Musgrave, George. 2026. Why Musicians Suffer, and What Can Be Done About It: Mental Health, Wellbeing and the Music Industry. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Musgrave, George. 2024. The England No One Cares About: Lyrics from Suburbia. London: Goldsmiths Press. ISBN 9781913380663
Gross, Sally-Anne and Musgrave, George. 2020. Can Music Make You Sick? Measuring the Price of Musical Ambition. London: University of Westminster Press. ISBN 9781912656646
Book Section
Musgrave, George. 2026. Songwriting and Career Musicianship as a Technology of the Self: Autosociobiographical Reflections on Music and Wellbeing. In: Mark Donnelly and Richard Mills, eds. Song, Music and Wellbeing. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Reddington, Jamie and Musgrave, George. 2026. ‘What Is It That We’re Doing Here?’: Pedagogical Tensions, Uncertainties and Reflexivity in Higher Popular Music Education. In: Guy Morrow and Carsten Winter, eds. Music Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.
Musgrave, George. 2024. Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire: Music Education, Mental Health, and Our Students’ Futures. In: David Arditi and Ryan Nolan, eds. The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Music Industry Studies. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 119-135. ISBN 9783031640124
Musgrave, George. 2022. ‘Losing Work, Losing Purpose’: Representations of Musicians’ Mental Health in the Time of Covid-19. In: Guy Morrow; Daniel Nordgård and Peter Tschmuck, eds. Rethinking the Music Business: Music Contexts, Rights, Data and, COVID-19. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 11-28. ISBN 9783031095313
Musgrave, George. 2022. Lessons from the Loss of Avicii: Business Ethics, Responsibility, and Mental Wellbeing. In: UNSPECIFIED, ed. SAGE Business Cases. London: SAGE Publications.
Article
Kaasgaard, Mette; McCrary, J. Matt; Grebosz-Haring, Katarzyna; Kreutz, Gunter; Musgrave, George; Bathke, Arne; Pickard, Angela; Holt, Nicola; Davies, Christina; Clift, Stephen and Skov, Martin. 2026. There is a lack of evidence for benefits and effects of “arts-based methods” in health contexts. Bibliotek for Læger [Danish Medical Journal], 218, pp. 120-129. ISSN 2245-1919
Clift, Stephen; McCrary, J. Matt; Kaasgaard, Mette; Kreutz, Gunter; Musgrave, George; Danso, Andrew; Silverstein-Bamford, Joshua; Pelowski, Matthew; Davies, Christina; Schurig, Eva; Köehler, Friederike; Bungay, Hilary; Holt, Nicola; Jensen, Anita; Kahlil, Radwa; Phillips, Kate; Pickard, Angela; Thun-Hohenstein, Leonard; Comeau, Gilles; Martin, Tenley and Grebosz-Haring, Katarzyna. 2026. Arts, Cultural Engagement and Health Inequalities: Critical Reflections on the UK Creative Health Review (2023). Cultural Trends, ISSN 0954-8963
Musgrave, George and Gross, Sally-Anne. 2026. Psychic Disjunctures in Denmark: Danish Female Musicians’ Anxieties as a Labour of Believability. European Journal of Cultural Studies, ISSN 1367-5494
Musgrave, George; Carney, Daniel; Silver, Emma and Tibber, Marc S.. 2025. "Working in the Content Factory": Musicians’ Social Media Use and Mental Health as Seen Through the Lens of a Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavioural Conceptualisation. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1542407. ISSN 1664-1078
Musgrave, George. 2025. #WeAreViable, aren’t we? Music careers, state support, and the political feasibility of a Basic Income for the Arts. Cultural Trends, ISSN 0954-8963
Musgrave, George; Gross, Sally-Anne and Carney, Daniel. 2025. Determinants of Anxiety, Depression and Subjective Wellbeing among Musicians in Denmark: Findings from the ‘When Music Speaks’ Project. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 66(3), pp. 429-445. ISSN 0036-5564
Musgrave, George and Lamis, Dorian. 2025. Suicide, the music industry, and a call to action. Frontiers Science News (Health),
Musgrave, George and Lamis, Dorian. 2025. Musicians, the music industry, and suicide: Epidemiology, risk factors, and suggested prevention approaches. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1507772. ISSN 2296-2565
Musgrave, George; Gross, Sally-Anne and Klein, Maike. 2024. The dark side of optimism: Musical dreams, belief, and gambling. Musicae Scientiae, 28(4), pp. 634-648. ISSN 1029-8649
Kaasgaard, Mette; Grebosz-Haring, Katarzyna; Davies, Christina; Musgrave, George; Shiriraam, Jahnusha; McCrary, J. Matt and Clift, Stephen. 2024. Is it premature to formulate recommendations for policy and practice, based on culture and health research? A robust critique of the CultureForHealth (2022) report. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1414070. ISSN 2296-2565
Clift, Stephen; Bathke, Arne; Davies, Christina; Daffern, Helena; Grebosz-Haring, Katarzyna; Kaasgaard, Mette; McCrary, J. Matt; Musgrave, George and Thun-Hohenstein, Leonard. 2024. The WHO-Lancet Global Series on the Health Benefits of the Arts: A Response to Sajnani and Fietje. The Lancet, 403(10434), P1335. ISSN 0140-6736
Musgrave, George; Howard, Charlie; Schofield, Amy; Silver, Emma and Tibber, Marc S. 2023. Mental health the music industry: An evolving intervention landscape. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10(5), pp. 311-313. ISSN 2215-0366
Loveday, Catherine; Musgrave, George and Gross, Sally-Anne. 2023. Predicting anxiety, depression and wellbeing in professional and non-professional musicians. Psychology of Music, 51(2), pp. 508-522. ISSN 0305-7356
Musgrave, George. 2023. Musicians, their relationships, and their wellbeing: Creative labour, relational work. Poetics, 96, 101762. ISSN 0304-422X
Musgrave, George. 2023. Music and wellbeing vs. musicians’ wellbeing: examining the paradox of music-making positively impacting wellbeing, but musicians suffering from poor mental health. Cultural Trends, 32(3), pp. 280-295. ISSN 0954-8963
Clift, Stephen; Daffern, Helena; Davies, Christina; Grebosz-Haring, Katarzyna; Kaasgaard, Mette; McCrary, J. Matt and Musgrave, George. 2022. Culture for Health? Arts Professional,
Leisewitz, Adrian and Musgrave, George. 2022. Does Spotify Create Attachment? Algorithmic Playlists, Intermediation and the Artist-Fan Relationship. Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 14(1), pp. 75-100. ISSN 2000-1525
Chaparro, Gerardo and Musgrave, George. 2021. Moral Music Management: Ethical Decision-Making After Avicii. International Journal of Music Business Research, 10(1), pp. 3-16. ISSN 2227-5789
Musgrave, George. 2020. Avicii: True Stories - Review. Dancecult Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture, 12(1), pp. 94-97. ISSN 1947-5403
Musgrave, George. 2019. Making Sense of My Creativity: Reflecting on Digital Autoethnography. Journal of Artistic and Creative Education, 13(1), pp. 1-11. ISSN 1832 – 0465
Musgrave, George. 2017. Collaborating to Compete: The Role of Cultural Intermediaries in Hypercompetition. International Journal of Music Business Research, 6(2), pp. 41-68. ISSN 2227-5789
Conference or Workshop Item
Musgrave, George and Gross, Sally-Anne. 2018. 'Music Minds Matter: Where Do We Go From Here?'. In: BBC Introducing LIVE. London, Tobacco Docks. 8 November 2018.
Musgrave, George. 2017. 'Control and Autonomy in the Digital Music Business'. In: The 8th Vienna Music Business Research Days. University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria 12-14 September 2017.
Broadcast
Nomvula, Amy; Day, Sam; Musgrave, George and Gross, Sally. 2018. Can Music Make You Sick: The Pitfalls of the Music Industry.
Professional Activity
Dencik, Lina; Brand, Jessica; Gill, Rosalind; Kivotidis, Dimitrios and Musgrave, George. 2024. Submission of evidence to the UK Parliament's Business and Trade Select Committee 'Make Work Pay: Employment Rights Bill' Inquiry.
Musgrave, George; Dinardi, Cecilia; Franklin, Michael; Murphy, Oonagh and Prime, Sian. 2022. Submission of evidence to the UK Parliament House of Lords ‘A Creative Future’ Inquiry.
Gross, Sally-Anne and Musgrave, George. 2022. Submission of evidence to the UK Parliament Women and Equalities Committee 'Misogyny in Music' Inquiry.
Musgrave, George and Gross, Sally-Anne. 2022. Submission of evidence to the Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre (PEC) 'Good Work Review'.
Musgrave, George. 2022. Submission of evidence to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ‘Music and streaming market study’.
Musgrave, George. 2022. Royal Musical Association (RMA) Music and Mental Health Group Committee: Research Co-ordinator.
Report
Tibber, Marc S; Silver, Emma; Musgrave, George; Zwaan, Koos and Houtzager, Maartje. 2025. Slim omgaan met social media: zichtbaar zijn en jezelf blijven. Project Report. Hogeschool Inholland, Netherlands.
Tibber, Marc S; Silver, Emma and Musgrave, George. 2025. Flourishing Online: A musician's guide to healthy social media use. Other. ӣƵ/University College London, London.
Musgrave, George; Gross, Sally-Anne and Carney, Daniel. 2024. When Music Speaks - Mental Health and Next Steps in the Danish Music Industry. Part 3 - Danish Music Creators' Working Lives and Mental Health Wants. Project Report. Danish Partnership for Sustainable Development in Music, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Musgrave, George and Gross, Sally-Anne. 2024. When Music Speaks - Mental Health and Next Steps in the Danish Music Industry. Part 4 - Final Recommendations. Project Report. Danish Partnership for Sustainable Development in Music, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Musgrave, George; Gross, Sally-Anne and Carney, Daniel. 2024. When Music Speaks: Mental Health and Next Steps in the Danish Music lndustry. Part 2 - A Review of Models of Musicians' Mental Health Interventions. Project Report. Danish Partnership for Sustainable Development in Music, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Musgrave, George; Gross, Sally-Anne and Carney, Daniel. 2023. When Music Speaks: Mental Health and Next Steps in the Danish Music Industry. Part 1 - Danish Music Creators' Subjective Wellbeing and Mental Health. Project Report. Danish Partnership for Sustainable Development in Music, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Leisewitz, Adrian; Musgrave, George and Franklin, Michael. 2022. SHAPESLewisham and the Shape of Lewisham: Connectivity, Communication and Construction in a Creative Enterprise Zone. Project Report. ӣƵ, London.
Gross, Sally-Anne; Musgrave, George and Janciute, Laima. 2018. Well-Being and Mental Health in the Gig Economy: Policy Perspectives on Precarity. Discussion Paper. University of Westminster Press - CAMRI Policy Briefs, London.