In Melbourne tonight

Pop/rock histories and futures

Bibliographic Data

ID14970682
AuthorsShane Homan (0000-0002-2118-676X, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, corresponding author), Seamus O’Hanlon (0000-0003-3142-1716, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute), Seamus O'Hanlon, Catherine Strong (0000-0002-2934-5382, MIT University), John Tebbutt (0000-0002-2972-0242, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute)
Year2017
Volume18
Issue2
Pages95-109
Publication date2017-10-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerfect Beat (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1038-2909 • E-ISSN: 1836-0343
PublisherEquinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1558/prbt.32801
OpenAlexW2761555415
LanguageEN
Citations received2

In recent decades the ‘music city’ has emerged as an important series (and exchanges) of representations, capital, labour, sounds and commodities. City heritage and histories—particular narratives of music development, genres, venues and personnel—continue to inform contemporary city branding, tourism and industrial strategies. This article explores how both the practices and discourses of the ‘music city’ circulate in terms of specific histories, and how, in turn, they might inform contemporary practices and future intent. Melbourne, the self-proclaimed music and cultural capital of Australia, is examined as a case study in how the past and present circulate. The article also explores the challenges in documenting the emergence and development of popular music in Melbourne from the 1950s to the present as a three-year Australian Research Council Discovery project, Interrogating the Music City: Cultural Economy and Popular Music in Melbourne, funded from 2016 to 2018

Archaeology · Art · Contemporary classical music · Literature · Media studies · Music education · Music Geography · Music history · Musical · Narrative · Political science · Popular music · Sociology · Tourism · Visual arts · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · History · Music History and Culture

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