Popular Music in Leeds Histories, Heritage, People and Places

Brett Lashua is Lecturer, Sociology of the Media and Education, University College London

Karl Spracklen is a professor of sociology of leisure and culture in Leeds School of Sciences at Leeds Beckett University. His research ranges across leisure studies, popular music studies and metal music studies, though with a sociological lens. He is currently the editor-in-chief and the founder of International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, published by Springer. Spracklen was also the co-founder and first editor of its journal Metal Music Studies, published by Intellect.

Contact: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, City Campus, Leeds, LS1 3HE, UK.

Kitty Ross is Curator of Leeds History and Social History, Leeds Museums and Galleries. 

Paul Thompson is a professional recording engineer, educator and Reader in popular music at Leeds Beckett University. He is the author of Creativity in the Recording Studio: Alternative Takes (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019) and co-author of Paul McCartney and His Creative Practice: The Beatles and Beyond (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021) with Professor Phillip McIntyre.

Contact: Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University, Portland Way, Leeds, LS1 3BP, UK.