Table Of ContentSound, Society and the
Geography of Popular Music
Edited by
Ola Johansson and Thomas L. Bell
Sound, Society and the GeoGraphy
of popular MuSic
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Sound, Society and the
Geography of popular Music
Edited by
ola JohanSSon
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, USA
thoMaS l. Bell
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
and Western Kentucky University, USA
© ola Johansson and thomas l. Bell 2009
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ola Johansson and thomas l. Bell have asserted their right under the copyright, designs
and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work.
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Sound, society and the geography of popular music.
1. Music and geography. 2. popular music--Social aspects.
3. popular music--psychological aspects. 4. Music and
tourism.
i. Johansson, ola. ii. Bell, thomas.
306.4'842-dc22
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sound, society and the geography of popular music / [edited] by ola Johansson
and thomas l. Bell.
p. cm.
includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7546-7577-8 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-0-7546-9875-3 (ebook)
1. popular music--Social aspects. 2. Music and geography. i. Johansson, ola.
ii. Bell, thomas l.
Ml3918.p67S68 2009
781.6409--dc22
2009024263
ISBN 9780754675778 (hbk)
ISBN 9780754698753 (ebk)
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contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Notes on Contributors xi
1 introduction 1
Ola Johansson and Thomas L. Bell
ParT I MuSIC, SPaCe, anD POLITICaL aCTIvISM
2 Geographies of John and Yoko’s 1969 Campaign for
peace: an intersection of celebrity, Space, art, and activism 11
Robert J. Kruse II
3 Scales of resistance: Billy Bragg and the creation of
activist Spaces 33
Edward Jackiewicz and James Craine
ParT II TOurISM anD LanDSCaPeS Of MuSIC
4 Writing on the Graceland Wall: on the importance of authorship
in pilgrimage landscapes 53
Derek H. Alderman
5 ambient australia: Music, Meditation, and tourist places 67
John Connell and Chris Gibson
ParT III MaPPInG MuSICaL TexTS
6 a lesson of Geography, on the riddim: the Symbolic
topography of reggae Music 91
Sarah Daynes
7 A Listener’s Mental Map of California 107
Kevin Romig
vi Sound, Society and the Geography of Popular Music
ParT Iv PLaCe In MuSIC/MuSIC In PLaCe
8 Musical cartographies: Los Ritmos de los Barrios de la Habana 127
John Finn and Chris Lukinbeal
9 the city She loves Me: the los angeles of the red hot
chili peppers 145
Michael W. Pesses
10 The Geography of “Canadian Shield Rock”: Locality, Nationality
and place imagery in the Music of the rheostatics 161
Olaf Kuhlke
ParT v LOCaL MuSIC In a COnneCTeD WOrLD
11 internet radio and cultural connections: a case Study of the
St. John’s, Newfoundland Radio Market 185
Sara Beth Keough
12 local independent Music Scenes and the implications
of the internet 205
Holly C. Kruse
13 Where are the new uS Music Scenes? 219
Ola Johansson and Thomas L. Bell
ParT vI The GeOGraPhy Of GenreS
14 Hip Hop: A Postmodern Folk Music 245
Steven Graves
15 techno: Music and entrepreneurship in post-fordist detroit 261
Deborah Che
16 the production of contemporary christian Music: a Geographical
perspective 281
John Lindenbaum
Index 295
list of figures
5.1 indig.com website 75
5.2 new age retail outlets, Byron Bay, nSW, July 2004 78
5.3 todd Street Mall, alice Springs, July 2001 79
7.1 Map of california and notable locations in popular
music and culture 113
8.1 a musical map of havana 131
8.2 rumba dancers at Callejón de Hamel, Centro Habana
© Megan resch 132
8.3 colonial Spanish architecture, Centro Habana © Megan resch 134
8.4 claves in the rumba, Callejón de Hamel, Centro Habana 135
8.5 La Habana Vieja, a uneSco World heritage Site © Megan resch 136
8.6 Malecón 137
8.7 young cuban singers performing with the popular timba group
nG la Banda © Megan resch 138
8.8 the Vedada neighborhood in havana © Megan resch 139
8.9 Pianist Robert Fonseca performing with Omar Gonzalez (bass),
Javier Zalba (sax), and Ramsés Rodriguez (drums) in La Zorra
el Cuervo during the 2008 havana international Jazz festival
© Megan resch 140
8.10 Sunday Mass in Old Havana’s Cathedral © Megan resch 141
8.11 Santero in Centro Habana © Megan resch 142
13.1 factors affecting the formation of local music scenes 223
13.2 Origin of new rock artists by city © Glynn collis 229
13.3 Cities (MSA> 1 million) with no artists on the list © Glynn collis 231
15.1 detroit area 265
15.2a future: renaissance center 268
15.2b Past: Packard Plant 269
15.3 carl craig 274
16.1 2006 uS ccM album sales by region 286
16.2 ccM record labels in the uS 287
16.3 ccM radio stations in the uS 288
16.4 ccM festivals in the uS 289
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list of tables
7.1 Songs charting in the top 20 and their categorical themes 110
13.1 Genres of new rock 226
13.2 Genres by size of city 233
15.1 Detroit’s population, 1940-2000 263
