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Brazilian Journal of Song Studies #4

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Call for articles
Brazilian Journal of Song Studies #4
Deadline: 30 April 2013

We are currently receiving papers for the fourth issue of RBEC – Brazilian Journal of Song Studies, due to be online in the second semester of 2013. We welcome works that deal with popular music (Brazilian, Anglo-American, Hispanic, etc.) under any analytical approaches, be they musicological, literary, historical, sociological, philosophical… Guidelines for submissions are available on the journal’s website.

The deadline is 30 April 2013, and papers should be sent to estudosdacancao@gmail.com. We kindly remind authors that articles which do not conform to the journal’s guidelines will be rejected, and also that they are fully responsible for the textual/grammatical accuracy of their texts.

The Small Economies of the ‘New’ Music Industry

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Severn Pop Network Inaugural Conference
The Small Economies of the ‘New’ Music Industry
University of Bristol
25 March 2013

Registration is now open for the Severn Pop Network one day conference The Small Economies of the ‘New’ Music Industry at the University of Bristol on 25 March.

A draft programme, registration details and other information can be found on the website.

IASPM 2013 Conference Website

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IASPM 2013 Conference Website
http://iaspm2013.espora.es/
Registration now open

The new website for the 17th IASPM International Conference in Gijón, Spain, 24-28 June 2013 is now online: http://iaspm2013.espora.es

You will find information regarding travel and accommodation, a list of accepted proposals, registration details, and much more.

Registration is now open. The deadline for “early bird” registration is 17 March.

Marabi Nights – Jazz, ‘Race’ and Society

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New book
Marabi Nights – Jazz, ‘Race’ and Society in Early Apartheid South Africa
Christopher Ballantine

Marabi Nights

Marabi Nights – Jazz, ‘Race’ and Society in Early Apartheid South Africa is an updated and substantially expanded second edition of Christopher Ballantine’s classic study of the triumphs and tragedies of South Africa’s marabi-jazz tradition. New chapters extend the book’s in-depth account of the birth and development of urban-black popular music. Continue reading →

Waterman Prize‏

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Richard Waterman Prize Competition
Popular Music Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology
Deadline: 1 April 2013

The Popular Music Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology is pleased to announce the 2013 Richard Waterman Prize competition. The prize was created to recognize the best article by a junior scholar in the ethnomusicological study of popular music published within the previous year, in any publication. The Prize comes with a cash award of up to $200. Continue reading →

Dancecult Crowdfunding Initiative Launched

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Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture
Crowdfunding Initiative
http://www.indiegogo.com/dancecult

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Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture needs your help to remain operational. Dancecult is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal for the study of electronic dance music culture (EDMC). Launched in 2009, it is the mothership of the global EDMC research network. In November 2012, we published our 6th edition, maintaining a twice-annual publication schedule, but today Dancecult is in crisis and needs your help to meet expenses essential to the journal’s operation and to ensure our survival. Continue reading →