The Beat Goes on: Liverpool, Popular Music and the Changing City (National Museu

The Beat Goes OnLiverpool, Popular Music and the Changing City\nAuthor(s): Marion Leonard, Rob Strachan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781846311895, 978-1846311895\nSynopsis\nIn 2001 the Guinness Book of Records declared Liverpool City of Pop, the City that has produced more hit records than anywhere else. But why is Liverpool so important musically and how has it sustained its importance from the Beatles to the Zutons via Echo and the Bunnymen, Cream, The Las and others?\n\nThe Beat Goes On is a critical historical account of popular music in Liverpool which explores the contextual, creative and geographical factors that have contributed to the citys status as a major centre of creativity within Anglo-Amercian popular music. Rather than attempting to create a singular linear account of the history of popular music and its cultures within the city the book will take a thematic and case-study app.