The New Yorker [Unofficial]Kacey Musgraves Music Review: “Middle of Nowhere”
Petr NuskaRhythm under the Microscope II: Microrhythm and Tempo Variability in Popular Music
📍 Vienna
📅 22–24 October 2026
Interdisciplinary conference on microrhythm, groove, and tempo variability, spanning analysis, perception, digital production, and embodied approaches.
Deadline: 01/06/2026
https://www.ethnomusicology.org/news/news.asp?id=726194
#MusicTheory #PopularMusic #RhythmS #MusicResearch #Ethnomusicology #Musicology
Front Page [Unofficial]15 pop song ‘oopsies’ that were kept in recordings, turning mistakes into iconic moments
Noah Kahan Makes an Unlikely Home-Town Hero
50+ Music"Tell Laura I Love Her" is a #teenageTragedySong written by #JeffBarry and #BenRaleigh. It was a US #topTen #popularMusic #hit for singer #RayPeterson in 1960 on #RCAVictorRecords, reaching No. 7 on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart. Later that same year, it was recorded and released by #RickyValance in the United Kingdom, where it went to the No. 1 spot on the #UKSinglesChart. The song has been a hit in 14 countries, and has sold over seven million copies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTjQgkHzbTk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTjQgkHzbTk
Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her (RCA 1960)
"Johnny B. Goode" is a song by American musician #ChuckBerry, written and sung by Berry in 1958. Released as a #single in 1958, it peaked at number two on the #HotRAndBSides chart and number eight on its pre-#Billboard #Hot100 chart. The song remains a staple of #rockNRoll music. "Johnny B. Goode" is considered one of the most recognizable songs in the history of #popularMusic. Credited as "the first rock & roll hit about rock & roll stardom".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swgiM9vSEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swgiM9vSEE
Chuck Berry with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band "Johnny B. Goode" | Concert for the Rock Hall
"God Only Knows" is a song by the American rock band #theBeachBoys from their 1966 album #PetSounds. Written by #BrianWilson and #TonyAsher, it is a #baroque-style #loveSong distinguished for its harmonic innovation and complexity, unusual instrumentation, and subversion of typical #popularMusic conventions, both lyrically and musically. It is often praised as one of the greatest songs of all time and as the Beach Boys' finest record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NADx3-qRxek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NADx3-qRxek
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (Official Music Video)
"Johnny B. Goode" is a song by American musician #ChuckBerry, written and sung by Berry in 1958. Released as a #single in 1958, it peaked at number two on the #HotRAndBSides chart and number eight on its pre-#Billboard #Hot100 chart. The song remains a staple of #rockNRoll music. "Johnny B. Goode" is considered one of the most recognizable songs in the history of #popularMusic. Credited as "the first rock & roll hit about rock & roll stardom".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swgiM9vSEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swgiM9vSEE
Chuck Berry with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band "Johnny B. Goode" | Concert for the Rock Hall
Songs That Rewrite History
International conference on how songs (re)contextualise, challenge, and transform historical narratives in Romance-language contexts. Literary, cultural & musicological approaches welcome; lyrics and sound both central.
📍 Innsbruck
📅 3–5 December 2026
Deadline: 15/04/2026
Global Music Production in Times of Longevity
Interdisciplinary conference on ageing, musical aesthetics, markets, technologies, new professional competences, well-being, and knowledge transmission. Perspectives from musicology, ethnomusicology, popular music studies, sociology, neuroscience, anthropology, and practice-based research.
📅 10–12 November 2026
Deadline: 15/06/2026
#Musicology #Ethnomusicology #PopularMusic #PopularMusicStudies #Anthropology