Panning the Nation: Van Dyke Parks Discover(s) America

Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution

Description

A conference workshop paper on the efforts of US musician, songwriter and producer Van Dyke Parks to promote two forms of Caribbean music -- calypso and steel band - to the wider world in the late 1960s and early 1970: efforts that saw musical and social ideals constrained by institutional and personal interests as well as legal challenges.
Period9 Aug 2003
Event titleNordic Association for American Studies Biennial Conference: America in the World: Transnational Dimensions of Life and Culture in the United States
Event typeConference
LocationTrondheim, NorwayShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • United States
  • popular music
  • inter-American
  • Trinidad
  • calypso
  • steel band
  • Van Dyke Parks