Part 1

This part will focus on the spatial aspects of regional popular music scenes and how place and locality inform the perceptions and discourses of those involved in such scenes.

Part 2

This part focuses on the technologies and forms of distribution whereby regional and rural popular music scenes exist and, in many cases, co-exist in forms of trans-local connection with other scenes.

Part 3

This part considers the importance of collective memory in the way that regional and rural popular music scenes are constructed in both the past and the present.

Part 4

This part examines themes of industry and policy, in relation to culture and music, as these impact on the nature and identity of rural and regional popular music scenes.