The area of music journalism is as varied as the music and scenes it represents, and we hope that this issue of IASPM Journal –– with contributions by Thomas Conner, Steve Jones, Jacopo Tomatis, Barbara Panuzzo, Josep Pedro and Simon Morrison –– will stimulate further research at the intersection of journalism and popular music studies.

In addition to the five articles on music journalism, this issue of the journal shows examples of the breadth of IASPM research, including a research article by David Cashman on the touristic musicscape of a cruise ship and an Italian-language contribution by Carlo Bianchi on Vladimir Vysotsky’s poetics in relation to Soviet society in Italy, plus five book reviews from the field of popular music studies.

Editor
Prof Hillegonda C Rietveld

Special Issue Editors:
Prof Christoph Jacke
Prof Martin James
Dr Ed Montano

Additional Editors
Dr Giacomo Bottà
Dr William Echard
Dr Carlo Nardi

Reviews Editor
Dr Penny Spirou

Assistant Editor
Dr Elina T. Hytönen-Ng

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