1st Edition
Made in the Low Countries Studies in Popular Music
INTRODUCTION
Together Apart: Popular Music of the Low Countries with the Flow and against the Odds (LUTGARD MUTSAERS AND GERT KEUNEN)
PART I: Framing and Facilitating
1 Futile Dutchness or Idiosyncratic Transnationalism: Homemade Pop, National Identity and Global Culture (RENÉ BOOMKENS)
2 The Zone In Between: The Principled Realm of Alternative Mainstream in Flanders (GERT KEUNEN)
3 Upstart Among the Arts: The Rise of Rock into the Dutch Subsidy System (ANDRÉ NUCHELMANS)
4 Mixing Multiple Tracks: Migration, Diaspora and Transcultural Music in Flanders (LISELOTTE SELS)
PART II: Creation and Curation
5 Broken Circle Rebound: New Regionalism and Vernacular Indie-Folk (NIELS VAN POECKE)
6 From Thrash to Cash: Forging and Legitimizing Dutch Metal (PAUWKE BERKERS AND JULIAN SCHAAP)
7 Crossover Collectivities and Electronic Samples: Jazz’s Popularization in the Digital Era (KRISTIN MCGEE)
8 This Must Be Belgium: Roots, Progress and Legacy of New Beat (PEDRO DE BRUYCKERE)
PART III: Close Encounters
9 "The Windmill’s Turning": Lifecycle of a Signature Song for Holland (LUTGARD MUTSAERS)
10 Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Golden Earring Before and After the "Dutch Invasion" (MAARTEN STEENMEIJER)
11 Rock ‘n’ Roll in the Land of Sex and Drugs: Life and Legacy of Herman Brood (RUTGER VAHL)
12 "Sanomi" versus "Shalalie": Showing Off Difference at the Eurovision Song Contest (ALBERT MEIJER)
PART IV: Changes and Choices
13 "We Too Are Specimens of Homo Sapiens": Holebi Culture between Agitprop and Pop (ROBBE HERREMAN)
14 Pirates of the North Sea: Introduction and Impact of Commercial Pop Radio (GER TILLEKENS)
Biography
Lutgard Mutsaers is a Dutch scholar, lecturer, researcher, and published author in Popular Music Studies with a background in musicology, cultural history, journalism, and performance.
Gert Keunen is a Belgian scholar, lecturer, researcher, and published author in Popular Music Studies with a background in sociology, journalism, the music industry, and performance.
