Sounds Northern: Popular Music, Culture and Place in England’s North

Contents

• Introduction Is It Really Grim Up North?: Popular Music in the North of England Ewa Mazierska
• Part 1 : Music, Regional Politics and Entrepreneurial Culture
• 1. Manpool, the Musical: Harmony and Counterpoint on the Lancashire Plain Richard Witts, Edge Hill University, Lancashire
• 2. Another Uniquely Mancunian Offering?: Un-Convention and the Intermediation of Music Culture and Place Paul Long and Jez Collins, both at Birmingham City University
• 3. `They Say A Town Is Just A Town, Full Stop, But What Do They Know?': Architecture, Urbanism and Pop in Sheffield Owen Hatherley, Independent scholar
• Part 2 : Pop-Rock Soundscapes, Scenes and Artists
• 4. `I Thought I Heard That up North Whistle Blow': African American Blues Performance in the North of England Tom Attah, Leeds College of Art
• 5. The Contrasting Soundscapes of Hull and London in David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Peter Atkinson, University of Central Lancashire
• 6. Hard Floors, Harsh Sounds and the Northern Anti-Festival: Futurama 1979-1983 Ian Trowell, University of Sheffield (PhD candidate)
• 7. Scrap Value: Sleaford Mods, Invisible Britain and the Edge of the North Brian Baker, Lancaster University
• Part 3 : Hip Hop and Grime
• 8. Manchester Hip Hop Adam de Paor-Evans, University of Central Lancashire
• 9. The Missing Star of MC Tunes Les Gillon, University of Central Lancashire, and Ewa Mazierska
• 10. Hashtag 0161: Did Bugzy Malone put Manny on the map? Kamila Rymajdo, Kingston University (PhD candidate)