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.
Edited by:
Simon Frith,
Martin Cloonan,
John Williamson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 489g
ISBN: 9781032161983
ISBN 10: 1032161981
Series: Routledge Global Popular Music Series
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 29 September 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
"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"
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.
Reviews for Made in Scotland: Studies in Popular Music
"""Edited by Simon Frith, Martin Cloonan and John Williamson, this fascinating collection of essays from both academics, practitioners and cultural facilitators brings to life the ways that popular music is used by modern Scots to explore and perform a distinctive identity. As a description of the affiliations of modern Scottish popular music, this is a persuasive and coherent collection of essays."" —Jane Pettegree, Soundyngs: Conversations on the History of Scottish Music ""Simon Frith, Martin Cloonan and John Williamson, as well as contributing to the book themselves, have edited a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to the history, politics and culture of popular music in Scotland. In a series of essays and interviews which are organised into three themes, Histories; Politics and Policies; and Futures and Imaginings, they lay out an examination of Scotland’s popular music within the context of Scotland being both a nation but also a part of the UK, and how that impacts on the complexity of our cultural identity, the history, and the effects of the power structures in music. Made in Scotland: Studies in Popular Music is a must have reference book for anyone interested in popular music, here in Scotland and beyond."" —Sheena Macdonald, The Drouth"
