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Live music network in Larnaca, Cyprus: from musicians to audience and back (to the venue) again

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2018

Maria Kouvarou
Maria Kouvarou*
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Independent Researcher, Larnaca, Cyprus E-mail: mkouvarou@hotmail.com
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Abstract

This article discusses the development of a live music network in Larnaca, Cyprus. It is the result of a 9 month field research project centred on a specific music venue and it is based on interviews with members of four local prominent rock bands and the venue manager. These interviews were further informed by several discussions with numerous audience members, the result of the author's participatory involvement in this network. The emphasis of the discussion lies in the experiences of the performers and their views concerning the growth of this live music network, which in itself is an indicator of the dynamic relationship between underground musical tastes and the presence of mainstream currents in the city. The purpose of this research is to highlight that the development and preservation of such live music networks depend on various factors and to argue that the study of transformations of a locality's musical life can lead to sociological readings regarding its music-related past and present.

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Popular Music , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , May 2018 , pp. 193 - 211
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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