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Irish Blood, English Heart - Second Generation Irish Musicians in England (Hardcover)
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Irish Blood, English Heart - Second Generation Irish Musicians in England (Hardcover)
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Second-generation Irish musicians have played a vital role in the
history of popular music in England. This book explores the role of
Irish ethnicity in the lives and work of these musicians, focusing
on three high-profile projects: Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight
Runners, Shane MacGowan and The Pogues, and Morrissey/Marr and The
Smiths. The book locates these musicians in a hyphenated
'Irish-Englishness' marked by 'in-between-ness' and explores the
different ways that they engaged with this in-betweenness through
their creative work and their engagements with audiences, the media
and the music industry. The book draws on extensive archival
research of print and audio-visual media as well as original
interviews with the key figures, including Shane MacGowan, Johnny
Marr, Kevin Rowland and Cait O'Riordan. Combining its assiduous
research with fresh critical insights, the book offers new analyses
of the musicians, as well as previously undocumented accounts of
their lives and work. The book highlights the diversity and
complexity of second-generation Irish identities and experience and
details the diverse ways in which this generation has shaped
popular music in England. Accessible and original, 'Irish Blood,
English Heart' will be of interest to students and scholars in the
fields of popular music, media/cultural studies, and
ethnic/migration studies. It will also appeal to a wider audience
of those interested in the musicians with whom it deals.
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