Making New Zealand’s Pop Renaissance: State, Markets, Musicians
Michael ScottBooks, Cultural Policy, Music Business
Farnham, England: Ashgate 2013, 185 Pages
ISBN 9781409443353
www.ashgate.com
Reviewed by David Mayocchi, August 1st, 2014
As a “small, isolated, commodity dependent” trading nation, New Zealand is a difficult place to maintain a career in music. This was particularly the case during the 1990s when the country was undergoing some fairly strong “neo-liberal” reforms under the Bolger-Shipley National Government. The election of Helen Clarke’s Labour Government in 1999 produced a range… continue reading »
