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Music at the end of the land: reflections on the Pembrokeshire Music Network

  • Philip Miles
Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Abstract

Focussing on a creative network in rural Pembrokeshire (rather than a wider ‘scene’ juxtaposing creativity and ‘fandom’), this chapter examines music as emerging from – and representative of – the people, developed within bounded locales, and involving traditional practices and cultural reproductions, investments and self-reflections (Williams, 1961; Miles, 2019). The research examines an extant, fluid, and occasionally incongruous musical collective dissociated over time and genres, but not necessarily geographical spaces of locale and venues, highlighting a contrast between rural and urban creativity, the strategies of self-empowerment, collective ambition and personal satiation, and the distinctions between what are termed ‘embedded’, ‘parallel’ and ‘ephemeral’ strategies of music-making that highlight both the longevity of the scene and the omnipresent geographical, social and economic forces that continually threaten its existence.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 3-17 (15 pages)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 22/03/2023

Publication status

Published - 22/03/2023

Place of publication

Basingstoke

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., United States, United Kingdom

Publication series

  • Publication series name: Pop Music, Culture, and Identity
    ISSN (Print): 2634-6613
    ISSN (Electronic): 2634-6621
    Volume: Part F1535

ISBN (Print)

9783031086144

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/625915
  • Scopus: 85174911672

Host publication title

Popular Music Scenes: Regional and Rural Perspectives

Host publication editors

  • Andy Bennett
  • David Cashman
  • Ben Green
  • Natalie Lewandowski

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