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Manchester University Press is now calling out for authors in Popular Music: #more-4282" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">iaspm.org.uk/british-pop-ar…

Goodnight, Annie Nightingale. :-( bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

A petition to support the Music Department at Oxford Brookes @musicatbrookes whose course is faced with closure in 2026: chng.it/4pW5DRHRwZ @royalmusical @RMAPopularMusic

Pop Scholars, take note of this book. Really good tools for thinking liguistically about pop vocals @PopularMusicJnl @popconorg @PopMusicEd @InstPopMusic @musicstudies010 @GLOBALCIPHER @IASPMUS @iaspmca @IASPM_DACH @iaspmjournal @iaspm_uk_eire @royalmusical @RMAPopularMusic

Call for Papers: Proposals are invited for the French Music and Culture Study Day, hosted by the Cardiff French Music Research Group and the RMA, which will take place on 10 May 2024 at Cardiff University. Deadline: 19 January 2024, 11:59pm rma.ac.uk/2023/11/28/cal…

Billy Nomates’ Glastonbury Experiences Expose Deep Flaws In Live Music clashmusic.com/features/billy…

Published! UK Industry Agreement on Music Streaming Metadata, reflecting shared ambition of the UK music-streaming industry supported by @The_IPO to improve metadata in new recordings on streaming services over the next 2 years. Find out more via link: gov.uk/government/pub…

Farewell to the magnificent #TinaTurner. She survived a turbulent musical partnership to become one of the greatest solo artists of her generation. All of this, whilst driving the bar upward for stamina and quality in vocal and physical performance. theguardian.com/music/2023/may…

Farewell Andy Rourke, low-end genius of #thesmiths. bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the presentation of the inaugural Michael Tippett medal for Composition to John Casken for his work 'The Shackled King'. Missed it? You can watch John in conversation with Camden Reeves at @LeedsUniMusic: youtube.com/live/rlECp-6jk…

Last Friday's RMA Council meeting gave us the opportunity to recognise and thank @JeffreyJDean for his remarkable service of 21 years to the association (and to present him with a gift to show our thanks!)

"You can't copyright a chord sequence." youtube.com/watch?v=NcCKls…

There's still time to submit nominations for RMA Council (by 24 April) we have 3 vacancies for Ordinary Member and 2 for Vice President. If you’d like to join us, and help run the Association for the benefit of all members, we’d love to hear from you! rma.ac.uk/2023/02/25/nom…

Happy Monday! There's still time to fill in our survey for all our social media followers, including your perceptions of the RMA and who it's for: us9.list-manage.com/survey?u=0a5e5…

Excited to share my latest post on Ko-fi where I explore the relationship between failure and creativity. Failure can be discouraging, but it's a result of us being creative and vulnerable and should be welcomed. Check out the post and let me know your thoughts!

@Sarah5harp Best of luck!

Reminder: Call for Chapters "Popular Music Autobiographies: Rereading Musicians And Their Audiences" is open until 30th April iaspm.org.uk/popular-music-…

The @royalmusical has three new openings for Ordinary Members of Council (OMC), and two for Vice-President. If you’d like to come and join us, and help run the Association for the benefit of all its members, we’d love to hear from you. rma.ac.uk/2023/02/25/nom…

Call for chapters - Popular Music Autobiographies: iaspm.org.uk/popular-music-… Deadline for proposals: 30th April 2023

RIP Burt Bacharach.