Lines on Music

Lines on Music [Podcast]

Lines on Music is a musicology podcast featuring conversations on the study and performance of music. While the primary focus of this podcast will be on the academic study of jazz and popular music the intention is to really keep things quite open, and there are some exciting episodes planned for the months ahead… stay tuned.

Episodes

  1. 10/14/2021

    Episode 6: Tríona Ní Shíocháin (pt.2 of Made in Ireland)

    Episode 6: Tríona Ní Shíocháin (pt.2 of Made in Ireland) | October 2021 In October 2020 Routledge published, Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music, this is part of Routledge’s global popular music series which, as they put it, is ‘devoted to popular music largely unknown to Anglo-American readers’. This collection of essays, through a wide range of historical and critical vantage points, explores popular music on the island of Ireland. In the previous episode, which was part one of this two part feature on Made In Ireland, I spoke to two of the editorial team, Áine Mangaoang and John O’Flynn. In that episode we took a birds-eye view of this collection, talking through the different thematic sections and discussing the various essays. For this episode, the second and final part, I wanted to dig a little deeper into just one of those essays and, while there are some really great essays in the collection, Tríona Ní Shíocháin’s contribution really stood out to me as having a particular importance and it is an extended conversation with Tríona that follows in this episode. Tríona’s essay in Made in Ireland, entitled “The Politics of Sound: Modernity and Post-Colonial Identity in Irish-Language Popular Song” was particularly compelling because it was addressing popular music trí mheán na Gaeilge, through the medium of the Irish language and as such this is really an essential contribution to the collection, not least in terms of locating Irish culture and identity in the Anglo-American, English language dominated world of popular music. If you have enjoyed this podcast please do subscribe, leave a positive review on iTunes and share with those who might be interested. Please also do feel free to offer your feedback about the show by connecting on Twitter @linesonmusic or via our website www.linesonmusic.com Jeremiah | Lines on Music

    1h 6m
  2. 09/09/2019

    Episode 3: London Django Collective

    In this episode we speak to the London Django Collective. The Collective was born out of the desire to create a local and innovate forum for musicians influenced by the musical legacy of Django Reinhardt. The Collective remains in the spirit of Django, whilst pushing the genre of ‘gypsy jazz’ in London forward into a modern sphere. Fresh out of the studio the collective will be coming out with a number of regular digital releases and videos throughout 2019, showcasing each member in turn. In the conversation here we discuss the collective itself; their motivations for putting it together and its formation, we talk about this idea of an emergent London sound and how that sits relation to the Parisian sound that fans of this music will likely be most familiar with. Finally we discuss some of the recordings, the group has recorded a great collection of original songs in the style, reflecting the modern jazz manouche sound as it stands today but also, pushing at it’s boundaries by drawing in more influences, which you’ll hear about in this episode. All of the music you hear in this episode comes from the London Django Collective. If you would like to know more go to https://www.facebook.com/londondjangocollective/If you have enjoyed this podcast please do subscribe, leave a positive review on iTunes and share with those who might be interested. Please also do feel free to offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes and topics by connecting on Twitter: @linesonmusic or via our website www.linesonmusic.com The London Django Collective are:Harry Diplock (guitar), Robin Katz (guitar), Kourosh Kanani (guitar), Jeremie Coullon (guitar), Matt Holborn (violin), Giacomo Smith (clarinet), Pete Thomas (bass) and Simon Reed (bass).

    36 min

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Lines on Music is a musicology podcast featuring conversations on the study and performance of music. While the primary focus of this podcast will be on the academic study of jazz and popular music the intention is to really keep things quite open, and there are some exciting episodes planned for the months ahead… stay tuned.