Author Archives: Catherine Tackley

Music Research Day, Friday 4th October

The next Research Day will take place on Friday 4th October in the Music Research Studio on the Milton Keynes campus. The programme showcases some of the latest research from our postgraduate students and staff. All are welcome to attend, … Continue reading

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Benny Goodman book shortlisted for award

Catherine Tackley’s Benny Goodman’s Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert is a finalist in the category of ‘Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz’ for the Association of Recorded Sound Collections’ annual awards. The judging panel includes the distinguished jazz writer and … Continue reading

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OU itunesU channel presents World Music

This week the OU’s iTunes U channel is promoting a selection of its content on World Music. Norma Waterson: English Folk Singing The tracks on this album focus on English Folk singing, the traditions behind the songs, and the stories … Continue reading

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Global Circulations of Jazz, Paris

Catherine Tackley is an invited speaker at a conference on the ‘Global Circulations of Jazz’ taking place on 27-28 June at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. The event is co-organized by the Centre Européen de Sociologieet de Science … Continue reading

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Atlantic Sounds Colloquium 2: Music, Heritage, Regeneration, Tourism; Falmouth, 14 June 2013

The programme for the second Atlantic Sounds Colloquium has now been launched. This event takes place at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth, Cornwall, timed to coincide with Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival, which takes place from 14-16 June 2013. … Continue reading

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‘Live Music: from the Dance Hall to the 100 Club’ – 22nd May, BBC Radio 4

Catherine Tackley will be a panellist on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Thinking Allowed’, hosted by Laurie Taylor (pictured), broadcast live on Wednesday 22nd May at 4pm. The discussion will be inspired by Frith/Brennan/Cloonan/Webster’s The History of Live Music in Britain, Volume … Continue reading

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Catherine Tackley’s book wins Jazz Publication of the Year 2013

Last night, Catherine Tackley’s book Benny Goodman’s Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (OUP) won Jazz Publication of the Year at the nineth PPL sponsored Parliamentary Jazz Awards, judged by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group. Catherine was presented … Continue reading

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Swinging into the Blitz

OU musicologist Catherine Tackley appeared on the BBC2/Culture Show documentary ‘Swinging into the Blitz’, a counterpart to the successful drama ‘Dancing on the Edge’. The documentary discussed Ken ‘Snakehips’ Johnson and Leslie Thompson’s bands of black British and West Indian … Continue reading

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Programme announced for first ‘Atlantic Sounds’ colloquium

‘Atlantic Sounds: Ships and Sailortowns’ is an AHRC-funded Research Networking project based at The Open University in collaboration with the University of Liverpool. The project will be staging three colloquia during 2013. The first, ‘Historical Perspectives on Music and Seafaring’ … Continue reading

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Two OU papers at “Expressions of Britishness: Music and the Arts in the Twentieth Century” conference

“Expressions of Britishness” is a one day conference to be held at the Institute for Musical Research at Senate House, University of London in association with the RMA (Royal Musical Association) and CHOMBEC (Centre for the History of Music in Britain, … Continue reading

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