Blerwytirhwng? The Place of Welsh Pop Music
- Author: Hill, Sarah
Sarah Hill has produced a pioneering and original book —
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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.