248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the 1960s, Welsh-language popular music emerged as a vehicle for mobilizing a geographically dispersed community into political action. As the decades progressed, Welsh popular music developed beyond its acoustic folk roots, adopting the various styles of contemporary popular music, and ultimately gaining the cultural self-confidence to compete in the Anglo-American mainstream market. The... Read more
Contents: General editor's preface; Part I 'Blerwytirhwng?': Introduction; Theories of culture; Placing Welsh pop; Identifying Welsh pop. Part II A Cultural History of Welsh Popular Music: Wales before 1963: creating the culture; 1963-73: locating the audience; 1973-82: establishing new traditions; 1982-90: breaking the mold; 1990-2000: broadening the scope. Part III Case Studies: Dafydd Iwan and the new Welsh 'folk culture'; Welsh reggae: the sound of the city; Datblygu and the embodiment of Welsh pop; Y Tystion: Wales joins the hip hop nation; Dis-located: Welsh musicians in the Anglo-American market; Appendix: a brief timeline; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Sarah Hill is Lecturer in Music at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
'... the best discussion to date of the complex relationship Wales has had with its own popular music and its influences... Hill's study is a [...] welcome and exciting addition to the still-too-small collection of works on popular music that suggest ways of reading these complex texts.' NABMSA Newsletter ’... Sarah Hill has produced a pioneering and original book...’ Popular Music
