Prof. Mike Alleyne

Why Is Bob Marley’s ‘Legend’ Still Reggae’s No. 1 Album? Forty-one years after it was first released, Marley’s 'Legend' compilation once again sits at #1 on the Billboard Reggae Album chart.

Another one of my interesting articles for @forbes.com - www.forbes.com/sites/mikeal...

My new @forbes.com article explores two recent royalty lawsuits involving bands from the late 1970s and early 1980s: Supertramp and The Police.
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Bruce Springsteen Perfected Business Launch Timing With ‘Tracks II’ The release of 'Tracks II' intersects with Springsteen's record tour income, the release of his biopic, and a new expanded edition of his 'Nebraska' album.

I’m now a contributor to Forbes on the music industry. ✅🎉
Read my new article on Bruce Springsteen’s coordination of his business and creative activities.
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“There’s still a misperception that he’s a Jamaican artist.” The book makes it clear that he’s from Barbados.

Jackie Opel: Caribbean Musical Visionary - Ian Randle Publishers In the pantheon of Caribbean musical heroes, the role and contribution of Jackie Opel (born Dalton Bishop) has been long overlooked and understated.

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If you’re in the U.K., then distribution there should be occurring soon.

This book on Jackie Opel that I co-edited has just been published!

Celebrating my book's first five months on the market: www.routledge.com/Black-Britis...

A moment from my positively received IASPM Paris 2025 conference keynote session on “Culture, Commerce, and Authenticity: Black British Recordings in Context” (Photo by Tim Anderson).

It’s nice to witness the physical presence of my book at the IASPM conference in Paris.

I’ll be presenting at the IASPM Paris 2025 conference!

My latest book chapter is now published, discussing the 2022 autobiographies of producers Chris Blackwell and Trevor Horn. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rereading...

PDF request: mike.alleyne@mtsu.edu. Thanks!

It’s interesting timing with the celebration of one hundred years of Black British music at London’s Barbican Music Library exhibition coinciding with the publication of my new book (20% discount with code 25AFLY1).

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NEWLY PUBLISHED: My analysis of Black British music’s challenges in the American market in the last decades of the 20th century is now available worldwide in hardback and e-Book formats.

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My book will be published in just thirty days on 11th March. ✅ Available from international online book retailers. Access a preview here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

Arriving on 11th March, 2025.

Richard Branson and Island Records boss urged to fund UK Black music exhibition Petition calls on Virgin Records founder and Chris Blackwell to back venture after profiting from such music

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A newly published revision of the Oxford Music Online entry on legendary Jamaican guitarist, Ernest Ranglin. ✅

I worked with author Lee Jaffe on this insightful book that’s now available from international bookstores and online retailers:
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I wrote a chapter in the newly published Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. ✅