“Writing About Music is Like Dancing About Architecture”
What it is
Our annual music writing panel discussion is back with a vengeance - come join the debate! A MUST for anyone interested in music writing, or getting into writing about music...
As soon as young people began producing ‘pop’ music, other young people were critiquing and reporting it. The negative responses in the US mass media to the emergence of Elvis Presley (reinforced by the Melody Maker in the UK), for instance, were equalled by fans in their own responses.
From the emergence of the countercultural music press in 1960s America with Rolling Stone and Creem to the power of the weekly “inkies” in the UK the following decade - the likes of NME, Melody Maker and Sounds - some of the key moments in popular music history have been matched and mirrored by media reaction and response.
Whether abrasive moments such as the Sex Pistols appearance on the Bill Grundy TV show; the purity perceived in Joy Division by Paul Morley; or the ‘rock & roll future’ glimpsed by Jon Landau when reviewing Bruce Springsteen, writers have been ever present… just to the side of the stage.
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When does “Writing About Music is Like Dancing About Architecture” start and end?
“Writing About Music is Like Dancing About Architecture” runs Saturday, 14 November 2026, 12:15 until 13:30.
Where is “Writing About Music is Like Dancing About Architecture”?
“Writing About Music is Like Dancing About Architecture” takes place at INNSIDE Manchester, 1 First Street, Manchester, Manchester.
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