Sounds Irish, Acts Global - Explaining the Success of Ireland's Popular Music Industry - Michael Mary Murphy
Westlife: 'He’s got to be kidding me'
Sounds Irish, Acts Global - Explaining the Success of Ireland's Popular Music Industry - Michael Mary Murphy
Michael Mary Murphy [+]
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin
Michael Mary Murphy is a lecturer on the music industry at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin. He worked in the music industry for twenty years as an artist manager as well as an artist and repertoire (A&R) manager in New York and London. He has published a number of articles on the Irish music industry for academic journals and contributes to radio and print media outlets on Irish music industry topics.
Description
Westlife’s success is generally documented with reference to music industry figures including Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh. Yet, some of the key decisions, particularly in the band’s early days, were taken by people other than Cowell and Walsh. Westlife’s career and presentation illustrate how celebrity functions in the modern cultural industries.