The northern soul scene
By: edited by Sarah Raine, Tim Wall and Nicola Watchman Smith
Series: Studies in popular music; Studies in popular music
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Sheffield, UK; Bristol, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9781781795576; 9781781795583
Subjects: Soul music; History and criticism; History
Description: The Northern Soul scene is a dance-based music culture that originated in the English North and Midlands in the early 1970s, it still thrives today with a mix of fifty-year olds and new converts, and its celebration of 1960s Soul has an international following. This innovative and distinctive book brings together original commissioned essays and pivotal scholarly articles that have defined the field so far, interspersed with dossiers of published journalistic articles and photographs, and interviews with, for instance, producers and directors of Northern Soul-themed films. This publication represents a subject-defining book on the history and contemporary nature of the scene, and the first anthology of work in the field, which will provide a forum for vibrant dialogue and debate for a readership of lecturers and researchers, students and general readers interested in creative analyses and interpretations of the scene, past and present. The book links academic research, photography, film production and journalism in the documentation and analysis of historic and current music scenes. Representations of the scene from different media and different historical locations are juxtaposed to construct a rich and diverse statement about the music, people, places and practices that constitute the Northern Soul scene in the UK.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.