Noisy Island

A Short History of Irish Popular Music

Autor: Gerry Smyth

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Editura: Cork University Press

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Irish contemporary popular music has had remarkable international success, but relatively little sch...

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Autor

Gerry Smyth

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2005

Pagini

260

EAN

9781859183878

ISBN

1859183875

Enbook ID

05119088

Editura

Cork University Press

Greutate

452

Dimensiuni

235 x 161 x 22

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Irish contemporary popular music has had remarkable international success, but relatively little scholarly attention. Analysis of cultural identity has been dominated by the literary canon, yet music has been crucial in constructions and definitions of Irishness since the late eighteenth century. This trail-blazing book is the first cultural history of Irish rock music from the 1960s to the present. Using theoretical perspectives drawn from cultural criticism and music studies, Gerry Smyth shows how Irish rock music has engaged with issues of national identity at every level, from music to performance to distribution and publicity. The big names, such as Rory Gallagher, Van Morrison, U2, Thin Lizzy, emerge in a new light, as they, together with less well-known artists, like Northern Ireland bands, Ash and the Undertones, are examined in terms of the economic, sociological and political factors which conditioned their music. The book also looks at the roots of Irish rock in the Show-band era, the influence of folk and traditional music, and the legacy of punk. It looks at the opportunities and challenges facing Irish Rock at a time of increasing commercialisation and globalisation. It includes a substantial discography.

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