Made in the Low Countries

Lutgard Mutsaers is a Dutch scholar, lecturer, researcher, and published author in Popular Music Studies with a background in musicology, cultural history, journalism, and performance.Gert Keunen is a Belgian scholar, lecturer, researcher, and published author in Popular Music Studies with a background in sociology, journalism, the music industry, and performance.

• INTRODUCTIONTogether Apart: Popular Music of the Low Countries with the Flow and against the Odds (LUTGARD MUTSAERS AND GERT KEUNEN)PART I: Framing and Facilitating1 Futile Dutchness or Idiosyncratic Transnationalism: Homemade Pop, National Identity and Global Culture (RENÉ BOOMKENS)2 The Zone In Between: The Principled Realm of Alternative Mainstream in Flanders (GERT KEUNEN)3 Upstart Among the Arts: The Rise of Rock into the Dutch Subsidy System (ANDRÉ NUCHELMANS)4 Mixing Multiple Tracks: Migration, Diaspora and Transcultural Music in Flanders (LISELOTTE SELS)PART II: Creation and Curation5 Broken Circle Rebound: New Regionalism and Vernacular Indie-Folk (NIELS VAN POECKE)6 From Thrash to Cash: Forging and Legitimizing Dutch Metal (PAUWKE BERKERS AND JULIAN SCHAAP)7 Crossover Collectivities and Electronic Samples: Jazz’s Popularization in the Digital Era (KRISTIN MCGEE)8 This Must Be Belgium: Roots, Progress and Legacy of New Beat (PEDRO DE BRUYCKERE)PART III: Close Encounters9 "The Windmill’s Turning": Lifecycle of a Signature Song for Holland (LUTGARD MUTSAERS)10 Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Golden Earring Before and After the "Dutch Invasion" (MAARTEN STEENMEIJER)11 Rock ‘n’ Roll in the Land of Sex and Drugs: Life and Legacy of Herman Brood (RUTGER VAHL)12 "Sanomi" versus "Shalalie": Showing Off Difference at the Eurovision Song Contest (ALBERT MEIJER)PART IV: Changes and Choices13 "We Too Are Specimens of Homo Sapiens": Holebi Culture between Agitprop and Pop (ROBBE HERREMAN)14 Pirates of the North Sea: Introduction and Impact of Commercial Pop Radio (GER TILLEKENS)15 State of Independents: Small-scale Production in a Globally Connected Place (ERIK HITTERS)16 A Critical Choice: The Language of Lyrics as an Issue of Genre and Era (GEERT BUELENS)CODAA Tiny Dot: Some Foreign Awareness of Popular Music Made in The Low Countries (LUTGARD MUTSAERS AND KOOS ZWAAN)AFTERWORD"I Made a Difference": A Conversation with Raymond van het Groenewoud (GEERT BUELENS) Selected Bibliography on Popular Music of the Low Countries