Sound Tracks : Popular Music, Identity and Place

by John Connell, Chris Gibson

Sound Tracks is the first comprehensive book on the new geography of popular music, examining the complex links between places, music and cultural identities. It provides an interdisciplinary perspective on local, national and global scenes, from the 'Mersey' and 'Icelandic' sounds to 'world music', and explores the diverse meanings of music in a range of regional contexts.
In a world of intensified globalisation, links between space, music and identity are increasingly tenuous, yet places give credibility to music, not least in the 'country', and music is commonly linked to place, as a stake to originality, a claim to tradition and as a marketing device. This book develops new perspectives on these relationships and how they are situated within cultural and geographical thought.

Genres: Music

332 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2002

Reviews

[Maciek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Music always comes from a particular place. And this textbook analyses this issue in an accessible and insightful way. You can skip the 11th chapter - it became terribly outdated but provides some interesting thoughts about music industry circa 2006. A must-read for everyone interested in a relation between music and (cultural) geography.