ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the planetarisation of popular music by examining two emerging female bands in relation to their performances on International Women’s Day. Based in Madrid (Spain), the selected case studies represent forms of communication intimately related to the socio-political and cultural justice dimension of the pluriverse, as well as to the ecology of recognition and the ecology of trans-scales. They present examples of cooperation, solidarity, diversity, female inspiration, and empowerment, and they illustrate the ways in which popular music and glocal music scenes stimulate intercultural and intergenerational dialogue. Thus, we are particularly interested in the combinations, interactions, and arrangements of multiple distinct voices that co-exist and grow within a music group, both on and offstage. On the other hand, these cases also relate to the political economy justice dimension of the pluriverse due to the focus on gender equality within a context associated with feminism, the outsider lifestyles of popular musicians and their participation in an unstable and often misunderstood live music economy and profession.
