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
Iain Taylor, Vol 6 Issues 1 & 2, Vol 5 Issues 1 & 2, Vol 4 Issues 1 & 2, Riffs|OPEN, Riffs Reviews, and Zine Special Issues
Ian Davies Photo: Photography and Art Direction (front cover for all full issues)
Rosie Clark, Front cover design Vol 5 Issue 1.
Laura Chen, Vol 3 Issues 1 & 2
Rhiannon Davies, Vol 2 Issues 1 & 2
Adam Kelly-Williams: Riffs front cover design from Vol 2 Issue 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 –Iain A. Taylor, University of the West of Scotland