Martin Cloonan
Ph.D, M.A., B.A.
martin.cloonan@utu.fi +358 29 450 3951 +358 50 464 5411 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku Office: 214 |
Areas of expertise
The political economy and history of the music industries; live music, popular music policy, freedom of expression, popular music.
The political economy and history of the music industries; live music, popular music policy, freedom of expression, popular music.
Biography
Professor Martin Cloonan is Director of the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS).
Before joining TIAS Martin was Professor of Popular Music Politics at the University of Glasgow.
Martin also chaired the anti-censorship NGO, Freemuse (www.freemuse,org) and managed the Glasgow-based band Zoey Van Goey (www.zoeyvangoey.com).
For a list of publications and see https://www.utu.fi/sites/default/files/public://media/file/Publications July 19.pdf
Research
My research concerns the political economy of the music industries.
Publications 
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- Book Review: Our Subversive Voice: The History and Politics of English Protest Songs 1600-2020. By John Street, Oskar Cox Jensen, Alan Finlayson, Angela McShane, and Matthew Worley. 2025. ISBN 978-0-2280-2732-2. (2026)
- Popular Music
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Book Review: What Did You Hear? The Music of Bob Dylan. By Steven Rings. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2025. ISBN: 978-0226-84265-3. (2026)
- Popular Music
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Book Review: Sandinista! By Micajah Henley. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 134 pp. ISBN 978-1-5013-9036-4 (2025)
- Popular Music
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - “I Still don’t Consider Myself a Musician Really”: An Interview with Bob Hardy (2025)
- Rock Music Studies
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal) - Philip Tagg (22 February 1944–9 May 2024) (2025)
- Popular Music
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - The Music City: popular music’s “policy moment” (2025)
- International Journal of Cultural Policy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Book review: Andrew Hunt: Beatlemania in America: Fan Culture from Below. 2023. ISBN 978-1-350-29156-0 (2024)
- Popular Music and Society
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - An Interview with Alasdair Roberts on Being a Scottish Songwriter (2023) Made in Scotland : Studies in Popular Music Cloonan Martin
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Book Review: Pop Music Education in the UK. By Norton York, 2021. 415pp. RSL. ISBN 978-1-78936-346-3 (2023)
- Popular Music
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Book Review: Steve Waksman: Live Music in America: A history from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé. 2022. ISBN: 978-0-19-757053-1 (2023)
- Popular Music
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
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