Who Doesn’t Tony Love?
Who does Tony hate?
Into The Woods: The Oxford Companion To Fairytales
An excerpt from The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales.
It’s The Music, Stupid!
Colin Larkin discusses how we listen to music now.
Christmas Records: Annual Turkeys
Colin Larkin, editor of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, gives his guide to Christmas records.
Prez and Billy Holiday
Dave Gelly helps us understand Lester Young.
In Memory: Richard Cook
Oxford University Press offers our condolences to Richard Cook’s family and friends.
This Day in History: The LP is Unvieled
On this day in 1948 Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS unvelied the LP, and by doing so, revolutionized the music industry.
OUPBlog’s First Podcast: Gene Autry
Holly George-Warren interviews Jacqueline Autry.
On Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Play with The Beatles.
A Very Autry Christmas
Okay, I know Christmas is quite far away but I couldn’t resist sharing this great video of Gene Autry on the The Statler Brothers show in 1985. To learn more about Gene Autry check out yesterday‘s post with Holly George-Warren author of Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry.
A Few Questions For Holly George-Warren
A few questions with Holly George- Warren author of Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry.
Listen to The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
A podcast from The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
It’s About That Time for Miles Davis’s ‘So What’
A closer look at ‘So What’ by Miles Davis.
The Oscar nominations: Philip Glass
Along with Reich, Riley and Young, Glass was a principal figure in the establishment of minimalism in the 1960s. He has since become one of the most successful composers of his generation. He studied the violin at six, then at eight the flute with Britton Johnson at the Peabody Conservatory.
Calling All History Fans: Oxford DNB Podcasts
A Friday podcast.
Our Favorite Books: Part Three
Oxford employees share their favorite books.