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The Journal of Popular Music Studies is the peer-reviewed, quarterly publication of @IASPMUS.
Passionate about popular music?🎶The Journal of Popular Music Studies seeks 3 new editors to join our team!🗒️Field Notes Associate Editor 📚Book Reviews Associate Editor 💻Web Editor🗓️Apply by August 1, 2025. Details & how to apply: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfored…

Please share widely! 😃 Our next edition of Popular Music Books in Process 📚 is Tuesday, December 3 at 5:30 pm ET.🎙️Use the link below for joining instructions. 🎶 Free and open to all!
Dolly Parton & Garth Brooks in the 80s & 90s each tried some odd ways of sidestepping the country/pop border; Steacy Easton & Stephen Deusner discuss in their new 33 1/3 books, and Tues Dec 3 at 5:30 pm ET in the Popular Music Books series. Join us: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Music-…
In our current issue, John David Vandever's "Russian Hip Hop and the War in Ukraine" examines how artists like Oksimiron & Husky use music to express & challenge political narratives. Discover the role of rap in shaping national consciousness.🎤#RussianRap doi.org/10.1525/jpms.2…
📷 New SPECIAL ISSUE of @JPMS_Pop on MUSIC, DIGITALIZATION & IP IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH! Articles by Geoff Baker, Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier, Pablo Infante-Amate, Aditi Deo, Oliver Bown & Andrew J. Eisenberg. Introduction by Born & Eisenberg. Dig in!📖online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/37/2
🎶CFP for the 2025 IASPM CA Conference at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)🪩Oct 16-19, 2025 🏮Submission deadline extended until May 15, 2025. The 2025 theme is "Let Your Body Move to the Music": Popular Music and the Body. 🪇 Submit proposals here: tinyurl.com/56hz5xuz
Please share–and join us this Tuesday December 17!
This Tues Dec 17 5:30 pm ET in the online popular-music-books series, Ashawnta Jackson talks about her new SOUL-FOLK with Emily Lordi - on the Black artists of the 60s-70s folk boom & their lasting influence. To join us: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Music-…
Please share! ⏲️Today at 5:30 pm ET, online and free!🎙️Join us for the latest edition of our 📚Popular Music Books in Process online series 🎶. Sponsored by @IASPMUS, @popconorg & us!
What's so "standard" about jazz standards? This Tues (Nov 19) Daphne Brooks joins Brian Kane to talk about his new @OxUniPress book Hearing Double: Jazz, Ontology, Auditory Culture, 5:30 pm ET in the Popular Music Books online series. To join us: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Music-…
Congrats @LauronKehrer!
What's so "standard" about jazz standards? This Tues (Nov 19) Daphne Brooks joins Brian Kane to talk about his new @OxUniPress book Hearing Double: Jazz, Ontology, Auditory Culture, 5:30 pm ET in the Popular Music Books online series. To join us: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Music-…
Some surprising insights about streaming in this chat with former Spotify data wiz @glenn_mcdonald yesterday - and some sadly unsurprising.
What's so "standard" about jazz standards? This Tues (Nov 19) Daphne Brooks joins Brian Kane to talk about his new @OxUniPress book Hearing Double: Jazz, Ontology, Auditory Culture, 5:30 pm ET in the Popular Music Books online series. To join us: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Music-…
Don't miss the next installment of the Popular Music Books in Process series this Tuesday (Sept. 24), 5:30pm ET!🎙️@popconorg @IASPMUS
I talk to @glenn_mcdonald about his new book You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song: How Streaming Changes Music in the Popular Music Books online series, Tuesday (Sep 24), 5:30 pm ET. Info here: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Music-…
IASPM-CAD 2024 Conference starts in 5 days! This year’s theme, Building Collective Futures, explores popular music's role in cultural & ecological change. From DJ & dance music cultures to Indigenous hip hop & ecological resilience—prepare for dynamic discussions & performances!
Excited to share my new paper on @rorygallagher for @JPMS_Pop. @Mike_Lydon & I talk online music fandoms & their benefits for mental health, drawing on my autoethnographic study of the Rory Instagram community ❤️ doi.org/10.1525/jpms.2… #rorygallagher #mentalhealth #fandoms
You may remember Lauren took part in a podcast last year with @Mike_Lydon on online music fandoms & their mental health benefits, drawing on her own experiences in the Rory Insta community. An abridged transcript has now been published with @JPMS_Pop: doi.org/10.1525/jpms.2…
Today (9/10) at 5:30pm ET with @debparedez & @annkpowers! Join us! For more information and to get the Zoom link visit iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Music-…. Sponsored by @popconorg @IASPMUS @JPMS_Pop
American Diva by @debparedez ranges from Tina Turner & Rita Moreno to Venus & Serena Williams. She'll discuss it tomorrow (Tue Sep 10) in the Popular Music Books series' new season at 5:30 pm ET, with @annkpowers and Francesca Royster. Join us! Info: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Music-…
Alexander Hardan reviews Alexandra T. Vazquez's 'The Florida Room,' illustrating how music narrates the untold stories of Florida's history beyond the glitz of Miami's nightlife: doi.org/10.1525/jpms.2… #musicology
📖Read our recent issue yet? Andy Kelleher Stuhl reviews "Record Cultures: The Transformation of the U.S. Recording Industry" by @kylesbarnett, revealing how early sound recording influenced American media ecosystems:⏺️doi.org/10.1525/jpms.2… #musicology #musicindustry #recording
📖Arthur Knight reviews Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music Through Jazz by Gretchen L. Carlson. 🎷Discover how jazz’s 'antagonistic cooperation' shapes the narratives of modern films and allows composers to expand their artistic horizons: doi.org/10.1525/jpms.2…
📖Anthony Kwame Harrison reviews "Breaks in the Air: The Birth of Rap Radio in New York City" by John Klaess, spotlighting the pivotal role of DJs in hip hop's rise. Relive the days when radio was king of New York's music scene. 📻 #HipHopOrigins #RapRadio doi.org/10.1525/jpms.2…
Please share! 🎶@JPMS_Pop is seeking a new Managing Editor, Associate Editor, and Associate Reviews Editor! 🪩The deadline for applications is September 1, 2024 🎤 For more info and application instructions visit docs.google.com/document/d/1SV…
