Cash from Chaos

What have music impresarios Sergey Diaghilev, Malcolm McLaren and Simon Cowell got in common? – and what sets them apart? asks Peter Rosser.

http://journalofmusic.com/focus/cash-chaos

The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson

Where did it all go right – and wrong – for Michael Jackson, asks Peter Rosser.

http://journalofmusic.com/focus/resistible-demise-michael-jackson

Peter Rosser writes in The Wire #334

http://www.thewire.co.uk/shop/back-issues/issue_334

I wanna riot

http://journalofmusic.com/criticism/i-wanna-riot-my-own

A new collection of essays suggests that Punk is best described as a cultural movement that doesn’t move: it is a moment, a punctuation mark, an animal urge, occurring without unity of purpose or logic.

MOSS

solo for guitar

http://cmc.ie/library/work_detail.cfm?workID=8642

Untrammeled Freedom

Peter Rosser listens to jazz trio the Bad Plus’ take on The Rite of Spring, and wonders what more can be done with Stravinsky’s beloved work.

http://journalofmusic.com/focus/untrammeled-freedom

Life After Death?

http://journalofmusic.com/focus/life-after-death

Over half a decade since Nas proclaimed its death, Peter Rosser asks if hip-hop could, in fact, be the only music able to present an honest picture of our time.