Dr D Ferrett is a writer, singer and philosopher based in Cornwall where she lectures in popular musicology, sound studies, cultural studies and philosophy at AMATA, Falmouth University. Before moving to Cornwall, D was a singer in a number of bands that formed part of the Leeds DIY music scene and also co-edited the journal parallax based in the Centre for Cultural Studies at The University of Leeds.
Since then, as Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Music, D has written and leads a Popular Music degree that encourages interdisciplinary thinking and practice. She is the author of Dark Sound: Feminine Voices in Sonic Shadow (Bloomsbury 2020) which adopts a critical feminist approach to music discourse and to the study of ‘dark sound’, developing a darkfemphonosophy through listening to artists whose music embodies dark themes.
