This article reports on a case study involving 44 adults based in Belfast, Northern Ireland for
the research project Bridging Musical Knowledge. Data were gathered via project website …

This chapter discusses the significance of place attachment for popular music producers in
Cork city. The findings draw from extensive ethnographic research conducted in and on the …

This paper traces a walking tour of Cork City that I recently undertook, using an
autoethnographic perspective to tap into the linguistic and semiotic features of places and …

In this chapter, I explore and problematize conceptions of the Other in discourses and
practices of Irish popular music. I first consider the continued relevance or otherwise of …

This paper builds upon the work of Hogan (2016, 2021) by casting a historical lens on the
importance of emotional connectivity to place in Cork through a case study of the city's most …

Music, the Moving Image and Ireland, 1897–2017 constitutes the first comprehensive study
of music for screen productions from or relating to the island. It identifies and interprets …

The word “underground” has profound and sustained connections to the idea of place, and
in this chapter, I examine what kind of a place the Dublin musical underground is. The small …

The Introduction begins with a consideration of Ireland's contested histories and borders, in
a brief interpretation of the complex trajectories and lines that have crisscrossed the various …

Problematizing one-sided conceptions of Dublin as a place from whence successful
international acts emerge, this chapter charts the development of local music scenes, its …

I grew up in a working-class family in a poor, culturally diverse area of Bristol, England. My
academic journey has been a constant struggle in the face of social class barriers, yet …