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New Book: ‘Irish Blood, English Heart’‏

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Sean Campbell
‘Irish Blood, English Heart’: Second-Generation Irish Musicians in England
Cork University Press
November 2011 (Paperback)
ISBN: 9781859184905

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. Continue reading →

Latin American Branch – New Website‏

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The Latin American Branch is pleased to announce the launch of its new website. This is a bilingual site (Portuguese and Spanish) that represents more than 20 countries and 280 researchers from a significant number of State and public universities. We invite you to have a look at our Historical Proceedings online (like Bogotá 2000), to read our news, and to follow us on Facebook and watch our videos on our YouTube channel. Continue reading →

Society for Ethnomusicology 2012 Annual Meeting

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Call for papers
November 1-4 2012
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel

The Society for Ethnomusicology will hold a Joint Annual Meeting with the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory in New Orleans on November 1-4, 2012. The meeting will take place at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel.

For the SEM Call for Proposals, abstract submission instructions, and preliminary meeting information, please visit the SEM website and select “Conferences.” The deadline for submission of all abstracts is January 17, 2012.

In conjunction with the Annual Meeting, Tulane University will present a Pre-Conference Symposium titled “Crisis and Creativity” on October 31, 2012.

Sociology of Music Panel-Canadian Sociological Association Conference

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Call for papers
May  29–June 2 2012
Wilfrid  Laurier University / University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario,  Canada)

The 47th Annual CSA Conference will be held from Tuesday May 29 through to Saturday June 2 2012. As usual, the CSA meetings will be held as part of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences Congress, this year taking place at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario. Continue reading →