David Horn was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music and a founding member of IASPM (The International Association for the Study of Popular Music). Together with the blues scholar Paul Oliver he first proposed the idea of EPMOW in the 1980s, and has worked on the project since that time. John Shepherd is Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic) and Chancellor’s Professor of Music and Sociology at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. In 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his role “as a leading architect of a post-War critical musicology.”Dave Laing is the author of several books on popular music and a former editor of Music Week. He is a former Research Fellow at the University of Westminster, UK where he conducted research on the music industry.

• Introduction AcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsList of MapsAbbreviations1. Baltic StatesEstonia – Jaak Ojakaar Latvia – Yanis Stundins Lithuania – Dave Laing 2. Central EuropeCzech Republic – Ales Opekar Cities:Brno – Ales Opekar Praha (Prague) – Ales Opekar Hungary – Tamas Szonyei and Julia Levai Cities:Budapest – Tamas Szonyei Poland – Dave Laing Slovakia – Ales Opekar Cities:Bratislava – Ales Opekar 3. Eastern Europe Belarus – Maria Paula Survilla Cities:Minsk – Maria Paula Survilla Georgia – Manana Akhmetili Moldova – Dave Laing Russia – Mark Yoffe with Dave Laing Ukraine – Dave Laing 4. Jewish DiasporaJewish Diaspora – Joel E. Rubin 5. Southeastern EuropeAlbania – Jane Sugarman Bosnia-Herzegovina – Vesna Andree Zaimovic Cities:Sarajevo – Vesna Andree ZaimovicBulgaria – Claire LevyCities: Sofiya (Sofia) – Claire LevyCroatia – Svanibor H. PettanCities: Zagreb – Svanibor H. PettanCyprus – Panikos GiorgoudesGreece – Risto Pekka PennanenRegions: Kriti (Crete) – Chris WilliamsCities: Athina (Athens) – Fouli PapageorgiouThessaloniki – Liza TsalikiMacedonia – Ljupco JolevskiRomania (Romania) – Marin Marian-BaVlas,aCities: Bucuresti (Bucharest) – Marin Marian-BaVlas,aSerbia and Montenegro – Selena RakoVcevi?cCities: Beograd (Belgrade) – Selena RakoVcevi?cSlovenia – Rajko MurVsicVCities: Ljubljana – Rajko MurVsicVYugoslavia (1918-1991) – Rajko MurVsicV6. Western Europe Andorra – Dave LaingAustria – Dave LaingCities: Wien (Vienna) – Dave LaingBelgium – Robert J. SacreCities: Antwerpen – Robert J. SacreBruxelles (Brussels) – Robert J. SacreChannel Islands – Robert TillingDenmark – Morten MichelsenRegions: Fareoe Islands – Morten MichelsenCities:Aolborg (Aalborg) – Morten MichelsenAorhus (Aarhus) – Morten MichelsenKobenhavn (Copenhagen) – Morten MichelsenEuskal Herria (The Basque Country) – Josu AmezagaFinland – Pekka JalkanenCities: Helsinki – Jari MuikkuTampere – Helmi Ja rviluomaTurku – Johannes BrusilaFrance – Andre J.M. PrevosRegions: Bretagne (Brittany) – Andre J.M. PrevosCorsica – Caroline BithellProvence – Jerome LenainCities: Bordeaux – Gilbert DelorLyon – Gilbert DelorMarseille – Alain-Philippe DurandParis – Olivier JulienToulouse – Andre J.M. PrevosDistricts: Left Bank – Aymeric PichevinMontmartre – Olivier JulienGermany – Peter WickeCities: Berlin – Peter WickeFrankfurt am Main – Andy BennettHamburg – Michael Gratzke and Eberhard SpohdKoln (Cologne) – Christine FlenderMunchen (Munich) – David BuckleyGreenland – Morten MichelsenIceland – Gestur GuomundssonRepublic of Ireland – John O'FlynnCities: Cork – John O'FlynnDublin – John O'FlynnGalway – John O'FlynnLimerick – John O'FlynnDiaspora: Irish Diaspora – John O'FlynnIsle of Man – Fenella Crowe BazinItaly – Paolo PratoRegions: Central Italy – Franco Minganti with Paolo PratoNorthern Italy – Vincenzo PernaSardegna (Sardinia) – Stefano PogelliSouthern Italy – Stefano PogelliCities: Bologna – Roberto Agostini and Pierfrancesco PacodaFirenze (Florence) – Simone BrogioniGenova (Genoa) – Paolo PratoMilano (Milan) – Franco Fabbri with Luca MarconiNapoli (Naples) – Paolo PratoRoma (Rome) – Francesco Adinolfo and Paolo PratoSan Remo – Paolo PratoTorino and Piemonte (Turin and Piedmont) – Franz CoriascoDiaspora: Italian Diaspora – Francesco Adinolfi and Paolo PratoLiechtenstein – Dieter RingliLuxembourg – Robert J. SacreMalta – Philip CiantarThe Netherlands – Lutgard MutsaersCities: Amsterdam – Lutgard MutsaersRotterdam – Lutgard Mutsaerss'Gravenhage (The Hague) – Lutgard MutsaersUtrecht – Lutgard MutsaersNorway – Hans Weisethaunet and Odd SkaO rbergCities:Bergen and Western Norway – Hans Weisenhaunet Kristiansand, Stavanger and Southern Norway – Tor DyboOslo and Eastern Norway – Hans Weisethaunet and Odd SkaO rbergTromso and Northern Norway – Hans WeisenhaunetTrondheim and Middle Norway – Hans WeisenhaunetSan Marino – Roberto AgostiniSpain – Julio ArceRegions: Andalucia – Francisco J. Garcia Gallardo and Herminia Arredondo PerezAragon – Jesus Soria NunezAsturias – Celsa AlonsoCanary Islands – Jesus Soria NunezCantabria – Irene Mandado GutierrezCastilla y Leon – Clemente de Pablos MiguelCataluna – J. Ramon Belastegui and Lluc SilvestreGalicia – Xose Rosales SequeirosCities: Barcelona – J. Ramon Belastegui and Lluc SilvestreMadrid – Julio ArceSevilla (Seville) – Francisco J. Garcia Gallardo and Herminia Arredondo PerezSweden – Alf Bjo rnbergCities: Goteborg – Lars LilliestamStockholm – Per-Erik BrolinsonSwitzerland – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettCities: Basel – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettBern – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettMontreux – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettNyon – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettZurich – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettUnited Kingdom – Dave LaingRegions: England – Derek B. ScottNorthern Ireland – Dave LaingScotland – Peter SymonWales (Cymru) – Trevor HerbertCities: Belfast – Miriam Crozier with Dave LaingBirmingham – Jason ToynbeeBristol – Peter WebbGlasgow – Peter SymonLiverpool – Sara CohenLondon – Dave LaingManchester – Dave LaingNewcastle upon Tyne – Paul Hansen with Dave LaingSheffield – Josie Robson and Mike JonesDistricts: Soho – Dave LaingIndex

David Horn was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music and a founding member of IASPM (The International Association for the Study of Popular Music). Together with the blues scholar Paul Oliver he first proposed the idea of EPMOW in the 1980s, and has worked on the project since that time. John Shepherd is Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic) and Chancellor’s Professor of Music and Sociology at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. In 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his role “as a leading architect of a post-War critical musicology.”Dave Laing is the author of several books on popular music and a former editor of Music Week. He is a former Research Fellow at the University of Westminster, UK where he conducted research on the music industry.

• Introduction AcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsList of MapsAbbreviations1. Baltic StatesEstonia – Jaak Ojakaar Latvia – Yanis Stundins Lithuania – Dave Laing 2. Central EuropeCzech Republic – Ales Opekar Cities:Brno – Ales Opekar Praha (Prague) – Ales Opekar Hungary – Tamas Szonyei and Julia Levai Cities:Budapest – Tamas Szonyei Poland – Dave Laing Slovakia – Ales Opekar Cities:Bratislava – Ales Opekar 3. Eastern Europe Belarus – Maria Paula Survilla Cities:Minsk – Maria Paula Survilla Georgia – Manana Akhmetili Moldova – Dave Laing Russia – Mark Yoffe with Dave Laing Ukraine – Dave Laing 4. Jewish DiasporaJewish Diaspora – Joel E. Rubin 5. Southeastern EuropeAlbania – Jane Sugarman Bosnia-Herzegovina – Vesna Andree Zaimovic Cities:Sarajevo – Vesna Andree ZaimovicBulgaria – Claire LevyCities: Sofiya (Sofia) – Claire LevyCroatia – Svanibor H. PettanCities: Zagreb – Svanibor H. PettanCyprus – Panikos GiorgoudesGreece – Risto Pekka PennanenRegions: Kriti (Crete) – Chris WilliamsCities: Athina (Athens) – Fouli PapageorgiouThessaloniki – Liza TsalikiMacedonia – Ljupco JolevskiRomania (Romania) – Marin Marian-BaVlas,aCities: Bucuresti (Bucharest) – Marin Marian-BaVlas,aSerbia and Montenegro – Selena RakoVcevi?cCities: Beograd (Belgrade) – Selena RakoVcevi?cSlovenia – Rajko MurVsicVCities: Ljubljana – Rajko MurVsicVYugoslavia (1918-1991) – Rajko MurVsicV6. Western Europe Andorra – Dave LaingAustria – Dave LaingCities: Wien (Vienna) – Dave LaingBelgium – Robert J. SacreCities: Antwerpen – Robert J. SacreBruxelles (Brussels) – Robert J. SacreChannel Islands – Robert TillingDenmark – Morten MichelsenRegions: Fareoe Islands – Morten MichelsenCities:Aolborg (Aalborg) – Morten MichelsenAorhus (Aarhus) – Morten MichelsenKobenhavn (Copenhagen) – Morten MichelsenEuskal Herria (The Basque Country) – Josu AmezagaFinland – Pekka JalkanenCities: Helsinki – Jari MuikkuTampere – Helmi Ja rviluomaTurku – Johannes BrusilaFrance – Andre J.M. PrevosRegions: Bretagne (Brittany) – Andre J.M. PrevosCorsica – Caroline BithellProvence – Jerome LenainCities: Bordeaux – Gilbert DelorLyon – Gilbert DelorMarseille – Alain-Philippe DurandParis – Olivier JulienToulouse – Andre J.M. PrevosDistricts: Left Bank – Aymeric PichevinMontmartre – Olivier JulienGermany – Peter WickeCities: Berlin – Peter WickeFrankfurt am Main – Andy BennettHamburg – Michael Gratzke and Eberhard SpohdKoln (Cologne) – Christine FlenderMunchen (Munich) – David BuckleyGreenland – Morten MichelsenIceland – Gestur GuomundssonRepublic of Ireland – John O'FlynnCities: Cork – John O'FlynnDublin – John O'FlynnGalway – John O'FlynnLimerick – John O'FlynnDiaspora: Irish Diaspora – John O'FlynnIsle of Man – Fenella Crowe BazinItaly – Paolo PratoRegions: Central Italy – Franco Minganti with Paolo PratoNorthern Italy – Vincenzo PernaSardegna (Sardinia) – Stefano PogelliSouthern Italy – Stefano PogelliCities: Bologna – Roberto Agostini and Pierfrancesco PacodaFirenze (Florence) – Simone BrogioniGenova (Genoa) – Paolo PratoMilano (Milan) – Franco Fabbri with Luca MarconiNapoli (Naples) – Paolo PratoRoma (Rome) – Francesco Adinolfo and Paolo PratoSan Remo – Paolo PratoTorino and Piemonte (Turin and Piedmont) – Franz CoriascoDiaspora: Italian Diaspora – Francesco Adinolfi and Paolo PratoLiechtenstein – Dieter RingliLuxembourg – Robert J. SacreMalta – Philip CiantarThe Netherlands – Lutgard MutsaersCities: Amsterdam – Lutgard MutsaersRotterdam – Lutgard Mutsaerss'Gravenhage (The Hague) – Lutgard MutsaersUtrecht – Lutgard MutsaersNorway – Hans Weisethaunet and Odd SkaO rbergCities:Bergen and Western Norway – Hans Weisenhaunet Kristiansand, Stavanger and Southern Norway – Tor DyboOslo and Eastern Norway – Hans Weisethaunet and Odd SkaO rbergTromso and Northern Norway – Hans WeisenhaunetTrondheim and Middle Norway – Hans WeisenhaunetSan Marino – Roberto AgostiniSpain – Julio ArceRegions: Andalucia – Francisco J. Garcia Gallardo and Herminia Arredondo PerezAragon – Jesus Soria NunezAsturias – Celsa AlonsoCanary Islands – Jesus Soria NunezCantabria – Irene Mandado GutierrezCastilla y Leon – Clemente de Pablos MiguelCataluna – J. Ramon Belastegui and Lluc SilvestreGalicia – Xose Rosales SequeirosCities: Barcelona – J. Ramon Belastegui and Lluc SilvestreMadrid – Julio ArceSevilla (Seville) – Francisco J. Garcia Gallardo and Herminia Arredondo PerezSweden – Alf Bjo rnbergCities: Goteborg – Lars LilliestamStockholm – Per-Erik BrolinsonSwitzerland – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettCities: Basel – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettBern – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettMontreux – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettNyon – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettZurich – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettUnited Kingdom – Dave LaingRegions: England – Derek B. ScottNorthern Ireland – Dave LaingScotland – Peter SymonWales (Cymru) – Trevor HerbertCities: Belfast – Miriam Crozier with Dave LaingBirmingham – Jason ToynbeeBristol – Peter WebbGlasgow – Peter SymonLiverpool – Sara CohenLondon – Dave LaingManchester – Dave LaingNewcastle upon Tyne – Paul Hansen with Dave LaingSheffield – Josie Robson and Mike JonesDistricts: Soho – Dave LaingIndex

David Horn was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music and a founding member of IASPM (The International Association for the Study of Popular Music). Together with the blues scholar Paul Oliver he first proposed the idea of EPMOW in the 1980s, and has worked on the project since that time. John Shepherd is Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic) and Chancellor’s Professor of Music and Sociology at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. In 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his role “as a leading architect of a post-War critical musicology.”Dave Laing is the author of several books on popular music and a former editor of Music Week. He is a former Research Fellow at the University of Westminster, UK where he conducted research on the music industry.

• Introduction AcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsList of MapsAbbreviations1. Baltic StatesEstonia – Jaak Ojakaar Latvia – Yanis Stundins Lithuania – Dave Laing 2. Central EuropeCzech Republic – Ales Opekar Cities:Brno – Ales Opekar Praha (Prague) – Ales Opekar Hungary – Tamas Szonyei and Julia Levai Cities:Budapest – Tamas Szonyei Poland – Dave Laing Slovakia – Ales Opekar Cities:Bratislava – Ales Opekar 3. Eastern Europe Belarus – Maria Paula Survilla Cities:Minsk – Maria Paula Survilla Georgia – Manana Akhmetili Moldova – Dave Laing Russia – Mark Yoffe with Dave Laing Ukraine – Dave Laing 4. Jewish DiasporaJewish Diaspora – Joel E. Rubin 5. Southeastern EuropeAlbania – Jane Sugarman Bosnia-Herzegovina – Vesna Andree Zaimovic Cities:Sarajevo – Vesna Andree ZaimovicBulgaria – Claire LevyCities: Sofiya (Sofia) – Claire LevyCroatia – Svanibor H. PettanCities: Zagreb – Svanibor H. PettanCyprus – Panikos GiorgoudesGreece – Risto Pekka PennanenRegions: Kriti (Crete) – Chris WilliamsCities: Athina (Athens) – Fouli PapageorgiouThessaloniki – Liza TsalikiMacedonia – Ljupco JolevskiRomania (Romania) – Marin Marian-BaVlas,aCities: Bucuresti (Bucharest) – Marin Marian-BaVlas,aSerbia and Montenegro – Selena RakoVcevi?cCities: Beograd (Belgrade) – Selena RakoVcevi?cSlovenia – Rajko MurVsicVCities: Ljubljana – Rajko MurVsicVYugoslavia (1918-1991) – Rajko MurVsicV6. Western Europe Andorra – Dave LaingAustria – Dave LaingCities: Wien (Vienna) – Dave LaingBelgium – Robert J. SacreCities: Antwerpen – Robert J. SacreBruxelles (Brussels) – Robert J. SacreChannel Islands – Robert TillingDenmark – Morten MichelsenRegions: Fareoe Islands – Morten MichelsenCities:Aolborg (Aalborg) – Morten MichelsenAorhus (Aarhus) – Morten MichelsenKobenhavn (Copenhagen) – Morten MichelsenEuskal Herria (The Basque Country) – Josu AmezagaFinland – Pekka JalkanenCities: Helsinki – Jari MuikkuTampere – Helmi Ja rviluomaTurku – Johannes BrusilaFrance – Andre J.M. PrevosRegions: Bretagne (Brittany) – Andre J.M. PrevosCorsica – Caroline BithellProvence – Jerome LenainCities: Bordeaux – Gilbert DelorLyon – Gilbert DelorMarseille – Alain-Philippe DurandParis – Olivier JulienToulouse – Andre J.M. PrevosDistricts: Left Bank – Aymeric PichevinMontmartre – Olivier JulienGermany – Peter WickeCities: Berlin – Peter WickeFrankfurt am Main – Andy BennettHamburg – Michael Gratzke and Eberhard SpohdKoln (Cologne) – Christine FlenderMunchen (Munich) – David BuckleyGreenland – Morten MichelsenIceland – Gestur GuomundssonRepublic of Ireland – John O'FlynnCities: Cork – John O'FlynnDublin – John O'FlynnGalway – John O'FlynnLimerick – John O'FlynnDiaspora: Irish Diaspora – John O'FlynnIsle of Man – Fenella Crowe BazinItaly – Paolo PratoRegions: Central Italy – Franco Minganti with Paolo PratoNorthern Italy – Vincenzo PernaSardegna (Sardinia) – Stefano PogelliSouthern Italy – Stefano PogelliCities: Bologna – Roberto Agostini and Pierfrancesco PacodaFirenze (Florence) – Simone BrogioniGenova (Genoa) – Paolo PratoMilano (Milan) – Franco Fabbri with Luca MarconiNapoli (Naples) – Paolo PratoRoma (Rome) – Francesco Adinolfo and Paolo PratoSan Remo – Paolo PratoTorino and Piemonte (Turin and Piedmont) – Franz CoriascoDiaspora: Italian Diaspora – Francesco Adinolfi and Paolo PratoLiechtenstein – Dieter RingliLuxembourg – Robert J. SacreMalta – Philip CiantarThe Netherlands – Lutgard MutsaersCities: Amsterdam – Lutgard MutsaersRotterdam – Lutgard Mutsaerss'Gravenhage (The Hague) – Lutgard MutsaersUtrecht – Lutgard MutsaersNorway – Hans Weisethaunet and Odd SkaO rbergCities:Bergen and Western Norway – Hans Weisenhaunet Kristiansand, Stavanger and Southern Norway – Tor DyboOslo and Eastern Norway – Hans Weisethaunet and Odd SkaO rbergTromso and Northern Norway – Hans WeisenhaunetTrondheim and Middle Norway – Hans WeisenhaunetSan Marino – Roberto AgostiniSpain – Julio ArceRegions: Andalucia – Francisco J. Garcia Gallardo and Herminia Arredondo PerezAragon – Jesus Soria NunezAsturias – Celsa AlonsoCanary Islands – Jesus Soria NunezCantabria – Irene Mandado GutierrezCastilla y Leon – Clemente de Pablos MiguelCataluna – J. Ramon Belastegui and Lluc SilvestreGalicia – Xose Rosales SequeirosCities: Barcelona – J. Ramon Belastegui and Lluc SilvestreMadrid – Julio ArceSevilla (Seville) – Francisco J. Garcia Gallardo and Herminia Arredondo PerezSweden – Alf Bjo rnbergCities: Goteborg – Lars LilliestamStockholm – Per-Erik BrolinsonSwitzerland – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettCities: Basel – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettBern – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettMontreux – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettNyon – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettZurich – Dieter Ringli and Helena SimonettUnited Kingdom – Dave LaingRegions: England – Derek B. ScottNorthern Ireland – Dave LaingScotland – Peter SymonWales (Cymru) – Trevor HerbertCities: Belfast – Miriam Crozier with Dave LaingBirmingham – Jason ToynbeeBristol – Peter WebbGlasgow – Peter SymonLiverpool – Sara CohenLondon – Dave LaingManchester – Dave LaingNewcastle upon Tyne – Paul Hansen with Dave LaingSheffield – Josie Robson and Mike JonesDistricts: Soho – Dave LaingIndex