• IASPM-US Meetings
• International Meetings
• Related Conferences

In partnership with Blackwell Publishing, IASPM-US publishes the Journal of Popular Music Studies (ISSN 1524-2226), a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to research on popular music throughout the world and approached from a variety of positions. Published three times a year, each issue features essays and reviews, as well as roundtables and creative works inspired by popular music.

Annual membership in IASPM-US entitles you to a subscription to the Journal of Popular Music Studies as well as the Newsletter. Subscription to the Journal is also the easiest way to become a member of IASPM-US.

For author guidelines or questions about the journal, please visit Blackwell Publishing's IASPM-US site.

IASPM-US also publishes a newsletter to keep members informed on news about the Branch, recent publications in popular music studies, and conference announcements. Contact for information regarding the newsletter.

Download the latest newsletter:
Summer/Fall 2007

Previous newsletters:
Winter/Spring 2007
Summer/Fall 2006
Winter/Spring 2006
Summer/Fall 2005   

Members of IASPM-US also receive the Review of Popular Music published by the International Association and edited by .

The Woody Guthrie Book Award is presented to the best book on popular music (broadly defined) published since the most recent IASPM-US conference.

Call For Submissions

The editorial collective of the Journal of Popular Music Studies (JPMS) — Emmett Price (Editor-in-Chief), Barbara Ching, Norma Coates, Kevin J. H. Dettmar, Jeff Melnick, Patricia Tang, and Deborah Vargas — welcomes submissions. With the assistance of new publisher, Blackwell, JPMS (ISSN 1524-2226) is set to emerge as a high profile journal. JMPS is committed to publishing outstanding scholarship on popular music from a variety of disciplinary (and interdisciplinary) positions. The editors are now also including an expanded reviews section, brief essays on pedagogy, and creative works inspired by popular music. Younger scholars are especially encouraged to submit their work. To submit a manuscript for consideration, send a disk copy and three hard copies with authorship, institutional affiliation (if applicable), and address on a separate title page. Each manuscript page should be numbered and contain an abbreviated title. References should follow the most recent APA Publications Manual. Please send submissions to:

Emmett G. Price III, Ph,D.
Journal of Popular Music Studies
Northeastern University
351 Ryder Hall
Boston, MA 02115

For questions about the Journal or submission inquiries, contact Emmett Price ().

Tracking: Popular Music Studies (JPMS pre-1992)