David Horn was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music and a founding member of IASPM (The International Association for the Study of Popular Music). Together with the blues scholar Paul Oliver he first proposed the idea of EPMOW in the 1980s, and has worked on the project since that time. John Shepherd is Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic) and Chancellor’s Professor of Music and Sociology at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. In 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his role “as a leading architect of a post-War critical musicology.”Dave Laing is the author of several books on popular music and a former editor of Music Week. He is a former Research Fellow at the University of Westminster, UK where he conducted research on the music industry.

• Introduction Acknowledgments List of Contributors List of Maps Abbreviations Part I: Asia1. Central Asia China – Nimrod BaranovitchRegions: Tibet – Dagmar BernstorffTibetan Diaspora – Keila DiehlXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region – Rachel HarrisCities: Beijing – Jin Zhaojun (Trans. Nimrod Baranovitch)Hong Kong – Joanna C. LeeShanghai – Andreas Steen and Jeroen de KloetKorea: Historical Background – Okon HwangNorth Korea – Keith HowardCities:P'yoVngyang – Keith HowardSouth Korea – Okon HwangCities: Pusan – Sarah MorelliSoVul (Seoul) – Okon HwangTaiwan – D.J. HatfieldCities: T'aipei – D.J. HatfieldTajikistan – Munira ShahidiTurkmenistan – Dznamilya Kurbanova (Trans. Alisa Lockwood)Uzbekistan – Craig MacraeCities: Tashkent – Craig Macrae2. Indian SubcontinentBangladesh and West Bengal (India) – Gerry Farrell and Jayeeta BhowmickIndia – Peter Manuel, Alison Arnold and Paul D. GreeneRegions:Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Tom VaterAndhra Pradesh – Dagmar BernstorffBihar – Joseph GetterJharkhand – Carol M. BabirackiKashmir – Subhash KakKerala – Joseph J. PalackalMizoram – Seilen HaokipNagaland – Seilen HaokipOrissa – Guy L. BeckPunjab – Peter Manuel and Joyce HughesTamil Nadu – Paul D. GreeneUttar Pradesh – Anna SchultzCities:Ahmadabad – Gregory BoothChennai (Madras) – Joseph GetterDelhi – Joseph GetterJammu – Subhash KakKochi – Joseph J. PalackalKolkata (Calcutta) – Guy L. BeckLucknow – James KippenMumbai (Bombay) – Ashok Ranade, Alison Arnold and Gregory BoothPuri – Guy L. BeckSrinagar – Subhash KakTrivandrum (Thiruvananthaparam) – Joseph J. PalackalThe Maldives – Dave LaingNepal – Paul D. GreenePakistan – Gregory BoothCities:Karachi – Gregory BoothLahore – Gregory BoothSri Lanka – Joseph Getter3. JapanJapan – Toru MitsuiRegions: Okinawa – Toru MitsuiShonan – Toru MitsuiTohoku and Hokkaido – Toru Mitsui and Yasushi OgasawaraCities: Fukuoka – Toru MitsuiHamamatsu – Toru MitsuiKyoto, O saka and Kobe – Toru Mitsui and Hideko HaguchiTokyo – Toru Mitsui4. North Asia Mongolia – Carole PeggSiberia (Region of Russia) – Carole Pegg5. Southeast Asia Brunei – Jim ChopyakCambodia – Sam-Ang SamIndonesia – Charles CapwellRegions: Bali – Charles CapwellJawa (Java) – Charles CapwellKalimantan – (Indonesian Borneo) – Philip YampolskySulawesi – Charles CapwellSumatera (Sumatra) – Charles CapwellCities: Jakarta – Charles CapwellLaos – John ClewleyMalaysia – Tan Sooi BengRegions: Sarawak and Sabah – Virginia GorlinskiCities: Kuala Lumpur – Tan Sooi BengMyanmar (Burma) – Gavin D. DouglasRegions: Chin – Za Tawn Eng (Salai Tawna)The Philippines – Jonas BaesCities: Metro Manila – Jonas BaesSingapore – Dave LaingThailand – John ClewleyCities: Bangkok – John ClewleyVietnam – Jason GibbsCities:Ha Noi – Jason GibbsHo Chi Minh – Jason GibbsDiaspora: Vietnamese Diaspora – Jason GibbsPart II: Oceania6. Australia Australia – Bruce JohnsonAustralia: Indigenous Popular Music – Karl NeuenfeldtCities: Adelaide – Bruce JohnsonAlice Springs – Bruce JohnsonBrisbane – Bruce JohnsonBroome – Bruce JohnsonDarwin – Bruce Johnson with Karl NeuenfeldtHobart – Bruce Johnson with Phil GrinhamMelbourne – Bruce JohnsonNewcastle – Shane HomanPerth – Bruce JohnsonSydney – Bruce JohnsonTamworth – Bruce Johnson7. Aotearoa/New ZealandAotearoa/New Zealand: Maori and Pacific Islander Music – Tony MitchellAotearoa/New Zealand: Pakeha (European) – Roy ShukerCities:Auckland – Roy ShukerChristchurch – Roy ShukerDunedin – Roy ShukerWellington – Roy Shuker8. Pacific IslandsHawai'i (Hawaii) – Amy Ku'uleialoha StillmanMelanesia – Michael WebbMicronesia – Deirdre MarshallPolynesia – David GoldsworthyIndex