New Book out now!

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Finally after a long process, my new book with Gary West is out! https://www.routledge.com/Understanding-Scotland-Musically-Folk-Tradition-and-Policy/McKerrell-West/p/book/9781138205222 The book came initially out of the 2014 conference we ran here at Newcastle University--Understanding Scotland Musically, supported by the AHRC. The final book has 19 chapters with some great contributions: 1 Understanding Scotland Musically Simon McKerrell & Gary West   … Continue reading New Book out now!

Keynote this week at Football Conference, Limerick

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I'm travelling over to Limerick today to be part of an exciting conference on the sociologies of football and music: The Football Collective Conference Limerick 23-24 November 2017 I'll be speaking about the power of metaphor in football music and conflict. Football is rich in metaphor and rich in social belonging and division. My particular … Continue reading Keynote this week at Football Conference, Limerick

Upcoming Talk this Wednesday Glasgow Uni practice as research

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Memory, Music and Movement An AHRC-North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) Networking Project Wednesday 15 November, 5.15pm University of Glasgow (14 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QH, Room 2) ‘Prolegomena to Practice-Based Research in Traditional Music’, Simon McKerrell   Wednesday 6 December 2017, 4.00pm Newcastle University, the International Centre for Music Studies (ICMuS, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU) … Continue reading Upcoming Talk this Wednesday Glasgow Uni practice as research

Upcoming Talk Glasgow for NAFCo

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I'm giving a paper soon please do consider coming along if you're interested, University of Glasgow, 15th November 2017: Prolegomena to Practice-Based Research in Traditional Music 15 November 2017, 17:15 - 19:00 Memory, Music and Movement An AHRC-North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) Networking Project The Elphinstone Institute of the University of Aberdeen in partnership with … Continue reading Upcoming Talk Glasgow for NAFCo

Fantastic new John Renbourn Composition Archive at Newcastle University

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We are delighted to announce that the family of the late John Renbourn have gifted his entire compositional archive to Newcastle University's Special Collections. Photo: Dr Mick Wright of Newcastle University John Renbourn was one of the founding members of the British folk band, Pentangle, a group which had a huge influence on the burgeoning … Continue reading Fantastic new John Renbourn Composition Archive at Newcastle University

Threshold concepts in the semiotics and sociology of music

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[Picture credit: Endrick Water taken by Johnny Watt source: Flickr.] The point of this page is to set out just a few of the key threshold concepts in the sociology and anthropology of music with the aim of trying to better explain what and why we do. A threshold concept is that which could not … Continue reading Threshold concepts in the semiotics and sociology of music

J.M. Carpenter Folksong Collection

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Update from Julia Bishop: Dear friends and colleagues, We are delighted to be putting on two events relating to the J. M. Carpenter Folk Song Collection, about to become publicly accessible online as part of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Digital Archive. This fantastic collection, made in the 1930s but not generally availabile till now, … Continue reading J.M. Carpenter Folksong Collection

Call for Papers | BFE2018 | Newcastle University

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We've just confirmed our keynote speaker for the British Forum for Ethnomusicology next April at Newcastle University--Professor Britta Sweers. I am delighted to have someone of her standing and thoughtfulness come to speak to UK and Irish ethnomusicologists. Please do submit a paper to the conference. Website for it is here: http://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/bfe2018/callforpapers/ Can't wait to … Continue reading Call for Papers | BFE2018 | Newcastle University