular Music: Politics, Policies, Institutions Routledge, 1993, ISBN: 0415063698

Blecha, Peter Taboo Tunes: A History of Banned Bands & Censored Songs Backbeat Books, 2004, ISBN: 0879307927 Order on-line, click

Breen, Marcus Rock Dogs : Politics and the Australian Music Industry Pluto Press, 2001, ISBN 1864030844

Bremberger, Bernard Musikzensur, Eine Annäherung an die grenzen des eralubten in der Musik. Verlag Schmengler, Berlin,1990, ISBN 3-9801643-2-2

Brown, Steven & Volgsten, Ulrik Music and Manipulation On the Social Uses and Social Control of Music Berghahn Books, 2006, ISBN 1-84545-098-1

Cartwright, Garth “A Little Bit Special” – Censorship and the Gypsy Musicians of Romania. Freemuse, Copenhagen, October 2001, ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click

Chapple, Steve & Garofalo, Rebee Rock´n Roll is Here to Pay. Nelson-Hall. Chicago, 1977, ISBN 0-88229-437-7 (pbk)

Cloonan, Martin Banned! Censorship of Popular Music in Britain: 1967-92. Arena, Ashgate Publ. ltd. 1996, ISBN 1 85742 300 3 (pbk)

Cloonan, Martin and Garofalo, Rebee (ed) Policing POP Temple Univ Press 2003, ISBN 1-56639-989-0

Cloonan, Martin and Street, John Politics and Popular Music – From Policing to Packaging Parliamentary Affairs 50:2, pp 223 – 234, 1997

Cloonan, Martin Popular Music and Censorship in Britain: An overwiew. Popular Music and Society, 19:3, pp 75-104. 1995

Coplan, David B In Township Tonight! South Africas Black City Music and Theatre. Longman, London, 1985, ISBN 0-582-64401-3 (pbk)

Danielou, Alain The Situation of Music and Musicians in Countries of the Orient. Leo S. Olschki, Florence 1971, IMC

Davidson, Sandra & Winfield, Betty Houchin (ed) Bleep!: Censoring Rock and Rap Music. Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture, No 68, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999, ISBN: 0313307059

Eyre, Banning Playing with Fire: Fear and Self-Censorship in Zimbabwean Music. Freemuse, Copenhagen, October 2001, ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click

Frith, S Sound Effects. Constable, 1983

Gaar, Gillian G She´s A Rebel. the History of Women in Rock & Roll. Seal Press, Seattle, Washington,1992, ISBN 1-878067-08-7

Garofalo, Rebee How autonomous is relative? Popular Music, 6:1, pp.77-92. Edward Arnold, London, 1992

Grandin, Ingemar Music and media in local life. Music practice in a Newar neighbourhood in Nepal. Linköping University, Sweden, 1989, ISBN 91-7870-480-4

The new GROVE Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 19, edited by Stanley Sadie London.

Hakobian, Levon and Kantat HB Music in the Soviet age 1917-1987. Melos Music Literature, Sweden, 1998, ISBN 91 972133 4 9

Dietrich Helms, Thomas Phleps (Hg.) 9/11 – The world’s all out of tune Populäre Musik nach dem 11. September 2001 Beiträge zur Popularmusikforschung 32, hg. von Dietrich Helms und Thomas Phleps Oktober 2004, 212 S., kart., 19,80 € ISBN: 3-89942-256-2

Heylin, Clinton, (ed) The penguin Book of Rock & Roll Writing. Penguin Books 1992, ISBN 0 14 01.6836 2

Hill, Trent The Enemy within: Censorship of rock music in the 1950s. in Anthony DeCurtis (ed.): Present Tense, pp. 39 – 72. Duke University Press, 1992

Horner, B and Swiss, T Key Terms in Popular Music and Culture Blackwell Publishers,1999, ISBN: 0631212639

Kagie, Rudie De Verboden Saxofoon. Over Muziek & Censuur De Prom, Amsterdam 2000, ISBN 90 6801 653 9

Kitwana, Bakari The rap on gangsta rap. Thirld World Press, Chicago. 1994, ISBN 0-88378-175-1

Klein, Naomi No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies. Picador, USA, 2000, ISBN 0312271921

Korpe, Marie (ed.) 1st World Conference on Music & Censorship. Speeches from the conference Freemuse, Copenhagen, 2001, ISBN 87-988163-0-6 Online version available, click

Korpe, Marie (ed.) “MUSIC WILL NOT BE SILENCED” 3rd Freemuse World Conference on Music & Censorship Istanbul 25-26 November 2006. Speeches from the conference. Includes CD-ROM with video interviews and music. Freemuse, Copenhagen, 2007, ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click

Korpe, Marie (ed.) Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today Zed Books, London, 2004, HbISBN 1 84277 504 9 PbISBN 1 84277 505 7 Order online

LeVine, Mark Heavy Metal Islam – Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam Three Rivers Press. 8 July 2008. 304 pages. Language: English   Read more

Lippman, Edward A Musical Thought in Ancient Greece. Columbia Univ. press 1964. ISBN 64.22482

Manuel, Peter Popular Musics of the Non-Western World. Oxford Univ. Press, N.Y. 1988, ISBN 0-19-515342-7

Matoub, Lounes Rebelle. Editions Stock. France, 1995. ISBN ? 54-4440.1

Negus, Keith Popular Music in Theory Wesleyan Univ Pr; 1997. ISBN: 0819563102

Norris, Christopher (ed) Music and the Politics of Culture. Lawrence & Wishart, London 1989. ISBN 0 85315 700 6

Nuzum, Eric D. ’Singing in the Echo Chamber’ Music censorship in the U.S. after September 11 Freemuse, Copenhagen, 2005, ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click

Nuzum, Eric D. Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America. Quill, 2001, ISBN 0688167721

Oakley, Giles The Devil´s Music, A History of the Blues. BBC, 1976, ISBN 0 563 16012 8

Orman, John The Politics of Rock Music. Nelson-Hall, Chicago 1984, ISBN 0-8304-1025-2

Owen, Ursula (ed) The Book of Banned Music. Special issue of INDEX on CENSORSHIP, 6/1998: Writers and Scholars International Ltd., London 1998, ISSN 0306-4220

Peddie, Ian Popular Music and Human Rights – Vol I and II Ashgate, London, August 2011 206 and 218 pages ISBN 978-1-4094-3757-4First volume covers British and American music. Second volume covers topics such as Movimento 77, Nepal’s heavy metal scene, hybrid metal in the muslim world, folksong in Latvia, popular music in the former Yugoslavia, indigenous human rights in Australia, Víctor Jara in South America, protest and gender in Ireland, rock and roll in China, and the anti-rock campaigns and the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. Read more… Radio interview with the author

Perris, Arnold Music as Propaganda, Art to persuade, Art to Control. Greeenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 1985, ISBN 0-313-24505-3

Pieper, Werner (ed) 1000 Jahre Musik & Zensur in den diversen Deutchlands. Der Grüne Zweig 206, Löhrbach 2001, ISBN 3-922708-09-9 Read more

Pieper, Werner (ed) Verfemt – Verbannt – Verboten Musik und Zensur. Weltweit. (German version of Index on Censorship 6th 1998) Der Grüne Zweig 206, Löhrbach 1999, ISBN 3-922708-00-5

Peterson, R.A Market and moralist censors of a black art form: jazz. In S.Denisoff and R.Peterson (eds.): The Sounds of Social Change, pp.236-247. McNally, Chicago,1972

Qureshi, Regula Burckhardt Suifi music of India and Pakistan. Cambridge University press 1986, ISBN 0 521 26767 6

Reese, Gustave Music in the Middel Ages. W.W.Norton & Company, New York 1940

Robertson, Bronwen Reverberations of Dissent – Identity and Expression in Iran’s Illegal Music Scene Continuum, London, 2012 ISBN 9781441123251 Read more

Schade Poulsen, Marc The Social Significance of Raî. Men and Popular Music in Algeria. University of Texas press, Austin, Texas, 1999, ISBN 0-292-77740-x (pbk)

Schwarz, Boris Music and Musical Life in Soviet Russia 1917-1970. Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1972, ISBN 0.214.65264.5

Seim, Roland; Spiegel, Josef (ed.) Nur für Erwachsene – Rock- und Popmusik: zensiert, diskutiert, unterschlagen Münster 2004, 246 pages, coloured book covers, circa 250 colour pictures, format 24x19cm ISBN 3-933060-16-8 Read more

Servant, Jean-Christophe « Which way Nigeria ? » Charia, argent, morale et autocensure : menaces sur la musique. Français Freemuse, Copenhagen, April 2003 ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click

Servant, Jean-Christophe “Which way Nigeria?” Music under Threat: A Question of Money, Morallity, Self-censcorship and the Sharia. English Freemuse, Copenhagen, April 2003 ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click

Siegmund, Heidi The Ice Opinion. ICE T as told to H- Siegmund. St. Martin´s Press, New York, 1994, ISBN 0-312-10486-3

Street, John Music and politics Politity Books, London, October 2011 256 pages PB 978-0-7456-3544-6 Read more…

Street, John Rebel Rock: The Politics of Popular Music 247 pages Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1986

Tsenova, Valeria, editor Underground Music from the Former USSR. Harwood Academic Publishers, 1997, ISBN3-7186-5821-6 (pbk)

Valkov, Solomon Vidnesbyrd, Dmitrij Sjostakovitj´s Erindringer. Forlaget Komma, ISBN 87-7512-065-8 (hft) 1980 Original: Testimony, The memoirs of D. Shostakovich Harper & Row Publishers, 1979

Waterman, Christopher Alan JUJU. A Social history and Ethnography of an African Popular Music. The Univ. Of Chicago press, 1990 ISBN 0-226-87465-6 (pbk)

Wellesz, Egon Ancient and oriental Music. Oxford University Press. New York 1957. ISBN 0-19-316301-2

Winfield, Betty Houchum and Davidson, Sandra (ed) Bleep! Censoring Rock and Rap Music Greenwood Press, Westport, 1999, ISBN 0-313-30705-9

Wilson, Elizabeth Shostakovich, A Life Remembered. Faber and Faber Ltd, 1994 ISBN 0-571-15393-3