Blerwytirhwng? The Place of Welsh Pop Music

Contents

• Contents: General editor's preface
• Part I 'Blerwytirhwng?': Introduction
• Theories of culture
• Placing Welsh pop
• Identifying Welsh pop. Part II A Cultural History of Welsh Popular Music: Wales before 1963: creating the culture
• 1963-73: locating the audience
• 1973-82: establishing new traditions
• 1982-90: breaking the mold
• 1990-2000: broadening the scope. Part III Case Studies: Dafydd Iwan and the new Welsh 'folk culture'
• Welsh reggae: the sound of the city
• Datblygu and the embodiment of Welsh pop
• Y Tystion: Wales joins the hip hop nation
• Dis-located: Welsh musicians in the Anglo-American market
• Appendix: a brief timeline
• Bibliography
• Index.