UK Music Map

by **kook** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:42 am

http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/ ... 04,00.html

by **zabird** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:31 am

kook wrote:http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2253104,00.html

interesting article. would be interesting to see a similar one on the u.s.

this cracked me up: Yet Frith notes that there are variations even here: "It's always been said that Liverpool bands pride themselves on the fact they can sing, and Manchester bands pride themselves on the fact that they can't," he says. :razz:

by **Kounelaki** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:29 am

Interesting article. Thanks Kook.

by **Ted** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:45 pm

"But as Britain evolves, so too will its music"

by **starsabove** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:53 pm

This Grauniad article is very strange

http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/ ... 04,00.html

I never would have put the Bunnies down as American soul singers, but there you go:

In early September, Leeds Town Hall will play host to a conference named Music and the Idea of the North. Organised by the Institute of Northern Studies, it will address such matters as music and northern landscapes, comparative studies of music in northern centres, and music, industrialisation and civic identity. Northern music is a broad term, but it is certainly interesting that the the north has proved so musically prolific. It is often suggested that the north-west has engendered such a musical tradition because staying indoors playing guitar is the perfect activity for the inhabitants of a rainy city. Yet Frith notes that there are variations even here: "It's always been said that Liverpool bands pride themselves on the fact they can sing, and Manchester bands pride themselves on the fact that they can't," he says. "And so you have bands like the Fall coming from Manchester, rather than Liverpool's Echo and the Bunnymen trying to sound like American soul singers."

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by **JackT** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:56 pm

Wow I wonder how they would describe Rick Astley.

by **Ted** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:48 pm

I'd think that might actually make Mac happy, he did recently say he was a black man trapped in a white man's underpants or something like that.... :rolleyes: