There have been few times in modern music history that an instant shift in how we listen to - and view - music has occurred. However, the launch of MTV on Augus
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The Rock History Reader is an eclectic compilation of readings that tells the history of rock as it has been received and explained as a social and musical prac
Between 1995 and 2000, the number of music videos airing on MTV dropped by 36 percent. As an alternative to the twenty-four-hour video jukebox the channel had o
The first official music videos aired in the 1970s, but the seeds for making music something more than a pleasure for the ears were planted decades earlier. Thi