Geographically Isolated and Peripheral Music Scenes: Global Insights and Perspectives

Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
	References
Heard, not Scene? Dublin’s Popular Music Viewed from the Inside and Outside
	Introduction
	Dublin: Centre or Periphery?
		Early Scenes
	Dublin Before and After U24
	Intermission: Scenes on Screen
	Evolving Scenes
	Conclusion
	References
You Get to Know the Scene Inside Out, but the Cost of Travel is a Burden: The Impacts of Isolation and Peripherality on the Contemporary Music Scene of Perth, Western Australia
	Introduction
	Perth, Western Australia as a Geographically Isolated Music Scene
	Cheap Rents and Creative Networks: Vital Factors to the Development of Perth’s Contemporary Music Sector
	Geographical Isolation: An Inescapable Career Reality
	Conclusion
	References
Wild Nights in the Cool North: Embracing Otherness in Icelandic and Faroese Music Festivals
	Introduction
	Methodology and Research Overview
	Positioning the Nordic Region
		Iceland and the Faroe Islands
	Music Festivals and Peripheral Scenes
	Music Festivals and the Peripheral North
	G! Festival
	Airwaves Festival
	Conclusion
	References
The Dawson City Music Festival and a Small-Town Scene at the Periphery of the Music Industries
	Introduction
	The Dawson City Music Festival
	Festivals and Scenes at the Periphery of the Music Industries
	Diversity and Inclusivity in Music Festival Programming
	Music and Community Beyond the Festival
	Conclusion
	References
Social Media in Chile’s Indie Music Scene: Crossing Local and Global Boundaries
	Introduction
	Methodology and Case Studies
	Music Scenes, Locality, and Digital Technologies
	Social Media, Musicians, and Music Scenes
	Chile’s Music Industry
	Chile’s Indie Music Scene
	Discussion
		Building an Audience, Connecting Through Networks of Exchange
		Contesting Isolation Through Marketized Forms of Promotion
		Working for the Love of Music
	Conclusion
	References
Linguistic and Geographic Diversity’s Impact on Popular Music in Papua New Guinea
	Introduction
	Geographic Background
		Linguistic Diversity
		Geographic Challenges
	Characteristics of Popular Music in Papua New Guinea
	Challenges to the Scene
	The Global Market and the Papua New Guinea Music Scene
	Conclusion
	References
Industrial Isolation and Cultural Self-Exile: The Formation of an Independent Music Scene in Montreal
	Introduction
	Defining ‘Independent Music’ in Montreal
		Independence in the North American Music Recording Industries
		Underground and Independent Music in Montreal
	Independent Music in Montreal in the Late 1980s and 1990s: General Socio-Economic Context
	DAME and Musique Actuelle
		Constellation Records, Post-Rock and Anglo Self-Exile in the 1990s
	The Mid-2000s: The Montreal Indie Music Scene’s ‘Days in the Sun’
	The Impact of DAME and Constellation Records
	Conclusion
	References
The Periphery in Musical Meaning-Making: Thunder Bay’s Crocks N Rolls and a Stretch of Canadian Highway
	Introduction
	Sites of “Between-Ness” in the Mapping of Music Scenes
	Thunder Bay
	Getting There: Peripherality and the Lake
	Eclectic Taste: Crocks N Rolls
	Conclusion
	References
Don’t Mess with Texas: Austin’s Round Trip Journey from the Periphery to the Centre of the Earth
	Introduction
	Austin, Texas as a Peripheral City
	The History of Austin’s Contemporary Music Scene
	The Impacts of COVID-19 on SXSW
	Conclusion
	References
Conclusion
Index