Pop music professor to speak

LENOX – The Lenox Library’s Distinguished Lecture Series continues Nov. 11 with Albin Zak, professor of music at SUNY Albany, speaking on, “I Don’t Sound Like Nobody: Remaking Popular Music in 1950s America.” The lecture is free and will begin at 4 p.m. This is the sixth season of great talks by interesting people in the arts, sciences, politics and the humanities.

Albin Zak is professor of music at SUNY Albany.  He holds degrees in composition and performance from the New England Conservatory and a PhD in musicology from the City University of New York. His research specialties are postwar popular music and the history of sound recording.

He is the author of books on rock music, the history of recording, and editor of The Velvet Underground Companion: Four Decades of Commentary.  He is also an active composer, songwriter, and record producer.

For further information about this year’s series, visit the library’s website or Facebook page, or call 637-2630.

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