joanna braniffSep 1, 20202 minWhy Belfast Got the Blueswe never could have predicted Belfast’s centrality to the broader pop narrative of the decade
Noel McLaughlinNov 24, 20204 minDave Struck A ChordDave Laing you are greatly missed. If there is a God, I hope you enjoy the fact that this book is dedicated to your memory and influence.
Noel McLaughlinNov 10, 20205 minYouthful Adventures in SoundThe sheer excitement ushered in by the democratisation and affordability of the tape recorder cannot, and should not, be under-estimated
Noel McLaughlinNov 8, 20205 minPlaying It Safe?Neither Trump or Biden are conspicuously deploying popular music’s (now long-standing) role as a persuader
Noel McLaughlinNov 2, 20205 minUnity in Diversity Irish popular music historiography has come a long way from ‘showbands versus beat groups’
joanna braniffOct 7, 20205 minThe Writing is on the Wallthe US is perched on a narrow precipice terrifyingly similar to that of Northern Ireland in the closing years of the 1960s.
Noel McLaughlinOct 7, 20205 minWomen of the Ghetto for all of these women calling out a normal society for being anything but was a risky strategy
joanna braniffSep 25, 20205 minHow Belfast Got the Blues - A note on style, form and ambitionThis book has been written with the non-academic reader very much in mind.
joanna braniffSep 17, 20203 minI Predict A Riot This was exactly the violent theatre of primal hedonism the youth of Belfast craved
joanna braniffSep 11, 20208 minPolitics of the aesthetic - the extraordinary Peter Whitehead... the film offers some of the most novel and forward looking images of popular music in performance.
joanna braniffSep 11, 20202 minMaps as propaganda Maps are the ultimate visualisation of the ways we place ourselves in time and space.
joanna braniffSep 8, 20204 minHow we researched How Belfast Got the Blues The most important aspect in this mix was, undoubtedly, original archival research and the prioritisation of analysis of public record.