Studies in Popular Music
Edited by Shelley Brunt and Geoff Stahl
May 2018 | Routledge
Introduction
This is My City: Reimagining Popular Music Down Under
SHELLEY BRUNT and GEOFF STAHL
Part I: Place-Making and Music-Making
1. Singing about the City: The Lyrical Construction of Perth
JON STRATTON and ADAM TRAINER
2. The Phoenix and the Bootleg Sessions: A Canberra Venue for Local
JULIE RICKWOOD and EMMA WILLIAMS
3. Lorde’s Auckland: Stepping out of “the Bubble”
TONY MITCHELL
Part II: Rethinking the Musical Event
4. Popular Music and Heritage-Making in Melbourne
CATHERINE STRONG
5. The “Dunedin Sound” Now: Contemporary Perspectives on Dunedin’s Musical Legacy
OLI WILSON and MICHAEL HOLLAND
6. The Construction of Latin American Musical Identity in Melbourne
MARA FAVORETTO
Part III: Musical Transformations: Decline and Renewal
7. Outside the Square: Songs for Christchurch in a Time of Earthquakes
SHELLEY BRUNT
8. The Making and Remaking of Brisbane and Hobart: Music Scenes in Australia’s “Second-Tier” Cities
ANDY BENNETT and IAN ROGERS
9. Urban Melancholy: Tales from Wellington’s Music Scene
GEOFF STAHL
Part IV: Global Sounds, Local Identity
10. Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange City: An Examination of the Nexus Between the Southern Gospel Choir and the City of Hobart
ANDREW LEGG, CAROLYN PHILIPOTT and PAUL BLACKLOW
11. “I Rep for My Mob:” Blackfellas Rappin’ from Down-Unda
CHIARA MINESTRELLI
12. Technomotor Cities: Adelaide, Detroit and the Electronic Music Pioneers
CATHY ADAMEK
13. Giving Back in Wellington: Deep Relations, Whakapapa and Reciprocity in Transnational Hip Hop
APRIL HENDERSON
14. The Music City: Australian Contexts
SHANE HOMAN
Coda
15. Site-ing the Sounds: Discovering Australia and New Zealand’s Popular Music in the United States
KYLE BARNETT and ROBERT SLOANE
Afterword
16. Negotiating Trans-Tasman Musical Identities: Conversations with Neil and Tim Finn
LIZ GIUFFRE