This special issue consists of five contributions. Daniel Fredriksson presents a study on the Falun Folk Music Festival in Sweden. Heikki Uimonen discusses the relationships between live music associations and various political and cultural institutions in Finland. Stian Vestby examines the programme and audience development processes at the Norwegian Country Meeting. Peter Lell discusses how world music festivals can be seen as sites of musical education. Bianca Ludewig introduces transmedia festivals as a new type of contemporary festivals.

Editors
Dr Mary Fogarty Woehrel
Dr Koos Zwaan

Special Issue Editors
Jun.-Prof. Dr Beate Flath
Dr Adam Behr
Prof. Martin Cloonan

Assistant Editor
Raquel Campos

Additional Editors
Dr. Helen Elizabeth Davies
Dr. Will Echard
Dr. K.E. Goldschmitt
Dr. Jan Herbst
Dr. Bernhard Steinbrecher
Dr. Jon Stewart

Layout Editor
Raquel Campos

Using the style guide template, research articles may be submitted in the official language of any of its branches, accompanied by an abstract in English

This issue consists of two contributions. Emília Barna and Ádám Ignácz give a historical analysis of popular music studies in the 1960s and 1970s in the UK and Hungary. Jan-Peter Herbst and Tim Albrecht present findings from a study into the work realities of studio musicians in the German popular music recording industry. The review section consists of reviews from by Paul Long, Caroline Kennedy, Iain Taylor, Karlyn King and Eveleigh Buck-Matthews.

Editor
Dr Koos Zwaan

Assistant Editor
Raquel Campos

Additional Editors
Dr Tim J Anderson
Dr Sarah Raine

Review Editor
Dr Sarah Raine

Layout Editor
Raquel Campos

This special issue focuses on Gender Politics in the Music Industry. It contains seven special issue articles, one open section article, and six book reviews.
Kara Attrep examines venues owned and curated by female proprietors; Toby Bennett analyzes discourses on gender inequality in contemporary UK music industries; Cecilia Björck and Åsa Bergman pay attention to the representation of women at jazz festivals in Sweden and the US; Helen Reddington sheds light on gender aspects in studio work via the concept of ventriloquism; Cécile Navarro explores the glocal intricacies of gender politics in music on the example of the Urban Women Week festival in Senegal; Charity Marsh analyzes the potential of community-based arts projects to challenge the gendered power dynamics of the music industries; Caroline O'Sullivan presents an ethnographic research on the dance and indie scenes in Dublin in the pre and post Social Media era.
In the open section of this issue, Adrian Sledmere attempts to deploy the Gothic in relation to Amy Winehouse. The review section consists of reviews from Liam Alan Maloy, Verónica Dávila, Nabeel Zuberi. Derek B. Scott, Nicholas P Greco, and Laura Niebling.

Editor
Dr Bernhard Steinbrecher

Assistant Editor
Raquel Campos

Special Issue Editors
Dr Sarah Raine
Dr Catherine Strong

Additional Editors
Dr Emília Barna
Dr William Echard
Dr D. Ferrett
Dr Barbara Lebrun
Dr tobias C. van Veen
Dr Koos Zwaan

Review Editor
Dr Sarah Raine

Layout Editor
Raquel Campos

This special issue focuses on popular music focused practice based and led research. It contains a number of submissions in which the research content consists of submitted audio files and the music they contain. In each case the practice content is accompanied by a written submission that contextualizes the research. Paul Wolinski contributes a paper on algorithmic composition; Peter Long's study explores the manipulation of time and space, presented through composition of ambient electronica; Toby Martin’s research is on songwriting, explored through studio composition, drawing upon the cultural diversity of a suburb of Sydney in Australia; Martin Koszolko’s paper explores the use of software to enhance musical collaboration, presenting the results of a collaborative project; Brendan Anthony examines the role of the third-party mix engineer, describing a mix in which he was involved. In addition to these research contributions, the issue features a number of book reviews.

Editor
Dr Koos Zwaan

Assistant Editors
Raquel Campos
Dr Bernhard Steinbrecher

Special Issue Editor
Prof Rupert Till

Additional Editors
Dr Tim J. Anderson
Dr D. Ferrett
Dr tobias C. van Veen

Reviews Editor
Sarah E. Raine

This special issue examines biopics of popular music artists, raising questions regarding the genealogy of the genre, authenticity, remediation, identity, authorship and stardom. Jonathan Stewart, Benjamin Halligan and Liam Maloy address verisimilitude in the production processes of Joy Division biopic Control (2007), and Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008); Maurizio Corbella focuses on the remediation of historic live performances in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line (2005) and James Brown biopic Get On Up (2014); Ewa Mazierska shows how 1980s Polish filmmakers and the band Maanam reinterpreted the music biopic genre; Bridget Sutherland and Paul Judge interpret iconic films about American music icons Elvis Presley and Jim Morrison in the light of the Anthropocene; and Marcus O’Dair considers how in I’m Not There (2007) Todd Haynes presents Bob Dylan as a brand that author-izes the film rather than as a unified subject. The review section offers not only book reviews but also a conference review in honor of Peter Wicke.

Editor
Prof Hillegonda C Rietveld

Special Issue Editor
Dr Matthew Bannister

Additional Editors
Dr William Echard
Dr D. Ferrett
Dr Mary Fogarty
Dr tobias C v Veen
Dr Koos Zwaan

Reviews Editor
Sarah E Raine

Lay-out Editor
Raquel Campos

This special issue addresses the multiple relationships between popular music and sound recording in the construction of popular music and its cultures. Samantha Bennett elucidates the impact of time-based signal processors on the shape of four alternative rock recordings; Eve Klein interrogates the ways virtual instrument software challenges notions of human musical expressivity; Landon Palmer examines the production of liveness in recordings of late 60s North American rock festivals; Brett D. Lashua and Paul Thompson show how mythic representations of creativity influence musicians’ expectations of recording processes; Lori Burns considers the concept album in relation to the complex networks of promotional and supplementary materials; Gregory Weinstein argues that the sound of the breath is essential to embodied presence in recordings; Maarten Michielse makes a case for a ‘digital recording consciousness’ present in the mashup community; Alexander C. Harden addresses the emergence of 1970s kosmische musik in the context of the post-war attraction to emerging electronic music technologies in West Germany. The discussion is enhanced by a range of related book reviews.

Editor
Prof Hillegonda C Rietveld

Special Issue Editors:
Dr Samantha Bennett
Dr Eve Klein

Additional Editors
Dr William Echard
Dr Carlo Nardi

Reviews Editor
Sarah E Raine

Assistant Editor
Dr Jacopo Tomatis


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This special issue on fan studies aims to build a bridge with the study of popular music in order to inspire further investigation of music fandom. Toija Cinque and Sean Redmond discuss connections between migrant identities and the music of David Bowie; Marion Wasserbauer and Alexander Dhoest explore alternatives to the stereotypical images of LGBTQ music fans; Pilar Lacasa, Laura Méndez Zaballos and Julián de la Fuente Prieto concentrate on adolescent female fans of One Direction; Simone Driessen and Bethan Jones present an auto-ethnographic account of their fandom of Boyzone; Chris Anderton, examines new forms of online record collecting and archiving; and Gayle Stever discusses offline interactions between Josh Groban and his fan community. This issue also presents Rob Ahler’s discussion of auratic presence in live performance, as well as a selection of book reviews on popular music fandom, notions of the DIY punk shows, hip-hop identities in Europe, participatory parties, the vinyl format, song interpretation and a history of rock.


Editor
Prof Hillegonda C Rietveld

Special Issue Editors:
Dr Mark Duffett
Dr Koos Zwaan

Additional Editors
Dr William Echard
Dr Carlo Nardi

Reviews Editor
Sarah E Raine

Assistant Editor
Jacopo Tomatis


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Over the years, IASPM has actively branched out from an Anglo-American perspective to both international and transnational conferences and collaborations. This is well illustrated by IASPM Journal, now in its sixth year of publication. In this issue, Isabelle Marc follows shifts and changes of ‘travelling music’, Inhwa So investigates Korean cultural dynamics through gugak girl group MIJI, Stephen Wilford assesses the political legacies of Algerian musicians ‘cheb Hasni’ Chakroun and Lounès Matoub, while Elina Hytönen-Ng offers a new model in understanding the multiple roles of a small jazz venue promoter in the UK. Plus nine book reviews that further underpin the wide reach of popular music studies.

Editor
Prof Hillegonda C Rietveld

Additional Editors
Dr William Echard
Dr Barbara Lebrun
Dr Jung-yup Lee
Dr Carlo Nardi
Dr Geoff Stahl
Dr Catherine Strong
Dr Rupert Till

Reviews Editor
Dr Penny Spirou

Assistant Editor
Jacopo Tomatis


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Popular music education is a subject that is at present under-explored, despite increasing numbers of popular music courses and other educational provision. More research is needed to map out the area and engage critically with the many new challenges it is presenting. IASPM Journal, the journal of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, wishes to encourage further research and debate in this area, with a special issue on popular music education. Drawing on the extensive contemporary and historical expertise of our cross-cultural membership, this collection of papers offers a wide range of perspectives on the processes of teaching and learning popular music.

Editor
Prof Hillegonda C Rietveld

Special Issue Editors:
Prof Lucy Green
Dr Don Lebler
Dr Rupert Till

Additional Editors
Dr William Echard
Dr Carlo Nardi

Reviews Editor
Dr Penny Spirou

Assistant Editor
Jacopo Tomatis

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The area of music journalism is as varied as the music and scenes it represents, and we hope that this issue of IASPM Journal –– with contributions by Thomas Conner, Steve Jones, Jacopo Tomatis, Barbara Panuzzo, Josep Pedro and Simon Morrison –– will stimulate further research at the intersection of journalism and popular music studies.

In addition to the five articles on music journalism, this issue of the journal shows examples of the breadth of IASPM research, including a research article by David Cashman on the touristic musicscape of a cruise ship and an Italian-language contribution by Carlo Bianchi on Vladimir Vysotsky’s poetics in relation to Soviet society in Italy, plus five book reviews from the field of popular music studies.

Editor
Prof Hillegonda C Rietveld

Special Issue Editors:
Prof Christoph Jacke
Prof Martin James
Dr Ed Montano

Additional Editors
Dr Giacomo Bottà
Dr William Echard
Dr Carlo Nardi

Reviews Editor
Dr Penny Spirou

Assistant Editor
Dr Elina T. Hytönen-Ng

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The critical exploration of performance problematizes the theorization of music signification. The contributions in this special issue investigate performance both from the perspective of musicians and from that of their audience by stressing the role of values, norms, meaning and aesthetics in their interaction. In addition, this special issue concerns the relationship between performance and place; performance does not only happen at a place, but is also of and about a place, actively contributing to it and shaping it. Furthermore, the roles of the DJ, music producer and music performer blur in multi-media stage performance settings, while listeners are increasingly playing the role of 'prosumer', thereby actively taking part in a performance ensemble that extends from physically engaged audiences to online video appearances by fans.

Editor
Dr. Hillegonda C Rietveld

Special Issue Editors:
Dr William Echard
Dr Carlo Nardi
Dr Hillegonda C Rietveld

Additional Editors
Dr. Simone Krüger
Dr. Rupert Till

Reviews Editor
Dr. Penny Spirou

Assistant Editor
Dr. Elina T. Hytönen-Ng

Editor
Dr. Hillegonda C Rietveld

Special Issue Editor
Dr. Rupert Till

Additional Editors
Dr. William Echard
Dr. Carlo Nardi
Dr. Ed Montano
Dr. Geoff Stahl

Reviews Editor
Dr. Penny Spirou

Assistant Editors
Dr. Elina T. Hytönen-Ng
Kwok Ng

Editor
Dr. Hillegonda C Rietveld

Special Issue Editors
Dr. Geoff Stahl
Dr. Shane Homan

Additional Editors
Dr. William Echard
Dr. Carlo Nardi
Dr. Rupert Till
Dr. Ed Montano

Reviews Editor
Dr. Penny Spirou

Assistant Editors
Dr. Elina T. Hytönen-Ng
Kwok Ng

State of the Nation: Review(s) of Popular Music Studies

Editor
Dr. Hillegonda C Rietveld

Special Issue Editor
Dr. Martha Tupinambá de Ulhôa

Additional Editors
Dr. Shane Homan
Dr. Carlo Nardi
Dr. Geoff Stahl
Dr. Rupert Till

Advisory Editors
Dr. Rebekah Farrugia
Dr. Antti-Ville Kärjä

Assistant Editor
Dr. Elina T. Hytönen

Editorial Team
Dr. Héctor Fouce, Co-Editor
Dr. Michael Drewett
Dr. Shane Homan
Dr. Carlo Nardi
Dr. Geoff Stahl
Dr. Martha Ulhôa, Co-Editor

Assistant Editor
Dr. Cláudia Azevedo

Editorial Team
Dr. Héctor Fouce, Co-Editor
Dr. Michael Drewett
Dr. Shane Homan
Dr. Carlo Nardi
Dr. Geoff Stahl
Dr. Martha Ulhôa, Co-Editor

Assistant Editor
Dr. Cláudia Azevedo