Title: Robert Fink, Melinda Latour, Zachary Wallmark (eds.), The Relentless Pursuit of Tone. Timbre in Popular Music
Abstract: Many myths, ideologies and aspirations go along with the concept of ‘tone’– or ‘sound’ as favored outside the Anglophonic world. Time and again, the ‘tone’ of a certain genre of popular music, a certain musician or a specific instrument is claimed to be the key for a deep experience and understanding of the music. Moreover, ‘tone’, ‘sound’ or ‘timbre’ are labels for a special quality that is the alleged essence of the music – and which could be achieved by buying certain musical instruments o...