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Blog Archive October 2009

Cosmic RawXtra: the Net Widens

By Jason Toynbee, 30 October 2009

The King’s Place arts centre is a plate glass outpost of gentrification as it marches north and absorbs the once industrial zone of factories and warehouses at the back of Kings Cross station. You might say (I’m saying it) that Kings Place is a metaphor for the killing off of manufacturing, and the working class jobs and communities that go with it. That said, the venue also hosts the Out Hear concert series, featuring experimental music and multi-media performances.

Jammin' at the Margins? Jazz as Cultural Industry

By Mark Banks, 16 October 2009

The growth of the cultural and creative industries has become one of the more pronounced features of contemporary economic life. But to what extent can we understand jazz as a cultural industry?

Ethnomusicology: really it's all practice - Byron Dueck

By Jason Toynbee, 7 October 2009

The weekend of September 17 marked the first time members of the BBJ team have come together to read papers as a panel at a scholarly conference. It was the annual meeting of the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology, this year held at The Open University right here in Milton Keynes.