Studies in Popular Music
Edited by Áine Mangaoang, John O’Flynn and Lonán Ó Briain
October 2020 | Routledge
Introduction
Popular Music in Ireland: Mapping the Field
ÁINE MANGAOANG, JOHN O’FLYNN and LONÁN Ó BRIAIN
Part I: Music Industries and Historiographies
1. A History of Irish Record Labels from the 1920s to 2019
MICHAEL MARY MURPHY
2. Broadcasting Rock: The Fanning Sessions as a Gateway to New Music
HELEN GUBBINS and LONÁN Ó BRIAIN
3. Don’t Believe A Word? Memoirs of Irish Rock Musicians
LAURA WATSON
4. Raging Mother Ireland: Faith, Fury and Feminism in the Body, Voice and Songs of Sinéad O’Connor
AILEEN DILLANE
5. “Missing From the Record”: Zrazy and Women’s Music in Ireland
ANN-MARIE HANLON
6. “Alternative Ulster”: The First Wave of Punk in Northern Ireland (1976-1983)
TIMOTHY A. HERON
Part II: Roots and Routes
7. Irish Lady Sings the Blues: History, Identity and Ottilie Patterson
NOEL McLAUGHLIN and JOANNA BRANIFF
8. The Politics of Sound: Modernity and Post-Colonial Identity in Irish-language Popular Song
TRÍONA NÍ SHÍOCHÁIN
9. Communal Voices: The Songs of Tom a’ tSeoighe and Ciarán Ó Fátharta
SÍLE DENVIR
10. Popular Music as a Weapon: Irish Rebel Songs and the Onset of the Northern Ireland Troubles
STEPHEN R. MILLAR
11. “…Practically Rock Stars Now”: Changing Relations Between Traditional and Popular Music in a Post-Revival Tradition
ADRIAN SCAHILL
12. “Other voices” in Media Representations of Irish popular music
JOHN O’FLYNN
Part III: Scenes and Networks
13. Assembling the Underground: Scale, Value and Visibility in Dublin’s DIY Music Scene
JAIME JONES
14. Parochial Capital and the Cork Music Scene
EILEEN HOGAN
15. Death of a Local Scene? Music in Dublin in the Digital Age
CAROLINE ANN O’SULLIVAN
16. Fit for Consumption?: Fanzines and Fan Communication in Irish DIY Music Scenes
CIARÁN RYAN
17. Hip Hop Interpellation: Rethinking Autochthony and Appropriation in Irish Rap
J. GRIFFITH ROLLEFSON
Coda
18. Making Spaces, Saving Places: Modern Irish Popular Music and the Green Turn
GERRY SMYTH
Afterword
19. Songs of Love: A Conversation with Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy)
ÁINE MANGAOANG