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- ISSN: 0261-1430 (Print), 1474-0095 (Online)
- Editors: Martin Cloonan Turku Institute for Advanced Studies|Turun yliopisto / University of Turku|Room 112|Historicum (1. krs / 1st floor,)|20014 TY|Suomi-Finland, and Sarah Hill Faculty of Music,|University of Oxford,|St. Aldates,|Oxford OX1 1DB
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Popular Music is an international multi-disciplinary journal covering all aspects of the subject - from the formation of social group identities through popular music, to the workings of the global music industry, to how particular pieces of music are put together. The journal includes all kinds of popular music, whether rap or rai, jazz or rock, from any historical era and any geographical location. Popular Music carries articles by scholars from a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives. Each issue contains substantial, authoritative and influential articles, shorter topical pieces, and reviews of a wide range of books.
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