Editorial Board

Sarah Raine, Ireland

Iain A. Taylor, UK

Nick Gebhardt, UK

Deanne Kearney, Canada

Chris Mapp, UK

Asya Draganova, UK

Sharon Kong-Perring, USA

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

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

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