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Ethel Cain LP listening party

Join us for Ethel Cain listening party in the CPM Reading Room on Thursday, October 9 at 6 PM.

We’ll be spinning Cain’s new LP Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You and discussing its rich lyrical and sonic landscapes.

Pizza and drinks will be provided too!

Thanks to Women in Audio club for partnering with us on this event!

Paris 1919 33 1/3 Book Talk with Mark Doyle

On April 17, 2025 at 1 PM, the Center for Popular Music hosted a book talk in the Reading Room with MTSU history professor, Mark Doyle. Doyle was interviewed by MTSU history faculty member Ben Sawyer about his 2025 book Paris 1919 on the 1973 album with same title by John Cale. This book is one of the latest releases in Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series.

The Center for Popular Music is pleased to announce the new cycle of the Macon-Doubler Travel Grant Program, with generous funding from the Macon-Doubler Fellowship. The grant program will provide $1,000 to support travel by an eligible researcher to visit the Center for Popular Music on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to conduct original research using the Center’s Uncle Dave Macon Collection, Uncle Dave Macon Days Collection, and any related materials in the Center’s archival holdings.

Application deadline: February 1, 2025

More information, including application guidelines, at this link: Macon-Doubler Travel Grant