About the Journal
Journal of Popular Music Studies is the peer-reviewed, quarterly publication of the U.S. Branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music.
The journal’s purview encompasses all genres of music that have been dubbed popular in any geographic region. In addition to mainstream genres such as rock, hip hop, EDM, punk, or country, it explores popular forms ranging from broadsides to Broadway to Bollywood film music. It aims to present popular music scholarship from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including history, sociology, musicology, ethnomusicology, cultural studies, and communication.
Learn more about Journal of Popular Music Studies here.
eISSN: 1533-1598
Published Quarterly – March, June, September, December
Co-Editors: Robin James, UNC Charlotte and Eric Weisbard, University of Alabama
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