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Robert M J Bowman

Robert M J Bowman

Media & Culture
DepartmentMusic (York)
Areas of Expertisepopular music studies; history of popular music; writer, broadcaster, and performer in many musical genres
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Professor Bowman pioneered popular music studies at York University. He lectures, publishes and broadcasts in many areas of popular music, from country, R & B and gospel to reggae, rap and funk. He has written liner notes for dozens of recordings and regularly authors, produces and advises on major documentary and CD reissue projects for record companies in Europe and North America. His many broadcast credits include a five-part radio series on the history of Canadian popular music and frequent guest spots on CBC Radio’s Definitely Not the Opera.

Sample of supervised ComCult projects:

2010 - Philip Rose; Dissertation: Pragmatism not idealism: Radiohead, Technopoly, and the global movement for change

2009 - Ian Dahlman; Thesis: A Big Beautiful Mess: Collectivity, Capitalism, Arts & Crafts and Broken Social Scene