Editing Simon Frith (section)

{{short description|British sociomusicologist and critic}}
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'''Simon Webster Frith'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/580999/new-years-honours-2017-full-list.pdf|date=30 December 2016|access-date=30 December 2016|work=[[Gov.uk]]|publisher=[[Government Digital Service]]|title=New Year's Honours list 2017|page=29}}</ref> {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born 1946) is a British [[Sociomusicology|sociomusicologist]] and former [[rock critic]] who specializes in [[popular music]] culture.<ref>Paul Morley. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/03/mercury-music-prize-roundtable ... Ms Dynamite, M People and Portico Quartet]. ''[[Guardian.co.uk]]''. Retrieved 27 November 2010.</ref> He is professor emeritus of Music at [[University of Edinburgh]].