We are pleased to announce the launch of Volume 7, Issue 2 of Riffs! This issue brings together work developed in 2019 by members of the Riffs editorial board as part of their Write Club, designed and run by Prof. Nick Gebhardt (Birmingham City University, UK). The pieces engage with the George Lucas (dir.) American Graffiti (1973), a film soundtracked through 1960s and 50s music, overheard from radios, diner juke boxes, and the cars of 1962 Modesto city. To download your free PDF of this issue, click here. Each of the articles in this issue are listed below. Follow the links to each to d ..read more

Editorial Note Citation: Nicholas Gebhardt (2024), “Editorial Note: Marking time”, Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music 7(2): 4. Tweet ..read more

Dave Kane Citation: Dave Kane (2024), “Where Does a Song Come From?: The origins of ‘Goodbye to Home'”, Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music 7(2): 5-8. Tweet ..read more

Emily Bettison Citation: Emily Bettison (2024), “A Paradox”, Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music 7(2): 9-10. Tweet ..read more

Craig Hamilton Citation: Craig Hamilton (2024), “On Skip Diving and Hot Dogs”, Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music 7(2): 11-14. Tweet ..read more

Sarah Raine Citation: Sarah Raine (2024), “Not Missing a Beat // SHE”, Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music 7(2): 15-18. Tweet ..read more

Ed McKeon Citation: Ed McKeon (2024), “Cut and Cathexis”, Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music 7(2): 19-21. Tweet ..read more

Iain A. Taylor Citation: Iain A. Taylor (2024), “Ugly Margins / This Scene Doesn’t Fade”, Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music 7(2): 22-23. Tweet ..read more

Chris Mapp Citation: Chris Mapp (2024), “Function Gig Therapy”, Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music 7(2): 24-26. Tweet ..read more

Asya Draganova Citation: Asya Draganova (2024), “DNA of Sound and Vision”, Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music 7(2): 27-29. Tweet ..read more