With its broad international focus, this volume of the monumental Encyclopedia of Popular Musics of the World exemplifies the best tendencies in recent scholarly work on musical genres and the places in which they live. The scholarship is impeccable, pulling together the insights of four decades of popular music studies, but its real strength lies in the ways it moves the field forward. This volume buzzes with exciting new ideas about musical globalization and the international circulation of genres and forms. Alongside entries on canonical genres such as ‘Country,’ ‘Film Music’ and ‘Heavy Metal,’ entries on such topics as ‘Funeral Music,’ ‘Background Music’ and ‘Circus Music’ offer a welcome opening up of the field.