Center for Popular Music
Digital Programs
Virtual Programs
Links to virtual listening parties, pre-recorded programs, and virtual quizzes.
Underplayed
Though the virtual watch party date has passed the CPM Librarians highly recommend watching Underplayed as it is an excellent documentary that explores gender and sexulating in electronic music.
Make sure to take a look at the CPM’s Women in Electronic Music Research guide for more information related to this topic.
In The Groove Reboot
This is the reboot of our In The Groove series. Each episode we’ll go down a rabbit hole + discover more about something in the Center for Popular Music’s collection. It’s a little bit MTV News, a little bit retro morning talk show, and very DIY. We want to show you that research can be both serious and fun. In this episode we talk about musician + publisher Mel Bay.
Dolly Parton Panel — Recent Books
The Center for Popular Music presents a panel discussion on March 24 at 2pm (CST) with authors of three recent Dolly Parton books:
Leigh Edwards, Dolly Parton, Gender, and Country Music
Lydia Hamessley, Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton
Robert K. Oermann, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics (Dolly Parton with Robert K. Oermann)
Moderator: Dr. Kris McCusker, MTSU Dept. of History
Free and open to the public.
Advanced Zoom registration required. To register, click here: https://bit.ly/3ukBm0p
Women Musicians in Nashville Oral History Panel Discussion
This panel will premiere on 11/24/2020 click here to view the panel or on the poster image below to be re-directed to the CPM YouTube where the video is available on demand.
Jimi Hendrix A-Z
The Center for Popular Music hosted a virtual discussion with Dr. Mike Alleyne, professor in the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University, who recently published The Essential Hendrix: An A-Z Compendium. The book focuses on the people, places, and music associated with Jimi Hendrix. It has been fifty years since the death of the rock icon, but his influence endures. The discussion was moderated by Public History Doctoral Student Katie Rainge-Briggs.
Listening parties
Relax and enjoy one of popular listening parties from the comfort of your own home. We want to create the same type of experience that our in person listening parties have. So, we have created a Google Classroom Discussion session where you can share your thoughts and opinions about the listening parties.
Go to: classroom.google.com
Our Class Code: sfck74
The Old Grey Whistle Test, a listening party created by Archives Assistant Olivia Beaudry.
Enjoy this stay at home quarantine listening party created by the CPM Assistant Librarian Ashley.
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