Popular music is enjoying unprecedented success in Luxembourg, as evidenced by 200 active music groups, enthusiastic audiences and a multitude of festivals. The state has acknowledged the role played by popular music in cultural life, by endowing the country with public infrastructures such as the Rockhal and the Philharmonie. In this publication, author Josée Hansen brings to life the exciting early years of popular music and traces its major trends, allowing readers to measure its progress since the 1950s.
