Book review: The business of pop music — as much who you know as what you know

Drawing from secondary sources only, the author does well to remind us of the importance of solid, coherent management in an industry known for its flakiness and impatience

Michael Mary Murphy teaches music industry and entrepreneurship at the Institute of Art, Design, and Technology in Dublin.

• Pop Music Management: Lessons from the Managers of Number One Albums 
• Michael Mary Murphy 
• Routledge, €50.75