The Music Library receives new materials- books, scores, CDs, and DVDs- most every day. A listing of our new acquisitions for each month can be viewed online at this link: http://www.lib.utk.edu/music/acq/ Click the link for the month you wish to view. To go directly to this month’s list go to: http://www.lib.utk.edu/music/acq/07-jan08.html Click on the title … Continued

Larkin, Colin, ed. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.     10 vols. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Ref. ML102.R6 C64 2006 The 4th edition of this encyclopedia set has been updated and expanded from the previous edition. Published in 2006, this set now contains more recent artists and performers not included in the earlier edition. … Continued

We now have a trial run available for Encyclopedia of Popular Music Online. 27,000+ entries provide comprehensive coverage of musicians, genres, record companies, music festivals, and songs Not just Rock & Roll: comprehensive coverage of popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day Key dates, biographies, and further reading are … Continued

Elgar, Edward.. Enigma Variations.     United Kingdom : Opus Arte, c2004. DVD: M1045 .E55 2004 A BBC drama-documentary exploring Elgar’s Enigma Variations. “A hidden portrait” and performance of the complete work by the BBC Symphony Orchestra given in the Cathedral in Elgar’s home town of Worcester with Sir Andrew Davis. Color, 85 minutes.

Jazz TimesSilver Spring, Md. Current Periodicals The history of the magazine dates back to Radio Free Jazz, a publication founded in 1970 by Ira Sabin when he was operating a record store in Washington, DC. It was originally a newsletter designed to update shoppers on the latest jazz releases and provide jazz radio programmers with … Continued

Cogan, Brian. Encyclopedia of punk music and culture.     Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. Ref. ML102.R6 C64 2006 A one volume encyclopedia that includes various topics and people important to punk music. Each entry contains a discography, cross references, and items for further reading. The introduction also includes basic information about what is punk and other books … Continued

Jazziz: Art for Your EarsGainesville, Fla. : Jazziz Magazine, Inc., c1983- . Current Periodicals and Online For 20 years, JAZZIZ Magazine has been covering the jazz world, documenting musical innovations, charting industry trends, hanging with the artists whose lives so colorfully inform our own. Award-winning JAZZIZ Magazine gives you the lowdown each month on what’s … Continued

The University Libraries invites the university and local communities to learn more about the Highlander Research and Education Center as it celebrates its 75th anniversary. All programs in the Documentaries in Library series will be on Tuesday evenings at the Hodges Library’s Lindsay Young Auditorium from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM and are free and … Continued

Peters, Ken. Tupac VS.     Santa Monica, CA: Distributed by Xenon Pictures, c2002. DVD: ML420 .S529 T87 2002 Documentary focusing on Tupac Shakur’s early life, education, influences, radical roots and his personal philosophies. Features an exclusive 1995 videotaped interview. Tupac remains a controversial and misunderstood figure long after the shooting that ended his life in Spetember of … Continued

The American Folklore Society’s Ethnographic Thesaurus The American Folklore Society is pleased to announce that the Ethnographic Thesaurus is now available in a dynamically-searchable draft version on the Society’s website at: http://et.afsnet.org. The Ethnographic Thesaurus is a hierarchical listing of subject terms from folklore, ethnomusicology, cultural anthropology, and related fields. The Thesaurus will improve access … Continued