Tax Taylor Swift! Exploring the sustainability issues surrounding the music industry.

In this episode of the Meliora podcast our host Professor Simon Kemp is joined by Professor Tom Irvine, the Head of Music at the University of Southampton who has a growing interest in all aspects of sustainability in music. During this conversation we address all the sustainability dimensions of the music industry - cultural, social, economic, and environmental. We discuss the topics of the  environmental costs of streaming, what music students think of sustainability and music, financial inequalities between artists and whether Taylor Swift is more environmentally damaging than concrete! Don't worry Swifties, there is a robust defence of your favourite artist provided by our Editor and Third Year Environmental Science student Lily Killner!Devine, K. (2019). Decomposed. The Political Ecology of Music. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262537780/Prior, H. M. (2022). How Can Music Help Us to Address the Climate Crisis? Music & Science, 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043221075725. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20592043221075725Spotify Sustainability statement: https://www.lifeatspotify.com/diversity-equity-impact/climate-action Host: Professor Simon Kemp Guest: Professor Tom Irvine Editor: Lily Killner Engage with on Instagram & X/Twitter: @meliorapodcast