Pretty proud of our editor's intro, too; I love collaborating with my co-editor Alisha Lola Jones. This came out of the experience of this year's @iaspm-us.bsky.social conference in DC, which took place oddly enough right across from the White House, and as the war in Iran was launched ...

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Carl Wilson@carlzoilus.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Wed Apr 22 in the Popular Music Books online series, we're honored to host the great trumpeter-composer Wadada Leo Smith discussing his musical philosophy w/ his co-author & the designer of his book in progress, Nina Sun Eidsheim & Juliette Bellocq. Join us! iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...

Wed Apr 22 in the Popular Music Books online series, we're honored to host the great trumpeter-composer Wadada Leo Smith discussing his musical philosophy w/ his co-author & the designer of his book in progress, Nina Sun Eidsheim & Juliette Bellocq. Join us! iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...

JPMS is free this weekend!

University of California Press@ucpress.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We've removed the paywall from current issues and other select content from @filmquarterly.bsky.social, @femmediahist.bsky.social, @iaspm-us.bsky.social's JPMS, @sssmg.bsky.social's JSMG and more during the @scmstudies.bsky.social conference. #SCMS26 #SCMS2026

Word on the street is a new JPMS just dropped

Since it's on the @iaspm-us.bsky.social website, I'll make it official: I'm proud to announce that my first book, Extending Play, received honorable mention for the 2026 Woody Guthrie Award. Thanks, IASPM! And congrats to Matthew Morrison and David Suisman. iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Guthrie-and-...

Y'all are gonna wanna tune in to PMBIP tomorrow at 530pE for a virtuosic vocal run of a conversation between Amani Roberts, Brandon Tensley, and Emily Lordi about quiet storm and Whitney Houston. What else could you do but be there with us? Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...

This week in the Popular Music Books online series, it's "Cowpunks and Country Labor" with Jonathan Bernstein on his new book on Justin Townes Earle and Robert Morast previewing his novel in progress, COWPUNK. Wed, 5:30 pm ET on Zoom, see here to join: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...

Thanks for the shout-out to @iaspm-us.bsky.social's "Journal of Popular Music Studies." latinamericanpost.com/life/enterta...

The Day Dominican Republic Bachata Royals Conquered New York With A Secret Album

At Madison Square Garden, Romeo Santos and Prince Royce unveiled their long-rumored joint album to a packed, screaming crowd, turning a secret seven-year project into a Dominican American block party ...

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In case you missed it, here's last night's PMBIP conversation between Chris Dalla Riva and graphic designer Caileigh Nerney about turning using pop charts data to understand popular culture and how to best visualize that data www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdN...

Chris Dalla Riva and Caileigh Nerney [Popular Music Books In Process - 12-3-25]

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Alyx Vesey@alyxvesey.bsky.social · 9mo ago

You're gonna wanna tune in to Popular Music Books in Process tomorrow at 530e because Chris Dalla Riva and Caileigh Nerney are gonna talk about Dalla Riva's new book, Uncharted Territory, and the graphs Nerney designed for it. Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...

Cool looking CFP posted by Varun. Varun is so cool, smart, handsome, and funny and definitely doesn't run this account

Jimi Eat Hendrix@vcmusictheory.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Super excited to announce that I will be hosting "A Conference...But It's Midwestern Emo" in April 2026, what I believe to be the first conference dedicated to emo studies!!! Poster by Jacob Cupps!!!

"Journal of Popular Music Studies" co-editors @burrata.bsky.social & Alisha Lola Jones's reflect on their 1st year editing "JPMS" in the Sept issue online now. We pub JPMS in partnership with @iaspm-us.bsky.social. online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/3...

Volume 37 Issue 3 | Journal of Popular Music Studies | University of California Press

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@iaspm-us.bsky.social invites nominations for the 2026 Woody Guthrie and Greg Tate Book Awards: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Guthrie-and-...

CFP: @iaspm-us.bsky.social 2026 Conference Popular Music and the State iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/2026-confere...

Abstracts for IASPM-US are due tomorrow!!!! Eeek!!!

Call for event funding!!!

📣 Most read in The Journal of Beatles Studies ‘Echoes of the Beatles in Hamburg: The telling of the origin story’, by Hans Olof Gottfridsson. Read this article #OpenAccess: bit.ly/Beatles-Echoes @paullongmedia.bsky.social @smallmegapixel.bsky.social @ppbkwriter.com @iaspm-us.bsky.social #TheBeatles

Quick reminder that if you want to be part of our music book series, there is about a week to send in a proposal. Go for it! iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An...

Pop music scholars, are you up for the down stroke? Then apply to @iaspm-us.bsky.social’s DC conference for next spring.

Lauron J. Kehrer@lauronkehrer.bsky.social · last yr.

CFP: @iaspm-us.bsky.social 2026 Conference Popular Music and the State iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/2026-confere...

This issue is a big deal. First, it’s guest-edited by Georgina Born and @anthroposound.bsky.social , two of the best of their respective generations of musical anthropologists. Second, the contributor lineup is outstanding.

Andrew J. Eisenberg@anthroposound.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 New SPECIAL ISSUE of Journal of Popular Music Studies on MUSIC, DIGITALIZATION & IP IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH! Articles by Geoff Baker, Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier, Pablo Infante-Amate, Aditi Deo, Oliver Bown and me, w/an intro by Born and me. Dig in! online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/3...

JPMS is under the @iaspm-us.bsky.social umbrella. The crew is great, and these positions are light on labor, while being solid service opportunities. Would love to have you come work with us.

JPMS needs some editors!!!!

For anyone writing a book about music, you might find this invitation to present of interest! I participated in the @iaspm-us.bsky.social "Popular Music Books in Process Series" a couple of years ago, and it was a wonderful experience. 🎶

Announcing the CFP for our forthcoming special issue of Women and Music on Global Queer/Trans Nightlives! Delighted to be guest editing this special issue with my dear friends and colleagues @alejandrinammedina.bsky.social and Christina Misaki Nikitin. Proposals due June 2! CFP here: bit.ly/WAMCFP

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A recording of my @iaspm-us.bsky.social Popular Music Books talk with Kanjana Thepboriruk and @ehphd.bsky.social is now up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-uV...

Benjamin Tausig w/ Elliott Powell & Kanjana‬‭ Thepboriruk, Bangkok After Dark, PMBiP 5/13/25

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“Queer Arrangements...represents LGBTQ+ scholarship at it’s finest...This book offers a beautifully written musical biography of an out, black, queer musician and a titan of jazz. It is a gift to multiple disciplines and must-read for pop music scholars.” — @iaspm-us.bsky.social

"Bangkok After Dark" virtual book talk next Tuesday! Part of the @iaspm-us.bsky.social Popular Music Books in Process Series May 13, 5pm ET, in conversation with Elliott Powell @ehphd.bsky.social and Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk DM me for the zoom link if you'd like to join