{"product_id":"9798765104378","title":"Smooth Music That Is Easy to Listen to, from the Middle of the Road to Everywhere","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSmooth\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMusic That Is Easy to Listen to, from the Middle of the Road to Everywhere\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePaul Hegarty\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Genres \u0026amp; Styles \/ Pop Vocal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmooth\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways in which music has sought to be easy, approachable, comforting and beguiling in its accessibility. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom easy listening and exotica in the 1950s through jazz fusion, new age music, ambient and chill out, K-Pop, AOR and MOR, Japanese city pop and performance of high emotion alongside the warm and mellow bath of adult contemporary, \u003ci\u003eSmooth\u003c\/i\u003e analyses what easy listening can be across a range of often very poorly-defined genres. Global in scope, \u003ci\u003eSmooth\u003c\/i\u003e covers the music of the culture industry as aspiring to the universal and timeless, and evaluates how easy (and eased) listening works and how it affects the listener.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePaul Hegarty\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author and editor of 11 books that span critical and cultural theory, rock, experimental and noise music, as well as audiovisual art including \u003ci\u003eNoise\/Music\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2007), \u003ci\u003eRumour and Radiation\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2014) and \u003ci\u003eAnnihilating Noise\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2020). He is also Co-editor of Bloomsbury's \u003ci\u003eEx:Centrics\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 June 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765104378\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669617967244,"sku":"9798765104378","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798765104378","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}