06 January 2012
The Library has recently taken out a subscription to Rock's Backpages: the online library of rock writing.The library has over 17,000 classic pop interviews and reviews searchable by artist or writer dating from the 1950s onwards.
The best of the music press is featured including Creem, Trouser Press, Rolling Stone, the New Musical Express, Melody Maker and MOJO. Jimi Hendrix, Morrissey, Arthur Lee, Joni Mitchell and Joey Ramone are among artists featured in more than 150 audio interviews.
RBP is very visual, easy to search and will be particularly valuable for cultural and contextual studies across all our disciplines. Expanding by around 50 articles per week, covering all genres of music, RBP can lift your research to include reliable primary material and contemporaneous insights into popular culture. For a full introduction download this pdf.
