RMRG Publications

Papers on regional music topics by RMRG members.

2023

Bennett, A., Cashman, D., Green, B., & Lewandowski, N. (Eds.). (2023). Popular Music Scenes: Regional and Rural Perspectives. Springer Nature.

Bennett, A., Cashman, D., Green, B., & Lewandowski, N. (2023). Fragmented, positive and negative: Live music venues in regional Queensland. In A. Bennett, D. Cashman, B. Green, & N. Lewandowski (Eds.), Popular Music Scenes: Regional and Rural Perspectives (pp. 227-241). Springer International Publishing.

Blok, A. (2023). Diamonds in the Backyard: Migrant youth and hip hop in Australian regional towns. In A. Bennett, D. Cashman, B. Green, & N. Lewandowski (Eds.), Popular Music Scenes: Regional and Rural Perspectives (pp. 19-33). Springer International Publishing.

Cashman, D., & Lachlan, L. (2023). The Australian Regional Recording Industry. RMRG Research Papers, 1.

Chakravarty, D. (2023). Indian electronic dance music festivals as spaces of play in regional settings: Understanding situated and digital electronic dance music performances. In A. Bennett, D. Cashman, B. Green, & N. Lewandowski (Eds.), Popular Music Scenes: Regional and Rural Perspectives (pp. 67-82). Springer International Publishing.

Goold, L. (2023). The creative music networks of regional recording studios: A case study of the Sunshine Coast and Gympie. In A. Bennett, D. Cashman, B. Green, & N. Lewandowski (Eds.), Popular Music Scenes: Regional and Rural Perspectives (pp. 99-114). Springer International Publishing.

Sattler, G. (2023). From the City to the Bush: An Autoethnographic Reflection on Australia’s Urban and Rural Music Scenes. In A. Bennett, D. Cashman, B. Green, & N. Lewandowski (Eds.), Popular Music Scenes: Regional and Rural Perspectives (pp. 67-82). Springer International Publishing.

Strong, C., Bennett, A., Green, B., & Rogers, I. (2023). Searching for “Australia’s Woodstock”: The Forgotten Australian Rock Festivals of 1970 – 1975. Popular Music and Society, 1–17.

Watt, P., Green, B., Baker, A., Bennett, A., & Long, P. (2023). Australia’s hidden musicians: Education and training in rural and regional areas. Music Education Research, 1-13.

2022

Blackburn, A. (2022). The Armidale Symphony Orchestra: The ecology of a regional orchestra. In _Musical Ecologies_ (pp. 155-168). Routledge.

Sattler, G. (2022). PUBlic Choir: Facilitating an emergent musicking community. In J. Southcott, J., de Bruin, L. (eds.), Musical Ecologies: Instrumental Music Ensembles Around the World (pp. 15). Routledge.

Sattler, G., & Mullen, P. (2022). An inclusion strategy approach for deepening community music engagement in non-metropolitan Australia. In J. S. Leon de Bruin (Ed.), Musical Ecologies: Instrumental Music Ensembles Around the World (pp. 16). Routledge.

2021

Canosa, A., & Bennett, A. (2021). Urban vibes in a rural setting: A study of the bush doof scene in Byron Shire. Journal of Youth Studies, 24(3), 388-403.

2020

Bennett, C. (2020). Challenges facing regional live music venues: A case study of venues in Armidale, NSW. Popular Music, 39(3-4), 600–618.

Bennett, A., Cashman, D., & Lewandowski, N. (2020). One Piece Blokes: On being a performing musician in regional Queensland. In A. Van Luyn & E. de la Fuente (Eds.), _Regional Cultures, Economies, and Creativity: Innovating through Place in Australia and Beyond_. Routledge.

Bennett, A., Green, B., Cashman, D., & Lewandowski, N. (2020). Researching regional and rural music scenes: Toward a critical understanding of an under-theorized issue. Popular Music and Society, 43(4), 367-377.

Green, B., Cashman, D., & Blok A. (2020) Regional music research: Culture, creative industries, and Communities. Presented at the Humanities in the Regions Conference.

2019

Green, B., & Bennett, A. (2019). Gateways and corridors: Cultural and spatial challenges and opportunities for live music on Australia's Gold Coast. City, Culture and Society, 17, 20-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2019.05.003

Bennett, A., Cashman, D., & Lewandowski, N. (2019). “Twice the Size of Texas”: Assessing the importance of regional popular music scenes – A case study of regional Queensland. Popular Music and Society, 42(5), 561-575.

2013

Sattler, G. (2013). Playing outside the generational square: The intergenerational impact of adult group music learning activities on the broader community. International Journal of Community Music, 6(3), 10.