Editorial Board
Managing Editors
Sarah Raine, England – s.raine@leeds.ac.uk
Iain A. Taylor, Scotland – iain.taylor@uws.ac.uk
Nick Gebhardt, England – Nicholas.Gebhardt@bcu.ac.uk
Social Media Manager
Deanne Kearney, Canada – dkearney@yorku.ca
Riffs|OPEN Editor
Chris Mapp, UK – Christopher.Mapp@mail.bcu.ac.uk
Riffs Radicals Manager
Asya Draganova, UK – asya.draganova@bcu.ac.uk
Books, Gigs, and Venues Review Editor
Sharon Kong-Perring, USA – Sharon.Kong-Perring@mail.bcu.ac.uk
Editorial Board
Jenny Ann Cubin, UK
Craig Hamilton, UK
Edmund Hunt, UK
David Kane, UK
Martin Lukanov, Bulgaria
Ed McKeon, 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