Popular Music in Leeds
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Popular Music in Leeds
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The first academic collection dedicated toย the histories, heritage, people and places ofย popular music in Leeds. It presents critical socialย and historical case studies exploring Leedsโ musicย and musical spaces, central players - musiciansย and music industry figures, and key moments inย diverse musical scenes in the city. 36 b/w illus.
A groundbreaking study of music and musical history in Leeds.
This is the first scholarly volume to focus on popular music in Leeds. It delves into the rich musical history of Leeds and its long tradition of vibrant venues, nightclubs, dance halls, pubs, and other sites of musical entertainment.
The contributors use the popular music of Leeds to exemplify and inform understandings of broader cultural and urban changes, the social and historical significance of music as mass media; music and migration; music, racialization, and social equity; and industrial decline, deindustrialization, neoliberalism, and the rise of the twenty-four-hour city.
Charting moments of stark musical politicization and de-politicization, while also tracing arguments about heritagizing popular music within discussions about musicโs place in museums and in the urban economy, this book contributes to debates about why music matters, has mattered, and continues to matter in Leeds and beyond.
Series: Urban Music Studies
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781789388619
Publisher: Intellect
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 November 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Intellect Books
Edition: New edition
Illustration: 36 Illustrations, black and white
Contributors:
- Edited by Brett Lashua
- Edited by Karl Spracklen
- Edited by Paul Thompson
- Edited by Kitty Ross
- Edited by Paul Thompson
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 244.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Brett Lashua teaches sociology of media and education at University College London (UCL). He has worked with schools, community centres, musicians and arts organizations in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom to address questions of youth inequalities, racialized borderlands and urban place-making.
Karl Spracklen is a professor of sociology of leisure and culture in Leeds School of Sciences at Leeds Beckett University. His research ranges across leisure studies, popular music studies and metal music studies, though with a sociological lens. He is currently the editor-in-chief and the founder of International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, published by Springer. Spracklen was also the co-founder and first editor of its journal Metal Music Studies, published by Intellect.
Kitty Ross is Curator of Leeds History and Social History, Leeds Museums and Galleries.ย exhibitions. She has
been involved in two major museum redevelopment projects, that of Abbey House Museum (1998โ2001) and Leeds City Museum (which reopened in 2008). Beyond the museum, Kitty has been a member of the Sheffield Bach Society since 1992 and is currently their treasurer.
Paul Thompson is a professional recording engineer, educator and Reader in popular music at Leeds Beckett University. He is the author of Creativity in the Recording Studio: Alternative Takes (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019) and co-author of Paul McCartney and His Creative Practice: The Beatles and Beyond (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021) with Professor Phillip McIntyre.
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