Excerpts from the History of Korean Popular Music [5]
Trot, or by Its Youthful Name: Yuhaengga (1928–1945)
It is as if they are singing of personal grief—yet they sing of a nation's pain.
Read: https://medium.com/the-riff/excerpts-from-the-history-of-korean-popular-music-5-a47dcada517d
Excerpts from the History of Korean Popular Music [2]
Wandering Melodies and Yun Sim-deok (1926)
A waltz, a Korean love tragedy, and the Anniversary Song - what could be the connection between them?
Here you can find out: https://medium.com/the-riff/excerpts-from-the-history-of-korean-popular-music-2-b06a55d9c775
Excerpts from the History of Korean Popular Music [1]
Definitions and the First Steps (1910–1927)
In this article series, a fascinating story will unfold before you, which is also the very dawn of today's #kpop.
Read on Medium's The Riff: https://medium.com/the-riff/excerpts-from-the-history-of-korean-popular-music-1-0c4455069ac0
#music #popularmusic #kmusic #kpop #kculture #musichistory #korean #kcontent
BFE-RMA Research Students’ Conference 2027
Call for papers, lecture-recitals, themed panels, posters, and compositions from postgraduate researchers across musicology, ethnomusicology, popular music, sound studies, performance, composition, and related fields.
📍 Oxford, UK
📅 06–08/01/2027
Deadline: 04/09/2026
https://www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/2027-bfe-rma-conference
#Musicology #Ethnomusicology #SoundStudies #PopularMusic #PhD
Global Hip Hop Studies special issue: “Hip-Hop Diaspora: Memory, Technology and the Politics of Electric Infrastructure”
Seeking work on #HipHop, infrastructure, analogue/digital practices, archives, energy humanities, diasporic sound systems, and technological precarity across the Global South.
Deadline: 01/08/2026
https://www.intellectbooks.com/global-hip-hop-studies#call-for-papers
#HipHopStudies #SoundStudies #DigitalHumanities #DiasporaStudies #PopularMusic
Global Hip Hop Studies; Global Hip Hop Studies (GHHS) is a Diamond Open Access, peer-reviewed, rigorous and community-responsive academic journal that publishes research on contemporary as well as historical issues and debates surrounding hip hop music and culture around the world, twice annually. GHHS is Open Access through a Subscribe to Open (S2O) model and does not charge APCs or submission fees. To access the journal for free or for more information visit the Discover platform here. Facebook: Global Hip Hop StudiesTwitter: @GHHSJournal GHHS is supported by the European Research Council and University College Cork, Ireland. This title is indexed with Scopus and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Submission guidelines can be found below in a downloadable file titled 'Notes for Contributors'. The submissions portal can be found by scrolling down and selecting 'Submit'.
Kacey Musgraves Music Review: “Middle of Nowhere”
Rhythm 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
15 pop song ‘oopsies’ that were kept in recordings, turning mistakes into iconic moments
Noah Kahan Makes an Unlikely Home-Town Hero
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Petr Nuska
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