Episode 6: Tríona Ní Shíocháin (pt.2 of Made in Ireland) | October 2021 In October 2020 Routledge published, Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music, this is part of Routledge’s global popular music series which, as they put it, is ‘devoted to popular music largely unknown to Anglo-American readers’. This collection of essays, through a wide range of historical and critical vantage points, explores popular music on the island of Ireland. In the previous episode, which was part one of...

Episode 5 Show Notes: Made in Ireland September 2021 In October 2020 Routledge published, Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music, this is part of Routledge’s global popular music series which, as they put it, is ‘devoted to popular music largely unknown to Anglo-American readers’. !is collection of essays, through a wide range of historical and critical vantage points, explores popular music on the island of Ireland. Made in Ireland is edited by Áine Mangowang, John O’Flynn and Lonán Ó...

Busking… most musicians do it at some stage or other, for some it is even their primary income. From BB King, to Tracy Chapman, to Ed Sheeran many household names in the world of popular music have cut their teeth busking. Playing on the street provides musicians with a unique performance environment, which requires particular strategies to draw and hold an audience… not everyone can do it.  In this episode, ‘Street Music’, we speak to Dr Elizabeth Bennett about her co-authored report ‘From...

In this episode we speak to the London Django Collective. The Collective was born out of the desire to create a local and innovate forum for musicians influenced by the musical legacy of Django Reinhardt. The Collective remains in the spirit of Django, whilst pushing the genre of ‘gypsy jazz’ in London forward into a modern sphere. Fresh out of the studio the collective will be coming out with a number of regular digital releases and videos throughout 2019, showcasing each member in turn. In...

In this episode, ‘Representing and Recording’, we speak to Prof. Krin Gabbard about his seminal edited collections Jazz among the Discourses and Representing Jazz. We also discuss his current thoughts on representations of jazz in the 21st century. We explore the early history of jazz in New Zealand with Dr Aleisha Ward, with particular reference to the bandleader Epi Shalfoon. Finally, we speak to Alan Munshower about his ongoing research into the effects of now ubiquitous recording...

In this, the first episode of Lines on Music, we speak to Gabriel Solis and Marc Hannaford. All music courtesy of ReDiviDer.