Olivier JULIEN

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Olivier Julien is Associate Professor at Sorbonne Université, where he teaches the history and musicology of popular music. During the 1990s, he worked as a songwriter and music journalist while completing studies in music and musicology. He graduated in 1999 with a PhD dissertation on the Beatles’ sound and subsequently contributed to several publications in France and abroad (Volume!, Musurgia, Les Cahiers de l’OMF, Analyse Musicale, Canadian University Music Review, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research, British Journal of Music Education, Popular Music, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Music in the Social & Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, etc.). An English-to-French translator for the Cité de la Musique, the Salle Pleyel and the Ensemble Intercontemporain, a member of Volume! La revue des musiques populaires’, Vox Popular’s and the Cahiers de la SQRM’s editorial and advisory boards, a referee for the ANR (“The French National Research Agency”), “Arts” Division of the French CNL [“National Books Council”], the Belgian FnRS [“Fund for Scientific Research”], the Canadian FQRSC [“Quebec Fund for Research on Society and Culture”], University of California Press, Springer, Bloomsbury Academic, Liège University Press, Routledge and the journals Popular Music (Cambridge University Press), Open Cultural Studies (De Gruyter), Revue musicale OICRM (Observatory of Interdisciplinary Research and Creation in Music), Intermédialités (Presses de l’Université de Montréal) and Rivista di Analisi e Teoria Musicale (Gruppo di Analisi e Teoria Musicale), he is the editor of Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It Was Forty Years Ago Today (Ashgate, 2009 ARSC Award for Best Research in Recorded Rock and Popular Music), Over and Over: Exploring Repetition in Popular Music (Bloomsbury Academic—with Christophe Levaux) and Serge Gainsbourg: An International Perspective (Bloomsbury Academic—with Olivier Bourderionnet). His research focuses on popular musicians’ relationship with technology and on the determination of popular music, as a tradition, by phonography.

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Courses taught
▸ Analysing recorded popular music
▸ Anglo-American popular music: from rock ’n’ roll to psychedelic rock 
▸ Anglo-American popular music (stylistic, historical and technological aspects) 
▸ The birth of the recording industry, 1877–1907
▸ Computer arranging 
▸ The history of popular music from the mid-19th century through the turn of the 21st century
▸ Keyboard accompaniment
▸ Popular music theory

Administrative responsibilities in the Music and Musicology Department
▸ Head of the Master's program (since 2023)
▸ International Coordinator (since 2020)
▸ Erasmus Coordinator (2018–2020)
▸ Distance Learning Coordinator (2017–2018)
▸ Coordinator of foreign language courses (since 2010)
▸ Erasmus Coordinator (2009–2017)

Award

ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
▸ Best Research in Recorded Rock and Popular Music (2009).

Publications

Books
▸ Ed. [with Olivier Bourderionnet]. Forthcoming (2024). Serge Gainsbourg: An International Perspective. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury. (xv+259pp.) [ISBN 978 1 5013 6566 9] ¹
▸ Ed. [with Christophe Levaux]. 2018. Over and Over: Exploring Repetition in Popular Music. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury. (xviii+189 pp.) [ISBN 978 1 5013 2488 8, 978 1 5013 5735 0] ²⁴
▸ Ed. 2008. Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It Was Forty Years Ago Today. Aldershot & Burlington (VT): Ashgate. (xviii+190 pp.) [ISBN 978 0 7546 6708 7, 978 0 7546 6249 5] ⁹¹

Chapters in edited volumes
▸ Forthcoming. “Double-tracked vocals, multitrack arrangements: the Beatles and re-recording.” In Marcus Collins & James McGrath (eds), The Beatles and their Audiences. Sheffield: Equinox.
▸ Forthcoming. “Charlie Gillett, The Sound of the City et la naissance de l’histoire du rock” [“Charlie Gillett, The Sound of the City and the rise of rock ’n’ roll… history”]. In Florence Tamagne & Arnaud Baubérot (eds), “This Is the Modern World”: For a Social History of Rock Music. Lille: Presses universitaires du Septentrion.
▸ 2024. “From Saint-Germain-des-Prés to the Sorbonne: the emergence of Gainsbourg studies” [with Olivier Bourderionnet]. In Olivier Julien & Olivier Bourderionnet (eds), Serge Gainsbourg: An International Perspective, pp. 1–6. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury.
▸ 2024. “‘Un amour peut en cacher un autre’: Serge Gainsbourg through the prism of transtextuality.” In Olivier Julien & Olivier Bourderionnet (eds), Serge Gainsbourg: An International Perspective, pp. 145–56. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury.
▸ 2020. “Sonic space and texture in rock.” In Allan F. Moore & Paul Carr (eds), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research, pp. 195–206. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury. ¹
▸ 2018. “Play it again (and again), Sam” [with Christophe Levaux]. In Olivier Julien & Christophe Levaux (eds), Over and Over: Exploring Repetition in Popular Music, pp. 1–9. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury. ²
▸ 2018. “From ‘sectional refrains’ to repeated verses: the rise of the AABA form.” In Olivier Julien & Christophe Levaux (eds), Over and Over: Exploring Repetition in Popular Music, pp. 107–21. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury. ⁷
▸ 2018. “‘Lost Song’: Serge Gainsbourg and the transformation of French popular music.” In Gérôme Guibert & Catherine Rudent (eds), Made in France: Studies in Popular Music, pp. 47–56. London & New York: Routledge. ¹⁶
▸ 2008. “L’analyse des musiques populaires enregistrées” [“Analysing recorded popular music”]. In Danièle Pistone (ed.), Le Commentaire auditif de spécialité – Recherches et propositions, pp. 141–66. Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV): Observatoire Musical Français. ²⁷
▸ 2008. “‘Their production will be second to none’: an introduction to Sgt. Pepper.” In Olivier Julien (ed.), Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It Was Forty Years Ago Today, pp. 1–9. Aldershot & Burlington (VT): Ashgate. ⁴¹
▸ 2008. “‘A Lucky man who made the grade’: Sgt. Pepper and the rise of a phonographic tradition in twentieth-century popular music.” In Olivier Julien (ed.), Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It Was Forty Years Ago Today, pp. 147–69. Aldershot & Burlington (VT), Ashgate. ⁴⁴

Peer-reviewed journal articles
▸ Forthcoming. “‘And I shall never not return’: Philip Tagg, Liverpool, and the Paris Connection”, MusiMid: Revista Brasileira de Estudos em Música e Mídia.
▸ 2022. “Cantautore: The Singer-Songwriter in Context” [with Massimo Locatelli & Elena Mosconi]. Comunicazioni Sociali: Journal of Media, Performing Arts and Cultural Studies 44(3), 277–81.
▸ 2015. “50 ans de Beatles studies” [“50 years of Beatles Studies”]. Volume! La revue des musiques populaires 12(2), 15–42. ⁸
▸ 2012. “‘Make-Believe Ballroom Times’: de l’influence du DJing sur les modes d’interprétation et de composition des musiques populaires anglo-américaines” [“‘Make-Believe Ballroom Times’: the influence of DJing on the performance and composition of popular music”! La revue des musiques populaires9(1), 191–208. ³
▸ 2010. “‘Musiques populaires’: de l’exception culturelle à l’anglicisme” [“‘Musiques populaires’: from cultural exception to anglicism”]. Musurgia 17(1), 49–62. ²¹
▸ 2006. “‘Purple Haze,’ Jimi Hendrix et le Kronos Quartet: du populaire au savant?” [“‘Purple Haze,’ Jimi Hendrix and the Kronos Quartet: from popular to art music?”]. Analyse Musicale 53, 67–74. ⁸
▸ 2004. “Entretien avec François Bayle” [“Interview with François Bayle”]. Canadian University Music Review 24(2), 1–7. ³
▸ 2002. “La technologie de la French Touch: Les Paul ou Pierre Schaeffer?” [“The technology of French Touch: Les Paul or Pierre Schaeffer?”]. Musurgia 9(2), 71–84. ¹⁵
▸ 2002. “L’enfance de l’art (3): entretien avec Patrick Moutal” [“The childhoof of art (1): interview with Patrick Moutal”]. L’Education Musicale 488, 22–3.
▸ 2001. “L’enfance de l’art (2): entretien avec Paul Méfano” [“The childhoof of art (1): interview with Paul Méfano”]. L’Education Musicale 487, 24–5.
▸ 2001. “L’enfance de l’art (1): entretien avec François Jeanneau” [“The childhoof of art (1): interview with François Jeanneau”]. L’Education Musicale 486, 24–5.
▸ 2000. “Introducing students to musical technology: the case for reel-to-reel analog tape machines.” British Journal of Music Education 17(2), 197–208. ⁶
▸ 2000. “Entretien avec Pierre Henry” [“Interview with Pierre Henry”]. Les Cahiers de l’OMF 5, 63–8. ¹
▸ 1999. “Le son Beatles et la technologie multipiste” [‘The Beatles sound and multitrack technology”]. Les Cahiers de l’OMF 4, 35–52. ¹⁸
▸ 1999. “The diverting of musical technology by rock musicians: the example of double-tracking.” Popular Music 18(3), 357–65. ⁷¹
▸ 1998. “La prise en compte des technologies musicales dans l’analyse du rock: enjeux, sources, méthode” [“Musical technology and the analysis of rock: perspectives, sources, method”]. Musurgia 5(2), 55–64. ²⁰
▸ 1998. “Nouvelles technologies musicales” [“New musical technologies”]. L’Education Musicale 447, 22–4.

Encyclopedia entries
▸ 2019. “Davout Studios (France) (Revised 2020).” In John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World – on-line version, vol. I. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury. <https://bloomsburymusicandsound.com/encyclopedia-chapter?docid=b-9781501329227&tocid=b-9781501329227-ONLINE-035>
▸ 2019. “Guillaume Tell Studios (France) (Revised 2020).” In John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World – on-line version, vol. I. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury. <https://bloomsburymusicandsound.com/encyclopedia-chapter?docid=b-9781501329227&tocid=b-9781501329227-ONLINE-037>
▸ 2019. “Rosebud (France) (Revised 2020).” In John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World – on-line version, vol. I. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury. <https://bloomsburymusicandsound.com/encyclopedia-chapter?docid=b-9781501329227&tocid=b-9781501329227-ONLINE-053>
▸ 2019. “Roulé (France) (Revised 2020).” In John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World – on-line version, vol. I. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury. <https://bloomsburymusicandsound.com/encyclopedia-chapter?docid=b-9781501329227&tocid=b-9781501329227-ONLINE-060>
▸ 2019. “Tôt ou Tard (France) (Revised 2020).” In John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World – on-line version, vol. I. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury. <https://bloomsburymusicandsound.com/encyclopedia-chapter?docid=b-9781501329227&tocid=b-9781501329227-ONLINE-062>
▸ 2019. “Rhythm ’n’ blues.” In Janet Sturman (ed.), The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, vol. 4, pp. 1822–4. Thousand Oaks (CA), London, New Delhi & Singapore: SAGE Publications.
▸ 2017. “French Touch.” In Paolo Prato & David Horn (eds), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. XI, pp. 314–15. London, New Delhi, New York & Sydney: Bloomsbury. ¹
▸ 2014. “Phonograph.” In William Forde Thompson (ed.), Music in the Social & Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia, pp. 861–62 Thousand Oaks (CA), London, New Delhi & Singapore: SAGE Publications.
▸ 2005. “Montmartre.” In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. VII, pp. 186–7. London & New York: Continuum. ¹
▸ 2005. “Paris.” In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. VII, pp. 183–5. London & New York: Continuum.
▸ 2003. “Davout Studios.” In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. I, p. 655. London & New York: Continuum.
▸ 2003. “Guillaume Tell Studios.” In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. I, p. 662. London & New York: Continuum.
▸ 2003 [with Gwen Ansell, Steve Jones, Marion Leonard, Claire Levy, Christian Mörken, Robert Strachan & Masahiro Yasuda]. “Music Press.” In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. I, pp. 38–42. London & New York: Continuum. ²
▸ 2003. “Rosebud.” In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. I, p. 754. London & New York, Continuum.
▸ 2003 [with David Laing & Catherine Rudent]. “Television Shows.” In John Shepherd, David Horn, David Laing, Paul Oliver & Peter Wicke (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol. I, pp. 474–6. London & New York: Continuum..

Book reviews
▸ Forthcoming. “Dario Martinelli and Paolo Bucciarelli’s The Beatles and the Beatlesque: A Crossdisciplinary Analysis of Sound Production and Stylistic Impact, Cham, Springer, 2023.” Volume! La revue des musiques populaires.
▸ Forthcoming. “The Relentless Pursuit of Tone: Timbre in Popular Music. Edited by Robert Fink, Melinda Latour and Zachary Walmark. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018, 386 pp. ISBN 9780199985227.” Popular Music.
▸ 2014. “‘Why is it that we can’t let go of the vinyl record?’: Richard Osborne’s Vinyl, A History of the Analogue Record’. Volume! La revue des musiques populaires 11(2), 178–80. ²
▸ 2013. “John Mullen, The show must go on! La chanson populaire en Grande-Bretagne pendant la Grande Guerre 1914-1918, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2012.” Volume! La revue des musiques populaires 10(2), 253–5.

Translations
▸ Whiteley, Sheila. 2015. “‘Tangerine trees and marmelade skies’: bouleversement culturel ou simple besoin d’évasion?” [“‘Tangerine trees and marmalade skies’: cultural agendas or optimistic escapism?”]. Volume! La revue des musiques populaires 12(2), 109–26.
▸ Björnberg, Alf. 2014. “De l’harmonie éolienne dans les musiques populaires contemporaines” [“On Aeolian harmony in contemporary popular music”]. Volume! La revue des musiques populaires 11(2), 123–33.
▸ Scott, Derek B. 2011. “La révolution des musiques populaires au XIXe siècle” [“The popular music revolution in the nineteenth century”]. Musurgia 18(4), 45–60.
▸ Moore, Allan F. 2007. “Le style et le genre comme mode esthétique” [“Style and genre as a mode of aesthetics”]. Musurgia 14(3-4), 45–55. ²

Selected non-peer-reviewed journal articles
▸ Mattern, Florian & Olivier Julien. 2022. “Elvis a-t-il inventé le rock?” [“Did Elvis invent rock?”]. Le Un Hebdo, July 14 juillet.
▸ Plougastel, Yann. 2020. “Entretien avec Olivier Julien” [“Interview with Olivier JULIEN”]. Le Monde hors-série 74 (“John Lennon”), 36–9.
▸ s.n. 2019. “Décriptage: Gros coup de blues sur la pop music? Avec Olivier Julien” [“Decoding: A heavy bout of blues on pop music? With Olivier Julien”]. Atlantico.fr, May 27.
▸ 2017. “1964, les Beatles et la “British Invasion.’” Les Collections de l’Histoire 77, 82–4.
▸ 2009 [with Christian Le Bart & Simon Warner]. “La bonne fortune des Beatles: les artisans d’une révolution musicale.” La Croix, September 11, 12–13.
▸ 1999. “La machine à explorer le temps: une brève histoire de l’échantillonnage” [“The time machine: a brief history of sampling”]. Musica Falsa 10, 33–5.
▸ 1999. “Popular music/‘musiques populaires’: une question de point de vue” [“‘Popular music’/musiques populaires: a matter of perspective”]. Musica Falsa 9, 29–30. ³
▸ 1999. “Le magnétophone à bande analogique ou le premier multieffet” [“The reel-to-reel analog tape machine or the first multi-effect device”]. Musica Falsa 7, 27–9.
▸ 1999. “L’Album Blanc des Beatles a trente ans” [“The Beatles’ White Album turns 30”]. Musica Falsa 7, 62–4.

Conference Presentations

▸ “‘Si seulement tu m’avais dit la vérité’: la British Invasion au prisme déformant des yéyés” [“‘Si seulement tu m’avais dit la vérité’: the British Invasion through the distorting prism of yé-yé”]. Invited presentation at the conference En quête de variété(s). Perspectives transnationales sur les variétés à la télévision (années 1950-1980), CHXIX (Paris 1), IRCAV & IRMECCEN (Sorbonne nouvelle), Paris, June 14, 2024.
▸ “Les ‘longues années rock ’n’ roll’” [“The ‘long rock ’n’ roll years’”]. Invited presentation at the Université Permanente, Nantes Université, December 4, 2023.
▸ “‘Ces petits riens’: Serge Gainsbourg as a progressive singer-songwriter.” Keynote address at the international conference Cantautore: The Singer-Songwriter in Context, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy, May 9, 2022.
▸ One 3-lecture series on the Beatles, Cité de la Musique-Philharmonie de Paris, France, September 18–23, 2020.
▸ “Haight-Ashbury, le Middle Earth et ‘Unlimited Freak Out’: l’émergence d’une tendance psychédélique dans les musiques populaires anglo-américaines” [“Haight-Ashbury, the Middle Earth and ‘Unlimited Freak Out’: the rise of a psychedelic trend in Anglo-American popular music”]. Invited presentation at the reseach seminar Drogues, politique et contre-cultures, EHESS, January 10, 2019.
▸ “De la radio au club: la naissance du DJing” [“From the radio to the club: the birth of DJing”]. Invited presentation at Circonférence (Audimat/Radio Radial), Centre Fleury Goutte d’Or-Barbara, Paris, December 13, 2017.
▸ “La musique pop britannique à l’heure du Swinging London” [“British pop music in the ‘Swinging London’ era”]. Invited presentation at the International History Film Festival, Pessac, France, November 25, 2017.
▸ “Vinyl records, yéyés and old-time crooks: Michel Magne’s soundtrack for Crooks in Clover.” Keynote address at the international conference To Each Their Own Pop, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy, October 23–24, 2017.
▸ “Beatles Studies vs. Popular Music Studies?” Presentation at the international conference Popular Music Studies Today (IASPM), University of Kassel, Germany, June 26–30, 2017.
▸ “De Martin Block à Kool Herc: l’évolution de la platine tourne-disque en un instrument de musique” [“From Martin Block to Kool Herc: how the turntable evolved into a musical instrument”]. Invited presentation at the research seminar Musique et Sciences sociales, EHESS, Paris, February 20, 2017.
▸ “Cinquante ans de Popular Music Studies: l’exemple des Beatles” [“Fifty years of Popular Music Studies: the example of the Beatles”]. Invited presentation at the research seminar Culture musicologique, Aix-Marseilles University, France, November 16, 2016.
▸ “‘Her Majesty’s pretty nice girl’: Elizabeth II, les Beatles et l’âge d’or des musiques populaires britanniques” [“‘Her Majesty’s pretty nice girl’: Elizabeth II, the Beatles and the golden age of British popular music”]. Invited presentation at the international conference Elizabeth II: 90 ans/Lilibeth at 90, Bordeaux-Montaigne University, France, November 4, 2016.
▸ “‘Little period pieces’: four-track recording and the sound of the 1960s.” Presentation at the international conference Back to the Future: Popular Music and Time (IASPM), Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, June 30, 2015. ¹
▸ “From ‘sectional refrains’ to repeated verses: the rise of the AABA form.” Presentation at the international conference Over and Over: Exploring Repetition in Popular Music, University of Liege, Belgium, June 4, 2015.
▸ “‘The Long and Winding Road’: Entre musique produite et ‘simples chansons rock ’n’ roll,’ la période studio des Beatles” [“‘The Long and Winding Road’: Between studio-based music and ‘simple rock ’n’ roll songs,’ the Beatles’ studio period”]. Invited presentation at the conference The Beatles: approches historiques, sociologiques, musicologiques, University of Evry-Val d’Essonne, France, Novembre 6, 2014.
▸ “What’s so French in the French Touch?” Presentation at the biennial conference of IASPM’s UK & Ireland chapter The Worlds of Popular Music, University College of Cork, Ireland, September 13, 2014.
▸ “Serge Gainsbourg: ‘faiseur de lyricssss’ ou 'faussaire de génie?’” [“Serge Gainsbourg: ‘lyricsss-maker’ or ‘brilliant forger?’”]. Presentation at the international conference Poesia e canzone: Dalla Francia all’Europa, Fondazione Natalino Sapegno, Morgex, Italy, July 11, 2013.
▸ “Serge Gainsbourg and the transformation of French popular music.” Presentation at the international conference Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Challenging Orthodoxies, Popular Music Histories (IASPM), Universidad de Oviedo, Gijón, Spain, June 28, 2013.
▸ “Charlie Gillett, The Sound of the City and the rise of rock ’n’ roll… history.” Presentation at the international conference “This Is the Modern World”: For a Social History of Rock Music, University Charles-de-Gaulle Lille 3, Lille, France, June 15, 2013.
▸ “Les Beatles et la révolution des musiques populaires dans les années 1960. Du succès planétaire à Abbey Road: les Beatles et le studio d’enregistrement” [“The Beatles and the revolution of popular music in the 1960s. From global success to Abbey Road: The Beatles and the recording studio”]. Invited lecture at the Belles Soirées de l’Université de Montréal, University of Montreal, Canada, May 2, 2013.
▸ “Les Beatles et la révolution des musiques populaires dans les années 1960. Les Fab Four, les début du rock ’n’ roll britannique et la British Invasion” [“The Beatles and the revolution of popular music in the 1960s. The Fab Four, the beginning of British rock ’n’ roll and the British Invasion”]. Invited lecture at the Belles Soirées de l’Université de Montréal, University of Montreal, Canada, April 30, 2013.
▸ “De la hi-fi au lo-fi” [“From hi-fi to lo-fi”]. Invited lecture at the conference Qu’est-ce qu’un fichier audio de qualité?, Revue Audimat – Les Siestes Electroniques/Gaîté Lyrique in Paris, France, January 22, 2013.
▸ “The Beatles and multitrack technology.” Invited presentation at the international conference Love Me Do: The Beatles at Fifty, Loughborough University (School of Political, Social and Geographical Sciences), United Kingdom, October 5, 2012.
▸ “Du 78 tours à Sgt. Pepper: l’évolution de l’album en un format de création” [“From 78-rpm records through Sgt. Pepper: the evolution of the album into a creation format”]. Invited presentation at the research seminar Histoire sociale du rock, CHS (Université Paris 1), CRHEC (Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne) & IRHiS (Université de Lille 3), Paris, France, June 20, 2012.
▸ One 15-lecture series on the history of rock, Cité de la Musique (Paris), France, February 2–June 14, 2012.
▸ One 4-lecture series at the National Conservatory of Music in Bordeaux, France, April 2–June 4, 2012.
▸ One 15-lecture series on the history of rock, Cité de la Musique (Paris), France, February 3–June 16, 2011.
▸ One 15-lecture series on the history of rock, Cité de la Musique (Paris), France, February 8–June 28, 2010.
▸ “Writing records: the Beatles and the shift from prescriptive to productive recording.” Presentation at the international conference Popular Music Worlds, Popular Music Histories (IASPM), University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, July 17, 2009.
▸ “Des Lomax aux Beatles: l’avènement d’une tradition phonographique dans les musiques populaires du vingtième siècle” [“From the Lomaxes to the Beatles: the rise of a phonographic tradition in twentieth-century popular music”]. Invited presentation at the research seminar Rock expérimental et musiques savantes en pays francophones, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France, April 6, 2009. ³
▸ One 15-lecture series on the history of rock, Cité de la Musique (Paris), France, February 2–June 22, 2009.
▸ “Musiques populaires: de l’exception culturelle à l’anglicisme” [“‘Musiques populaires’: from cultural exception to anglicism”]. Presentation at the international conference Musiques populaires: une exception francophone? (IASPM-branche francophone d’Europe), Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, February 8, 2007.
▸ “Les paramètres technologiques dans l’analyse du rock” [“The technological parameters in the analysis of rockmusic”]. Presentation at the conference Analyse des musiques populaires modernes, Paris-Sorbonne University, January 20, 1998.

Other Research Activities

Editorship
▸ 2018–2024: Co-editing a collective volume entitled Serge Gainsbourg: An International Perspective for Bloomsbury Academic. Contributions by Jeremy Allen (United Kingdom), Darran Anderson (United Kingdom), Kirk Anderson (Wheaton College, United States), Andreas Bonnermeyer (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany), Olivier Bourderionnet (The University of New Orleans, United States), Jonathyne Briggs (Indiana University Northwest, United States), Philippe Cathé (Sorbonne Université, France), Marianne Di Benedetto (Université Rennes 2, France), Elina & Aurélien Djebbari (Paris Nanterre University, France), Claire Fraysse (ENS, CNSMDP & Sorbonne Université, France), France Grenaudier-Klijn (Massey University, New-Zealand), Peter Hawkins (University of Bristol, United Kingdom), Nathalie Hérold (Sorbonne Université, France), Alex Jeffery (University of London, United Kingdom), Olivier Julien (Sorbonne Université, France), Marc Kaiser (Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France), Caroline Kennedy-McCracken (Goldsmiths University London, United Kingdom), Christophe Levaux (Université de Liège, Belgium), Thomas MacFarlane (New York University, United States), Isabelle Marc Martínez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain), Sue Miller (Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom), Jérôme Rossi (Université Lumière Lyon II, France), Catherine Rudent (Université Sorbonne nouvelle, France), Mickaël Savchenko (Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France), Chris Tinker (Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom), Danick Trottier (UQAM, Canada) & Nick Underwood (The College of Idaho, United States).
▸ 2022–2023 : Co-editing [with Massimo Locatelli (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) & Elena Mosconi (Università di Pavia/Cremona)] a special issue of Comunicazioni Sociali: Journal of Media, Performing Arts and Cultural Studies on Cantautore. Contributions by Giovanni Ciofalo (Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy), Olivier Julien (Sorbonne Université, France), Stefano LaVia (Università di Pavia, Italy), Massimo Locatelli (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy), Thomas MacFarlane (New York University, United States), Elena Mosconi (Università di Pavia, Italy), Céline Pruvost (Université de Picardie Jules Vernes, France), Lucio Spaziante (Università di Bologna, Italy) & Jacopo Tomatis (Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy).
▸ 2016–2017: Co-editing a collective volume entitled Over and Over: Exploring Repetition in Popular Music for Bloomsbury Academic. Contributions by Chris Cutler (United Kingdom), Anne Danielsen (Universitetet i Oslo, Norway), Trevor de Clercq (Middle Tennessee State University, United States), Robert Fink (Herb Alpert School of Music, University of California, Los Angeles, United States), Olivier Julien (Sorbonne Université, France), Christophe Levaux (University of Liège, Belgium), Elizabeth Margulis (University of Arkansas, United States), Hillegonda C. Rietveld (London South Bank University, United Kingdom), Keith Salley (The Shenandoah Conservatory, United States), Daniel T. Shanahan (Louisiana State University, United States) & Danick Trottier (UQAM, Canada).
▸ 2015–2016: Co-editing a special issue of Volume! La Revue des musiques populaires on Beatles studies. Contributions by Jeremy Tranmer (Université of Lorraine, France), Moreno Andreatta (IRCAM, France), Mattia Bergomi (LIM-Milan, Italy), Michael Brocken (Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom), Philippe Cathé (Paris-Sorbonne University, France), Franco Fabbri (University of Turin, Italy), Ian Inglis (Northumbria University, United Kingdom), Olivier Julien (Paris-Sorbonne University, France), Bertrand Lemonnier (‘Classe préparatoire” Louis-le-Grand, France), Thomas MacFarlane (New York University, United States), Sarah Pickard (Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France), Matthieu Thibault (University of Evry-Val-d’Essonne, France), Grégoire Tosser (University of Evry-Val-d’Essonne, France), Sheila Whiteley (Salford University, United Kingdom) & Charlotte Wilkins (Ecole du Louvre, France).
▸ 2006–2008: Editing a collective volume on The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band for the album’s fortieth anniversary (Ashgate). Contributions by Michael Hannan (Southern Cross University, Australia), Ian Inglis (Northumbria University, United Kingdom), Olivier Julien (Paris-Sorbonne University, France), John Kimsey (DePaul University, United States), Jim Le Blanc (Cornell University, United States), Thomas MacFarlane (New York University, United States), Allan Moore (University of Surrey, United Kingdom), Terence O’Grady (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, United States), David Reck (Amherst College, United States), Russell Reising (University of Toledo, United States), Naphtali Wagner (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) & Sheila Whiteley (Salford University, United Kingdom). ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research (2009 Best Research in Recorded Rock and Popular Music).

Participation in editorial boards and conference organisation
▸ Member of the scientific committee of the international conference Recording Popular Music (IASPM’s 23rd biennial conference), Université Sorbonne nouvelle, France, July 7–11, 2025.
▸ Member of the scientific committee of Les Cahiers de la SQRM (Société Québécoise de Recherche en Musique) since 2023.
▸ Member of the scientific committee of the international conference Ornementation et agilité vocale: approches pluridisciplinaires, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon, Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève & Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, March 21–22, 2023.
▸ Member of the reading committee of the journal Musurgia (ESKA) since 2021.
▸ Member of the organising and scientific committee of Serge G.: An International Conference on Serge Gainsbourg, Paris-Sorbonne University, France, April 9–11, 2018.
▸ Member of the academic committee of the international conference Popular Music Studies Today (IASPM’s 19th biennial conference), University of Kassel, Germany, June 26–30, 2017.
▸ Member of the international editorial board of Vox Popular (IASPM-Italia’s online journal) since 2016.
▸ Member of the organising and scientific committee of the international conference ‘Over and Over’: Exploring repetition in popular Music, University of Liège, Belgium, June 4–6, 2015.
▸ Member of the scientific committee of the 2014 Conference of the French Society for Musical Analysis (‘Musiques savantes/musiques actuelles: articulations’), IRCAM & Centre Pompidou, Paris, December 15–16, 2014.
▸ Member of the scientific committee of Honoré Champion Publishing House’s ‘Musique-Musicologie’ series since 2013.
▸ Member of the scientific committee of the international conference Poesia e canzone: Dalla Francia all'Europa [‘Poetry and Chanson: From France to Europe’], Morgex, Aosta, Courmayeur, Fondazione Centro di Studi storico-letterari Natalino Sapegno, Italy, July 11–13, 2013.
▸ Member of the scientific committee of the international conference ‘This Is the Modern World’: For a Social History of Rock Music, University Charles-de-Gaulle Lille 3, Lille, France, June 13–15, 2013.
▸ Member of the scientific committee of the international conference ‘Changing the Tune’: Popular Music & Politics in the 21st Century, From the Fall of Communism to the Arab Spring, Strasbourg University, France, June 7–8, 2013.
▸ Member of the international editorial board of the journal Volume! La revue des musiques populaires (Editions Mélanie Seteun) since 2012.
▸ 2008–2011: Member of the editorial advisory board of IASPM’s online journal, IASPM@Journal.
▸ Member of the organising and scientific committee of the European Francophone Chapter of IASPM’s first international conference, Musiques populaires: une exception francophone?, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, February 8–9, 2007.

Refereeing
▸ 2024 : Referee for the Revue de musicologie (Société française de musicologie).
▸ 2024 : Referee for the journal Popular Music (Cambridge University Press).
▸ 2024: Referee for the ANR (The French National Research Agency).
▸ 2024: Referee for Philomusica on-line (Pavia University Press).
▸ 2024: Referee for Roczniki Humanistyczne (Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawla II).
▸ 2024: Referee for the Revue musicale OICRM (Canadian Observatory of Interdisciplinary Research and Creation in Music).
▸ 2023: Referee for Roczniki Humanistyczne (Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawla II).
▸ 2022: Referee for Springer.
▸ 2022: Referee for the Revue musicale OICRM (Canadian Observatory of Interdisciplinary Research and Creation in Music).
▸ 2022: Referee for Routledge.
▸ 2021: Referee for Routledge.
▸ 2021: Referee for the journal Musurgia (ESKA).
▸ 2021: Referee for the Revue musicale OICRM (Canadian Observatory of Interdisciplinary Research and Creation in Music).
▸ 2020: Referee for the journal Transposition: Musique et sciences sociales (EHESS/Cité de la musique-Philharmonie de Paris).
▸ 2018: Referee for Routledge.
▸ 2018: Referee for the University of California Press.
▸ 2018: Referee for the Belgian FnRS [“Fund for Scientific Research”] “Credits and Projects Call 2018.”
▸ 2018: Referee for Etudes anglaises (Klincksieck).
▸ 2017: Referee for Routledge.
▸ 2017: Referee for Anthem Press.
▸ 2017: Referee for Open Cultural Studies (De Gruyter).
▸ 2017: Referee for IASPM@Journal.
▸ 2016: Referee for the University of California Press.
▸ 2016: Referee for the Rivista di Analisi e Teoria Musicale (Gruppo di Analisi e Teoria Musicale).
▸ 2015: Referee for Bloomsbury Academic.
▸ 2015: Member of the OICRM (Canadian Observatory of Interdisciplinary Research and Creation in Music) Doctoral Scholarship for Foreign Student jury.
▸ 2015: Referee for the journal Intermédialités (Presses de l’Université de Montréal).
▸ 2014: Member of the OICRM (Canadian Observatory of Interdisciplinary Research and Creation in Music) Master’s Scholarship jury.
▸ 2013: Referee for Liège University Press.
▸ 2013: Referee for the Revue musicale OICRM (Canadian Observatory of Interdisciplinary Research and Creation in Music).
▸ 2013: Member of IASPM’s Book Award judging panel (The International Association for the Study of Popular Music).
▸ 2011: Referee for the journal Popular Music (Cambridge University Press).
▸ Since 2011: Referee for the journal Volume! La revue des musiques populaires (Editions Mélanie Seteun).
▸ 2010: Referee for the Canadian FQRSC [“Quebec Fund for Research on Society and Culture”].
▸ 2010: Referee for the Belgian FnRS [“Fund for Scientific Research”) “Fellowships 2010 Call.”
▸ 2010: Referee for the journal Musurgia (ESKA).
▸ 2009: Member of the European francophone chapter of IASPM’s Book Prize judging panel [The International Association for the Study of Popular Music].
▸ Since 2008: Referee for the “Arts” division of the French “Centre National du Livre” [“National Books Council”].

Broadcasts

Television
▸ 01/07/2019. France 2, “Stupéfiant!” On “Je t’aime… moi non plus” (Serge Gainsbourg).
▸ 06/08/2018. Arte, “Personne Ne Bouge.” On John Lennon.
▸ 04/23/2016. Hors-Série, “Diagonale Sonore.” Feature guest (on the Beatles).
▸ 05/14/2015. France 24 (English), “The News.” On B.B. King’s death.
▸ 11/02/2013. Canal+, “Clique.” Guest columnist.

Radio
▸ 05/12/2023. France Culture, “Sans Oser le Demander.” Feature guest (on the Eurovision Song Contest).
▸ 02/06/2020. France Culture, “La Compagnie des Œuvres.” Feature guest (on the Beatles).
▸ 09/27/2019. Radio Campus France, “La Nuit européenne des chercheurs 2019.” On Beatles studies.
▸ 04/11/2018. France Inter, “Le Nouveau Rendez-vous.” On Serge Gainsbourg.
▸ 06/03/2017. France Culture, “Continent Musiques.” On the 50th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
▸ 08/12/2016. France Culture, “La Grande Table d’Eté.” On the “Woodstock Generation.”
▸ 05/01/2016. Judaïques FM, “Rockoscopie.” Feature guest (on Beatles studies).
▸ 04/13/2015. TSF Jazz, “Les Lundis du Duc.” On the Alan Lomax sound archive going online.
▸ 01/30/2014. France Culture (Radio France), “La Fabrique de l’Histoire.” On pop music.
▸ 11/06/2013. TSF Jazz, “L’Info du Soir.” On Joel & Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Lewis.
▸ 06/11/2012. TSF Jazz, “Les Lundis du Duc.” On Joyce Kombluh’s Wobblies & Hobos.
▸ 02/21/2011. TSF Jazz, “Les Lundis du Duc.” On Woody Guthry.
▸ 02/18/2011. France Info (Radio France), “La Culture et Vous.” On teaching the history of rock music.
▸ 12/08/2010. France Culture (Radio France), “Les Matins.” On the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s death.
▸ 01/14/2010. Judaïques FM, “Rockoscopie.” Feature guest (on teaching Anglo-American popular music).
▸ 06/27/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Mark Eitzel’s The Invisible Man and Syd Barrett’s Wouldn’t You Miss Me.
▸ 06/20/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Air’s 10,000 Hz Legend.
▸ 06/13/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Radiohead’s Amnesia.
▸ 06/06/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Manu Chao’s Próxima Estación: Esperanza.
▸ 05/30/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Elysian Fields’ Queen of the Meadow.
▸ 05/23/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Depeche Mode’s Exciter.
▸ 05/16/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Mogwai’s Rock Action.
▸ 05/09/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Quannum’s Spectrum.
▸ 05/02/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s Ease Down the Road.
▸ 04/25/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On lounge music.
▸ 04/18/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Yann Tiersen’s L’Absente.
▸ 04/11/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of the Experimental Pop Band’s The Tracksuit Trilogy.
▸ 04/04/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Jean-Louis Murat’s Madame Deshoulières.
▸ 03/28/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On the tenth anniversary of Serge Gainsbourg’s death.
▸ 03/21/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Daft Punk’s Discovery.
▸ 03/14/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Nick Cave’s No More Shall We Part.
▸ 03/07/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Phoenix’s United.
▸ 02/28/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Labradford’s Fixed::Context.
▸ 02/21/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Anjali’s debut album.
▸ 02/14/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On the reissue of George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass.
▸ 02/07/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of the Divine Comedy’s Regeneration.
▸ 01/31/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On big beat.
▸ 01/24/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of the Wu-Tang Clan’s The W.
▸ 01/17/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Tom McRae’s debut album.
▸ 01/10/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of P.J. Harvey’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea.
▸ 01/03/2001. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Alabama 3’s La Peste.
▸ 12/27/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Shawn Lee’s Monkey Boy.
▸ 12/20/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On The Beatles Anthology.
▸ 12/13/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Thievery Corporation’s The Mirror Conspiracy.
▸ 12/06/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Swell’s Feed.
▸ 11/29/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of U2’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind.
▸ 11/22/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On Britpop.
▸ 11/15/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of the Cocteau Twins’ Stars and Topsoil.
▸ 11/08/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Björk’s Dancer in the Dark.
▸ 11/01/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Placebo’s Black Market Music.
▸ 10/25/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Bowie at the Beeb.
▸ 10/18/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On the reissue of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy.
▸ 10/11/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On the reissue of John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band.
▸ 10/04/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Radiohead’s Kid A.
▸ 09/27/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Richard Ashcroft’s Alone with Everybody.
▸ 09/19/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On Jimi Hendrix’s Experience Hendrix Remasters.
▸ 09/13/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Goldfrapp’s Felt Mountain.
▸ 09/06/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Eiffel’s Abricotine & Quality Street.
▸ 06/28/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On noise pop.
▸ 06/21/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of David Holmes’ Bow Down to the Exit Sign.
▸ 06/14/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Lambchop’s Nixon.
▸ 06/07/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Saint-Germain’s Tourist.
▸ 05/31/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Sonic Youth’s NYC Ghosts and Flowers.
▸ 05/24/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Dimitri from Paris’ A Night at the Playboy Mansion.
▸ 05/17/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Jeff Buckley’s Mystery White Boy.
▸ 05/10/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Jay-Jay Johanson’s Poison.
▸ 05/03/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Calexico’s Hot Rail.
▸ 04/26/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Einstürzende Neubauten’s Silence Is Sexy.
▸ 04/19/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On German electro-pop.
▸ 04/12/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Asian Dub Foundation’s Community Music.
▸ 04/05/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Nicolai Dunger’s This Cloud Is Learning.
▸ 03/29/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Recoil’s Liquid.
▸ 03/22/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Oasis’ Standing on the Shoulder of Giants.
▸ 03/15/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Air’s The Virgin Suicides.
▸ 03/08/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Perry Blake’s Still Life.
▸ 03/01/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Bowery Electric’s Lushlife.
▸ 02/23/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Led Zeppelin’s Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin, Volume One.
▸ 02/16/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Moby’s Play.
▸ 02/02/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On French ‘variété’.
▸ 01/26/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Brendan Perry’s Eye of the Hunter.
▸ 01/19/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On funk.
▸ 01/12/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of William Orbit’s Pieces in a Modern Style.
▸ 01/05/2000. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On French Touch.
▸ 12/29/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Soul Coughing’s El Oso.
▸ 12/22/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On trip-hop.
▸ 12/15/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.“ On the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
▸ 12/08/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.“ On hip-hop.
▸ 12/01/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On punk.
▸ 11/24/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of the High Llamas’ Snowbug.
▸ 11/11/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Depeche Mode’s The Singles 81–85.
▸ 11/03/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Björk’s Homogenic.
▸ 10/27/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On Pierre Henry and electronic dance music.
▸ 10/20/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Strangelove’s Strangelove.
▸ 10/13/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On reggae.
▸ 10/06/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of Alex Gopher’s You, My Baby and I.
▸ 09/29/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On space rock.
▸ 09/22/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On the reissue of Yellow Sumbarine’s soundtrack.
▸ 09/15/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” On psychedelic rock.
▸ 09/08/1999. France Musique (Radio France), “A Côté de la Plaque.” Review of the Chemical Brothers’ Surrender.
▸ 12/30/1997. France Musique (Radio France), “Musique Matin.” On the relationships between rock and art music.
▸ 12/17/1997. France Culture (Radio France), “Décibels.” On the Beach Boys’ The Pet Sounds Sessions.
▸ 09/15/1995. France Musique (Radio France), “Mesure pour Mesure.” On Jimi Hendrix.

Knowledge Transfer

Radio, television
▸ Guest expert on shows such as “Mesure pour Mesure” and “Musique Matin” (France Musique), “Décibels,” “Les Matins,” “La Fabrique de l’Histoire,” “La Grande Table d’Eté,” “Continent Musiques,” “La Compagnie des Œuvres” and “Sans Oser le Demander” (France Culture), “Les Lundis du Duc” and “L’Info de la Soirée” (TSF Jazz), “Le Nouveau Rendez-vous” (France Inter), “La Culture et Vous” (France Info), “Rockoscopie” (Judaïques FM), “Clique” (Canal +), France 24’s “News,” “Diagonale Sonore” (Hors-Série), “Personne Ne Bouge” (Arte) and “Stupéfiant!” (France 2).
▸ Weekly spot on France Musique radio show “A Côté de la Plaque” (1999–2001).

Press
▸ Over a hundred articles, reviews and interviews published in French magazines and newspapers such as La Croix, L’Histoire, Le Dauphiné Libéré, Jellyfish, Newcomer, Pop, Ride On and Tribeca 75.
▸ Interviewed by newspapers, websites and news agencies such as the Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, the Huffington Post, Le Parisien Magazine, La Croix, Pèlerin, La Liberté, Ouest France, Le Mensuel de l’Université, Quartier L!bre, BFMTV.com, La Dernière Heure, Témoignage chrétien, Inriality, Hype Soul, Le 1 Hebdo, OWNI.fr and AFP (Agence France-Presse).

Public lectures
▸ One invited presentation at Nantes Université’s Université Permanente (December 2023).
▸ One invited presentation at Les Trois Baudets in Paris (October 2021).
▸ One 3-lecture series on the Beatles, Cité de la Musique-Philharmonie de Paris (September 2020).
▸ One invited presentation at the Pessac International History Film Festival (November 2017).
▸ Two invited lectures at the University of Montreal (April–May 2013).
▸ One invited presentation at the Gaîté Lyrique in Paris (January 2013).
▸ One 4-lecture series at the National Conservatory of Music in Bordeaux (April–June 2012).
▸ Four 15-lecture series on the history of rock music at Paris’ Cité de la Musique (February–June 2009, February–June 2010, February–June 2011, February–June 2012).

Exhibition
▸ Contribution to the exhibition, La Voix: L’Expo Qui Vous Parle (Paris’ Cité des Sciences et de l’industrie, December 10, 2013–September 28, 2014).