In 2017, journalist David Forsythe posed the question “what have Irish ever done for us?” As he went on to demonstrate through his stories of people who made their mark in fields...

This study investigates the funding of popular music education (PME) in Wales at a time when Welsh government is examining its current Music Service provision. Our research considers potential impact this move on PME Wales, alongside analysis availability state-funded across four UK nations. curricula and have historically favoured western art (WEAM), with often happening more informal settings...

Abstract The Beach Boys’ 2012 album That’s Why God Made the Radio is typically nostalgic, filled with seemingly sunny reminiscences and retreads that hark back to 1960s. And yet other parts of look in a more critical fashion, exploring unresolved melancholy through rich musical language. What makes this even complicated fact it possible hear these two ‘sides’ differently, for feel like eerie si...