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In "Performing Japaneseness, Playing With Koreanness?", Mayako Liu considers the work and strategies of women Japanese K-Pop artists as they negotiate their professional and personal identities. Read it now on Riffs: riffsjournal.org/2024/12/09/may…

As part of Riffs, Júlia Szivák considers Grammy-nominated Indian American singer-songwriter Raja Kumari and her narrative of gendered, diasporic identity that unsettles national boundaries and genre conventions. Riffs is an Open Access journal. Read here! riffsjournal.org/2024/12/09/jul…

Enjoying a bit of time off but fancy an interesting read? The newest issue of Riffs on Asian Pop is available to download free here! riffsjournal.org/volume-8-issue…

Robert Dahlberg-Sears takes us on a fascinating journey through his fieldwork in Japan, attending to the contradictions that ethnographic work brings us. Read this article (and the rest of the issue) here: riffsjournal.org/2024/12/09/rob…

Our final article in the newest issue of Riffs comes from a Rising Star – Clementine Vania, a student at Birmingham City University. We are pleased to include this study of perceptions of authenticity within K-Pop Fandom: riffsjournal.org/2024/12/09/cle…

The Riffs Editorial Team would like to thank the guest editors, authors, + peer reviewers for Volume 8 Issue 1 for their passion + hard work. We would also like to thank @iandaviesphoto, Ning-Ning Li, @iain_a_taylor + Adam Williams for the stunning visuals!

Extended deadline – 20th February.

New article out! How are musiques actuelles subsidized in French-speaking Switzerland? Subsidizing ‘musiques actuelles’ in French-speaking Switzerland 📖 Read here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Curious to hear your thoughts! 🎶💰 #CulturalPolicy #MusicFunding #openaccess

Today Bham City Council will decide on giving BlackSabbath the freedom of the city of Birmingham. 🦇🤘🏼 We hope councillors will also use it to point out that a genuine, lasting Sabbath legacy MUST include saving The Crown. 東横イン/東横INN【公式】 don't care about it. Start the CPO!

Jazz Futures (Rhythm Changes 2025, Amsterdam) invites abstracts! Themes: Jazz Moves; Jazz Geographies; Untold Stories + Alternate Takes; Jazz + (De)Colonisation; From Jazz to JAIzz. Keynotes to be announced. Deadline for abstracts: 28 Feb 2025. Full call: rhythmchanges.net/ninth-rhythm-c…

Pop! Art School Reunions (editor Dr Ed McKeon) Pop Music, Pop Art, + Art Schools have long and entangled histories. This special issue of Riffs calls for a reunion of these elements, but with an added ingredient: experimental music + performance. More info: riffsjournal.org/news-latest-cf…

Call for abstracts (in English, Spanish and Portuguese): diversidadaudiovisual.org/eventos/musicl… MusicLab: Music Scenes, culture and media will be hosted by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Deadline for abstracts: 14th March. Conference dates: 24th April.

For our followers in the north of England – join us for a free Riffs event at the University of Leeds on Tues 18th March (4-5pm) as part of our Pop! Art School Reunions special issue. More info: riffsjournal.org/pop-art-school…

Ordinary lives, Everyday People? Young people, social change and popular cultures, 1930-2000 10-11 April 2025, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK Graduate Conference Full programme and registration available here: uea.ac.uk/groups-and-cen…

For our followers in Birmingham – join us for a free Riffs event at the School of Art on Tuesday 25th March (from 5.30pm) as part of our Pop! Art School Reunions special issue. More info: riffsjournal.org/pop-art-school…

Check out Riff's latest CFP: POP! Art School Reunions. 🗓️ Deadline: June 16, 2025 📩 Email submissions + bio to: [email protected] 🔗 Full CFP: riffsjournal.org/news-latest-cfp #CallForPapers #PopArt #PopMusic #ArtSchool #RiffsJournal #ExperimentalWriting

New in Riffs | OPEN 🎸 "Some Strings, Many Affordances: An Autoethnographic Reflection on Being an Electric Bass Guitarist" by Dominic Kingsford-Ross 🔗 Read the full article: riffsjournal.org/dominic-kingsf… #RiffsJournal #RiffsOPEN #ElectricBass #Autoethnography #PopularMusicStudies

Neither Factory Records nor Madchester: Rethinking Manchester’s Musical and Subcultural Histories 19-20 June, Manchester (UK) Two-day conference at MMU. Day tickets and reduced rate conference tickets also available. Full schedule can be viewed here: mmu.estore.flywire.com/products/neith…

New on Riffs Open From Extension of Self to National Treasure: The Transformative Materiality of Rory Gallagher’s 1961 Fender Stratocaster By Lauren Alex O’Hagan and Steve Clarke 📷: Lauren Alex O’Hagan riffsjournal.org/lauren-alex-oh… #MusicStudies #CulturalMemory #MaterialCulture

New from Riffs: Zine Your Thesis This zine brings together seven PhD researchers from universities across Scotland to reflect upon not only the difficulties of doctoral research but also on wider global issues. riffsjournal.org/special-issue-… #ZineYourThesis #AcademicZine #PhDResearch