Made in the Low Countries

Lutgard Mutsaers is a Dutch scholar, lecturer, researcher, and published author in Popular Music Studies with a background in musicology, cultural history, journalism, and performance. Gert Keunen is a Belgian scholar, lecturer, researcher, and published author in Popular Music Studies with a background in sociology, journalism, the music industry, and performance.

INTRODUCTION

Together Apart: Popular Music of the Low Countries with the Flow and against the Odds (LUTGARD MUTSAERS AND GERT KEUNEN)

PART I: Framing and Facilitating

1 Futile Dutchness or Idiosyncratic Transnationalism: Homemade Pop, National Identity and Global Culture (RENÉ BOOMKENS)

2 The Zone In Between: The Principled Realm of Alternative Mainstream in Flanders (GERT KEUNEN)

3 Upstart Among the Arts: The Rise of Rock into the Dutch Subsidy System (ANDRÉ NUCHELMANS)

4 Mixing Multiple Tracks: Migration, Diaspora and Transcultural Music in Flanders (LISELOTTE SELS)

PART II: Creation and Curation

5 Broken Circle Rebound: New Regionalism and Vernacular Indie-Folk (NIELS VAN POECKE)

6 From Thrash to Cash: Forging and Legitimizing Dutch Metal (PAUWKE BERKERS AND JULIAN SCHAAP)

7 Crossover Collectivities and Electronic Samples: Jazz’s Popularization in the Digital Era (KRISTIN MCGEE)

8 This Must Be Belgium: Roots, Progress and Legacy of New Beat (PEDRO DE BRUYCKERE)

PART III: Close Encounters

9 "The Windmill’s Turning": Lifecycle of a Signature Song for Holland (LUTGARD MUTSAERS)

10 Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Golden Earring Before and After the "Dutch Invasion" (MAARTEN STEENMEIJER)

11 Rock ‘n’ Roll in the Land of Sex and Drugs: Life and Legacy of Herman Brood (RUTGER VAHL)

12 "Sanomi" versus "Shalalie": Showing Off Difference at the Eurovision Song Contest (ALBERT MEIJER)

PART IV: Changes and Choices

13 "We Too Are Specimens of Homo Sapiens": Holebi Culture between Agitprop and Pop (ROBBE HERREMAN)

14 Pirates of the North Sea: Introduction and Impact of Commercial Pop Radio (GER TILLEKENS)

15 State of Independents: Small-scale Production in a Globally Connected Place (ERIK HITTERS)

16 A Critical Choice: The Language of Lyrics as an Issue of Genre and Era (GEERT BUELENS)

CODA

A Tiny Dot: Some Foreign Awareness of Popular Music Made in The Low Countries (LUTGARD MUTSAERS AND KOOS ZWAAN)

AFTERWORD

"I Made a Difference": A Conversation with Raymond van het Groenewoud (GEERT BUELENS)

Selected Bibliography on Popular Music of the Low Countries