Music & the Entertainment Economy

A new coffee shop just opened up in Toronto. It caught the attention of our colleague Dan Silver, and we had an email discussion about the name Cloud Free Agent Espresso Bar. Cloud is a tastefully appointed coffee bar with what sounds like great food and drink. Cloud is also very explicit about its aim [...]

See the Sound, Hear the Style: Collaborative Linkages between Indie Musicians and Fashion Designers in Local Scenes by Atle Hauge and  Brian Hracs Abstract Although economic geographers have paid significant attention to the competitive dynamics, organizational and employment structures of specific cultural industries, the existing research privileges large firms and established centres such as New [...]

Within the past several weeks, two great events about the documentation of Canadian music scenes have been held in Toronto. Two weeks ago, dozens of aging punks gathered at the Gladstone Hotel for the latest installment of This is Not a Reading Series. The book of interest was Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History [...]