01574nas a2200277   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003653001000044653001200054653001200066653001100078653001900089653001900108653001000127653001500137653001800152100001500170700001600185245005900201856015500260300001200415490000700427520084900434022001301283       2009                            d10aDevon10aEngland10aEurasia10aEurope10aUnited Kingdom10aWestern Europe10aMusic10arural area10arural society1 aR. Yarwood1 aC. Charlton00aCountry life ? Rurality, folk music and  Show of Hands  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-64149132472&doi=10.1016%2fj.jrurstud.2008.10.003&partnerID=40&md5=925c96d0433590d2ee437fcf7a5be249  a194-2060 v253 aThis paper examines the contribution of folk music to understanding the dynamic, fluid and multi-experiential nature of the countryside. Drawing from literature on the geographies of music, it examines the work of  Show of Hands , a contemporary folk band from Devon in England. Three areas are studied. First, the paper examines the musical style of Show of Hands in order to explore how hybridised, yet distinctive, styles of music emerge in particular places. Second, it demonstrates how Show of Hands  hybrid musical style has become closely associated with the Southwest of England. Finally, within these spatial and hybrid contexts, attention is given to the ways in which their music represents the  everyday lives of the rural . Taken together these themes assess the relevance of music in the understanding of rurality as hybrid space.  a07430167