Summary

The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World's five-volume work 'Locations' is the most authoritative reference work on the history and current practice of popular music ever published. The five volumes on 'Locations' that form Part 2 of this multi-volume work follow on from the two volumes of Part 1: Media, Industry and Society (Volume I) and Performance and Production (Volume II). They cover over 200 nation states and are organized according to continental regions: Volume III: Caribbean and Latin America Volume IV: North America, Volume V: Asia and Oceania, Volume VI: Africa and the Middle East, and Volume VII: Europe. Each discusses the history, development and current practice of popular music in cities, districts, cross-border regions, nation states and diasporic communities around the world. Includes coverage of:

- The historical, geographical, demographical, political, economic and cultural context
- Genres for which the location is known or which have been important to the development and current practice of its popular music
- Significant venues such as theatres, dance halls, clubs and bars
- The role of the industry: music publishers, record companies/labels, recording studios, radio and TV
- The role of the state and government regulatory bodies
- The teaching and research of popular music in educational institutions
- Songs associated with the location

Notable performers and other practitioners such as producers, engineers, technological innovators, record company heads, journalists, critics and scholars, songwriters, composers and lyricists.

250 leading popular music scholars and practitioners have contributed over 500 entries. They include Rafael José de Menezes Bastos on Brazil, Peter Manuel on India and the Caribbean Islands, John Collins on Ghana, Moya Aliya Malamusi on Malawi, Tôru Mitsui on Japan, Motti Regev on Israel, Martin Stokes on Turkey, Richard Peterson on Nashville, Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman on Hawai'I, Bruce Johnson on Australia, Paolo Prato on Italy, Svanibor Pettan on Croatia and Alf Björnberg on Sweden.

Author Biography

David Horn was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music and a founding member of IASPM (The International Association for the Study of Popular Music). He was Director of the Institute of Popular Music at the University of Liverpool from 1988 until his retirement in 2002. Together with the blues scholar Paul Oliver he first proposed the idea of EPMOW in the 1980s, and has worked on the project since that time.

John Shepherd is Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic) and Chancellor’s Professor of Music and Sociology at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He was from 2007-2012 Carleton’s Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs. Dr. Shepherd has been a member of EPMOW’s editorial board since 1990. In 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his role “as a leading architect of a post-War critical musicology.”

Dave Laing is the author of several books on popular music and a former editor of Music Week. He is a former Research Fellow at the University of Westminster, UK where he conducted research on the music industry.

Introduction
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
List of Maps
Abbreviations
Maps

1. Native America (North)
Native America (North)
Beverley Diamond

2. Canada

Canada
Nicholas Jennings

Major Regions and Cultures:
English
Canada Martin Melhuish

Inuit
Beverley Diamond

Quebec
Richard Baillargeon

Regions and Provinces:

British Columbia
Warren Gill and Irwin Shubert

Maritime Provinces
Rob Bowman

Acadia
David Lonergan (Trans. Sinclair Robinson)

Newfoundland and Labrador
Holly Everett

NWT, Yukon, Nunavut and Nunavik
Beverley Diamond

Ontario
Rob Bowman

Ontario (Francophone)
Serge P. Quinty

Prairie Provinces
Holger Petersen

Western Canada (Francophone)
Serge P. Quinty

Cities:
Calgary, AB
Martin Melhuish

Edmonton, AB
Adam Krims

Montreal (Francophone), QC
Richard Baillargeon

Montreal (Anglophone), QC
Geoff Stahl

Quebec City, QC
Richard Baillargeon

Toronto, ON
Rob Bowman

Vancouver, BC
Mark Duffett

Winnipeg, MB
John Einarson

3. United States (Continental)

United States of America
David Horn and Dave Laing with Charles Hamm

Regions and States:

Alaska
Suzanne Summerville

The Appalachian Region
David B. Pruett

California
Dave Laing

Delaware
Dave Laing

Florida
Dave Laing

Maryland
Dave Laing

Mississippi Delta
Paul Oliver

Mississippi Valley
David Evans

New England
Charles Hamm

New Jersey
Roger Deitz and David Horn

New York State
Chuck Mancuso with David Horn

Plains States (Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma)
George O. Carney

The South
David Horn

Southeastern States
David Horn

Southwestern States
Durwood Ball

Texas
Rick Koster with David Horn

Cities:
Athens, GA
Stephen Valdez

Atlanta, GA
Oliver Greene

Austin, TX
Cotton Seiler

Bakersfield/Central Valley, CA
Eileen Sisk

Baltimore, MD
Dave Laing

Baton Rouge, LA
Alison J. Pringle

Birmingham, AL
Andre Millard

Boston, MA
Daniel Cavicchi and Gary Burns

Buffalo, NY
Chuck Mancuso and David Horn

Charleston, SC
Timothy M. Crain

Chicago, IL
Robert Pruter with Paul Oliver and the Editors

Districts:
South Side
Paul Oliver

State Street
Paul Oliver

Cincinnati, OH
Larry Nager

Cleveland, OH
Sharon Carla Hochhauser and David Horn

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Ramiro Burr with Derek Delgado and David Horn

Denver, CO
Dick Weissman

Detroit, MI
Steve Waksman

El Paso, TX
Ramiro Burr

Helena, AR
David Evans

Houston, TX
Ramiro Burr with Derek Delgado and David Horn

Indianapolis, IN
Theodore F. Watts and David Horn

Jackson, MS
Paul Oliver

Jacksonville, FL
Timothy D. Watkins

Kansas City, MO
Dave Laing

Las Vegas, NV
Kenneth Hanlon

Los Angeles, CA

Districts:
Hollywood
Dave Laing

Louisville, KY
Cotton Seiler

Memphis, TN
David Evans

Districts:
Beale Street
David Evans

Miami, FL
Dave Laing

Milwaukee, WI
Scott R. Wenzel

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Jonas M. Westover

Muscle Shoals, AL
Rob Bowman

Nashville, TN
Richard A. Peterson

New Orleans, LA
David Horn

New York City, NY
Kai Fikentscher and Stephen Mamula with David Horn

Districts:
Broadway
Andrew P. Killick

Harlem
David Horn with Dave Laing and Ted Vincent

Tin Pan Alley
Timothy E. Scheurer

Oklahoma City, OK
George O. Carney

Philadelphia, PA
Dave Laing

Pittsburgh, PA
Kathy English

St Louis, MO
Dave Laing

Salt Lake City, UT
Michael Hicks

San Antonio, TX
Ramiro Burr

San Diego, CA
Anna Szemere and Nora Gruber

San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Andrew Goodwin

Districts:
Haight Ashbury
Dave Laing

Savannah, GA P
Peggy Blood with David Horn

Seattle, WA
Dave Laing

Shreveport, LA
Ronald N. Bukoff

Tulsa, OK
Steve Higgins and Steve Jones

Washington, DC
Richard Harrington

Index

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