Editorial Board

Managing Editors

Sarah Raine, Ireland

Iain A. Taylor, UK

Nick Gebhardt, UK

Social Media Manager

Deanne Kearney, Canada

Riffs|OPEN Editor

Chris Mapp, UK

Riffs Radicals Manager

Asya Draganova, UK

Books, Gigs, and Venues Review Editor

Sharon Kong-Perring, USA

Editorial Board

Jenny Ann Cubin, UK

Craig Hamilton, UK

Edmund Hunt, UK

David Kane, UK

Martin Lukanov, Bulgaria

Ed McKeon, UK

Emily Morris, UK

Sebastian Svegaard, Australia

Designers

Lead designer: Iain Taylor

Front cover design: Adam Kelly-Williams

Ian Davies Photo: Photography and Art Direction (front cover for all full issues)

Guest Designers: Rosie Clark (Front cover design Vol 5 Issue 1); Laura Chen (Vol 3 Issues 1 & 2); Rhiannon Davies (Vol 2 Issues 1 & 2); Beth Kane (Vol 1 Issues 1 & 2 and 2017 Zine Special Issue).

Issue Editors

Vol 1 Issue 1 (2017) The Quality of Sound – Nicholas Gebhardt, Birmingham City University

Vol 1 Issue 2 (2017) Songwriting – Simon Barber, Birmingham City University

Vol 2 Issue 1 (2018) Pop Music Criticism – Laura Snapes, The Guardian

Vol 2 Issue 2 (2018) Reggae Soundsystem – Simon Jones, Middlesex University

Vol 3 Issue 1 (2019) Ideas of Noise – Nicholas Gebhardt, Birmingham City University

Vol 3 Issue 2 (2019) Festivals – Sarah Raine and Craig Hamilton, Birmingham City University

Vol 4 Issue 1 (2020) Music and Technology I – Edmund Hunt, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Vol 4 Issue 2 (2020) Music and Technology II – Edmund Hunt, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Vol 5 Issue 1 (2021) Popular Music Fiction – Ash Watson, UNSW Sydney

Vol 5 Issue 2 (2021) Autoethnography and Qualitative Research – Shane Blackman & Rob McPherson, Canterbury Christ Church University

Vol 6 Issue 1 (2022) Otobiographies – Jenny Ann Cubin, independent

Vol 6 Issue 2 (2023) Pop Music Materialities Part I –Iain A. Taylor, University of the West of Scotland

Vol 7 Issue 1 (2023) Pop Music Materialities Part II – Iain A. Taylor, University of the West of Scotland

Vol 7 Issue 2 (2024) American Graffiti – Nicholas Gebhardt, Birmingham City University

Vol 8 Issue 1 (2024) Asian and Oceanic Pop Music – Sharon Kong-Perring, Birmingham City University, and Mathieu Berbiguier, Carnegie Mellon University