Live Music

The Ryland Caravan 2025
Independent Country’s Ryland Caravan returns for 2025
Dr Craig Hamilton
Jun 24, 2025 1 min read Festival, Live Music, Songwriting, Music
The Ryland Caravan 2025
Bittersweet EP - out today
Another new EP has emerged from the Independent Country ranch
Dr Craig Hamilton
Mar 28, 2025 1 min read Music
Bittersweet EP - out today
On the Chaise Longue all day long
It has been a while, but we have some new tunes ready.
Dr Craig Hamilton
Last updated on Dec 8, 2024 1 min read Music
On the Chaise Longue all day long
The Ryland Caravan 2024
Independent Country’s mini-festival returns this June
Dr Craig Hamilton
Apr 24, 2024 1 min read Festival, Live Music, Songwriting, Music
The Ryland Caravan 2024
Reconceiving spatiality and value in the live music industries in response to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic in the UK was predominantly framed as an economic crisis, one in which the economic systems through which revenue …
Iain Taylor, Craig Hamilton, and Sarah Raine
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Reconceiving spatiality and value in the live music industries in response to COVID-19
New book chapter published
I had another publication released this week, another piece of work on Live Music and COVID.
Dr Craig Hamilton
Last updated on Nov 25, 2022 1 min read Live Music, COVID19
New book chapter published
Birmingham and the International Business of Live Music in Times of COVID-19
Exploring how the live music ecology of Birmingham, UK, responded to the COVID19 crisis
Adam Behr, Craig Hamilton, and Patrycja Rozbicka
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Birmingham and the International Business of Live Music in Times of COVID-19
Brexit and the UK Live Music Industry
How the UK live music industry responded to Brexit
Adam Behr, Craig Hamilton, and Patrycja Rozbicka
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Brexit and the UK Live Music Industry
Spotify, TidyModels and Shiny - a workflow
A workflow that gathers data from the Spotify API, creates a simple Logistic Regression model, and then produces a Shiny app enabling users to enter songs and see the results of predictions.
Dr Craig Hamilton
Last updated on Oct 15, 2021 2 min read Academic, Data, Music, COVID19
Spotify, TidyModels and Shiny - a workflow
New IASPM journal publication
I have a journal article in the latest issue of IASPM journal, looking at COVID19 and the UK live music industry.
Dr Craig Hamilton
Last updated on Sep 1, 2021 2 min read Academic, Data, Music, COVID19
New IASPM journal publication