Music's local scenes wither in an age of global cool | Dorian Lynskey

As bohemians flit between capitals, pop's centre of gravity is difficult to gauge. It's not where you're from, it's where you're atAccording to Pop Muzik, the 1979 hit single by M, the four corners of the tastemaker's world were once "New York, London, Paris, Munich". According to The Geographic Flow of Music, a considerably less catchy research paper by Conrad Lee and Padraig Cunningham of University College Dublin, the surprising modern equivalent would be "Atlanta, Oslo, Montreal, Paris".Wel...

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