| The History of Live Music in Britain, Volume I: 1950-1967: From Dance Hall to the 100 Club S Frith, M Brennan, M Cloonan, E Webster Ashgate Publishing, 2013 | 147 | 2013 |
| Cultural value and cultural policy: some evidence from the world of live music A Behr, M Brennan, M Cloonan International Journal of Cultural Policy 22 (3), 403-418, 2016 | 114 | 2016 |
| Live concert performance: An ecological approach A Behr, M Brennan, M Cloonan, S Frith, E Webster Rock Music Studies 3 (1), 5-23, 2016 | 105 | 2016 |
| Valuing live music: The UK live music census 2017 report E Webster, M Brennan, A Behr, M Cloonan, J Ansell Newcastle University, 2018 | 67 | 2018 |
| Why concert promoters matter M Brennan, E Webster Scottish music review 2 (1), 1-25, 2011 | 66 | 2011 |
| The Routledge research companion to popular music education GD Smith, Z Moir, M Brennan, S Rambarran, P Kirkman Routledge, 2017 | 61 | 2017 |
| The rough guide to critics: musicians discuss the role of the music press M Brennan Popular Music 25 (2), 221-234, 2006 | 58 | 2006 |
| When genres collide: Down Beat, Rolling Stone, and the struggle between jazz and rock M Brennan Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2017 | 51 | 2017 |
| Analysing live music in the UK: Findings one year into a three-year research project S Frith, M Brennan, M Cloonan, E Webster IASPM 1 (1), 2010 | 47 | 2010 |
| Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit M Brennan | 46 | 2020 |
| The cultural value of live music from the pub to the stadium: Getting beyond the numbers A Behr, M Brennan, M Cloonan University of Edinburgh/University of Glasgow/AHRC/Live Music Exchange, 2014 | 40 | 2014 |
| Do music festival communities address environmental sustainability and how? A Scottish case study M Brennan, JC Scott, A Connelly, G Lawrence Popular music 38 (2), 252-275, 2019 | 38 | 2019 |
| The cost of music M Brennan, K Devine Popular Music 39 (1), 43-65, 2020 | 35 | 2020 |
| The History of Live Music in Britain, Volume II, 1968-1984: From Hyde Park to the Hacienda S Frith, M Brennan, M Cloonan, E Webster Routledge, 2019 | 33 | 2019 |
| Alien invasions: the British Musicians' Union and foreign musicians M Cloonan, M Brennan Popular Music 32 (2), 277-295, 2013 | 31 | 2013 |
| Popular music education (r) evolution GD Smith, Z Moir, M Brennan, S Rambarran, P Kirkman The Routledge research companion to popular music education, 5-13, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| Making live music count: the UK live music census A Behr, E Webster, M Brennan, M Cloonan, J Ansell Popular Music and Society 43 (5), 501-522, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
| The place of popular music in Scotland's cultural policy A Behr, M Brennan Cultural Trends 23 (3), 169-177, 2014 | 22 | 2014 |
| Constructing a rough account of British concert promotion history M Brennan IASPM Journal 1 (1), 4-13, 2010 | 22 | 2010 |
| The History of Live Music in Britain, Volume III, 1985-2015: From Live Aid to Live Nation S Frith, M Brennan, M Cloonan, E Webster Routledge, 2021 | 19* | 2021 |
