Thomas Hodgson

Ethnomusicologist, UCLA

Book

Journeys of Love: Kashmiris, Music, and the Poetics of Migration. University of Chicago Press, 2025. Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology.

Edited

2026
“AI Music Studies,” special issue of Music and Data 1. Co-edited with Bob L. T. Sturm, Rujing Stacy Huang, Elin Kanhov and André Holzapfel.

Articles, chapters and reviews

In press
“On the Intimate Politics of TikTok.” In Oxford Handbook of Music Industry Studies, edited by Jayson Beaster-Jones and K. E. Goldschmitt. Oxford University Press.
In press
Review of David Hesmondhalgh, Music Streaming around the World. Music & Letters.
2026
“Music and Data: An Editorial Introduction.” With Rujing Stacy Huang. Music and Data 1: 1–3.
2026
“Introducing AI Music Studies.” With Bob L. T. Sturm, Elin Kanhov, André Holzapfel and Rujing Stacy Huang. Music and Data 1: 4–8.
2025
Review of Nick Seaver, Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation. Music & Letters 106 (2): 351–353.
2021
“Spotify and the Democratisation of Music.” Popular Music 40 (1): 1–17. Open access
2021
“Quantifying Music: Imagined Metrics in Digital Startup Culture.” Culture, Theory and Critique 61 (4): 424–439.
2019
“AI: More Than Human, Barbican.” Exhibition review. Sound Studies 6 (1): 99–103.
2016
“Music Festivals in Pakistan and England.” In Islam and Popular Culture, edited by Karin van Nieuwkerk, Mark LeVine and Martin Stokes, 347–363. University of Texas Press.
2014
“Le mela de Bradford.” Cahiers d’ethnomusicologie 27: 243–260. Open access
2013
“‘Do What the Qur’an Says and Stay Away from Crack’: Mirpuri Muslims, Rap Music and the City.” In Rescripting Religion in the City: Migration and Religious Identity in the Modern Metropolis, edited by Jane Garnett. Ashgate.
2013
South Asian Musics, Cultures and Communities in Newcastle upon Tyne and the North East of England. With David Clarke. Newcastle University Press.
2013
South Asian Musics, Multiculturalism and Communities: A Review of Literature and Key Concepts. With David Clarke. Newcastle University Press.
2012
“Interview with Raja (Radio DJ), Walsall, Birmingham.” Performing Islam 1 (1): 153–160.
2012
“Multicultural Harmony? Pakistani Muslims and Music in Bradford.” In Music, Culture and Identity in the Muslim World: Performance, Politics and Piety, edited by Kamal Salhi. Routledge.