Made in Scotland: Studies in Popular Music

ISBN-13: 9781032161976 / Angielski

Simon Frith; Martin Cloonan; John Williamson

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Made in Scotland: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, politics, culture and musicology of twentieth and twenty-first century popular music in Scotland. The volume consists of essays by local experts and leading scholars in Scottish music and culture, and covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of popular music in Scotland. Each essay provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance. The book includes a general introduction to Scottish popular music, followed by essays organized into three thematic sections: Histories, Politics and Policies, and Futures and Imaginings.

Examining music as cultural expression in a country that is both a nation and a region within a larger state, this volume uses popular music to analyse Scottishness, independence and diversity and offers new insights into the complexity of cultural identity, the power of historical imagination, and the effects of power structures in music. It is a vital read for scholars and students interested in how popular music interacts with and shapes such issues both within and beyond the borders of Scotland.

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Foreword

Selected Timeline of Key Events

Introduction

Simon Frith, Martin Cloonan, John Williamson

PART I: Histories

John Williamson

1. Stramash! When Pop Music Television Comes to Scotland

John Williamson

2. Doing It for Themselves: A Brief History of Scottish Independent Record Labels

Bob Anderson

3. Scottish Live Music History: The Conflict Between Culture and Economics

Kenny Forbes

4. Fascinating Rhythm – The Life of Scottish Jazz

Alistair Braidwood

5. Place of Light

Carla J. Easton

6. Riverside Festival, Glasgow: An Interview with Dave Clarke and Martin McKechnie

John Williamson

7. Performing in Gaelic: A Conversation with Joy Dunlop

John Williamson

PART II: Politics and Policies

Martin Cloonan

8. "Let There Be Rock" - How A Remote Scottish Village Reinvented Its Musical Heritage

Emil Thompson

9. Interview with Jill Rodger, Director, Glasgow Jazz Festival

Martin Cloonan

10. The Place of Popular Music Education in Scotland – Institutions, Access, and Responsibilities

Sean McLaughlin and Graeme Smillie

11. Jock Rock?: Putting Scotland into Scottish Popular Music

Martin Cloonan

12. Hip-Hop in Scotland: A Footnote in the History of Popular Music?

Dave Hook

13. "Indy" Music: Scottish Popular Music and the Constitutional Question’

Adam Behr

PART III: Futures and Imaginings

Simon Frith

14. The Fiction of Scottish Music

Simon Frith

15. An Interview with Alasdair Roberts on Being a Scottish Songwriter

Martin Cloonan

16. Re-thinking ‘Scottishness’ – Who, and What, Sounds Scottish?

Diljeet Kaur Bhachu

Coda: The World of Scottish Music

Simon Frith

Afterword: Music in a Future Scotland

Notes on Contributors

Index

O autorze

Simon Frith is Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Martin Cloonan is the Director of the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) at the University of Turku, Finland. He is also coordinating editor of Popular Music and sometimes sings in public.

John Williamson is a lecturer in Music at the School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow, UK.