"Country Life"? Rurality, Folk Music and "Show of Hands"

Autor/inn/en	Yarwood, Richard; Charlton, Clive
Titel	"Country Life"? Rurality, Folk Music and "Show of Hands"
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Studies, 25 (2009) 2, S.194-206 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-0167
DOI	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2008.10.003
Schlagwörter	Music Activities; Foreign Countries; Folk Culture; Rural Areas; Cultural Traits; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikalische Aktion; Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum
Abstract	This paper examines the contribution of folk music to understanding the dynamic, fluid and multi-experiential nature of the countryside. Drawing from literature on the geographies of music, it examines the work of "Show of Hands", a contemporary folk band from Devon in England. Three areas are studied. First, the paper examines the musical style of Show of Hands in order to explore how hybridised, yet distinctive, styles of music emerge in particular places. Second, it demonstrates how Show of Hands' hybrid musical style has become closely associated with the Southwest of England. Finally, within these spatial and hybrid contexts, attention is given to the ways in which their music represents the "everyday lives of the rural". Taken together these themes assess the relevance of music in the understanding of rurality as hybrid space. (Contains 4 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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