Made in Scotland : studies in popular music /

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Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / Simon Frith, Martin Cloonan, John Williamson -- Part I. Histories / John Williamson. 'The Big Noise from Glasgow : Stramash and pop music on television in Scotland in the 1960s' / John Williamson ; 'Doing it for themselves : a brief history of Scottish independent labels' / Bob Anderson ; 'Rethinking familiar stories : the Glasgow Apollo and T in the Park' / Kenny Forbes ; 'Fascinating Rhythm : the life of Scottish jazz' / Alistair Braidwood ; 'Place of light' / Carla J. Easton ; 'Riverside Festival, Glasgow : an interview with Dave Clarke and Martin McKechnie ; 'Performing in Gaelic : an interview with Joy Dunlop' / John Williamson -- Part II. Politics and Policies / Martin Cloonan. "Let There Be Rock" : how a remote Scottish village reinvented its musical heritage' / Emil Thompson ; An interview with Jill Rodger (Director Glasgow Jazz Festival) / Martin Cloonan ; 'Popular music education in Scotland' / Sean McLaughlin and Graeme Smillie ; 'Jock Rock : Putting Scotland into Scottish popular music' / Martin Cloonan ; 'Hip-hop in Scotland : a footnote in the history of popular music?' / Dave Hook ; '"Indie" music : Scottish popular music and the constitutional question' / Adam Behr -- Part III. Futures and Imaginings / Simon Frith. 'The fiction of Scottish popular music' / Simon Frith ; An interview with Alasdair Roberts about songs and songwriting / Martin Cloonan ; 'Re-thinking Scottishness : who, and what, sounds Scottish?' / Diljeet Kaur Bhachu -- Coda. Scottish music as world music / Simon Frith -- Afterword. Music in a future Scotland."Made in Scotland: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, politics, culture and musicology of twentieth and twenty-first century popular music in Scotland. The volume consists of essays by local experts and leading scholars in Scottish music and culture, and covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of popular music in Scotland. Each essay provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance. The book includes a general introduction to Scottish popular music, followed by essays organized into three thematic sections: Histories, Politics and Policies, and Futures and Imaginings. Examining music as cultural expression in a country that is both a nation and a region within a larger state, this volume uses popular music to analyse Scottishness, independence and diversity and offers new insights into the complexity of cultural identity, the power of historical imagination, and the effects of power structures in music. It is a vital read for scholars and students interested in how popular music interacts with and shapes such issues both within and beyond the borders of Scotland"--