Small, Informal Music Venues Creating Performance Opportunities for Artists in a Minority Language Music Scene: A Study Based in North Wales
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijmbr-2025-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2227-5789
Language: English
Page range: 83 - 95
Submitted on: Mar 22, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 16, 2025
Published on: Sep 8, 2025
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