International Association for the Study of Popular Music Established to promote inquiry, scholarship and analysis in the area of Popular Music. Site includes reviews, news, and information about conferences and general activities. http://www.iaspm.net/

Popular Music Section of the Society of Ethnomusicology Includes bibliographies, listing of jobs and conferences, and a member directory. http://orpheus.tamu.edu/pmssem/pmssem.html

IASPM - Australian/ New Zealand Chapter Includes member information, calls for papers, and conference info. http://emediate.com.au/iaspm/

IASPM - Bulgarian Branch Includes folklore database, abstracts of articles, and conference program. In Bulgarian and English. http://musicart.imbm.bas.bg/iaspm.htm

IASPM - Canada Includes conference and membership info. In English and French. http://www.iaspm.ca/english/

IASPM - UK and Ireland Includes news, international conference info and calls for papers, web links, and archived newsletters. http://www.bham.ac.uk/iaspmuk/

IASPM - US Branch Includes conference info, job listing, publications, and list of recently defended dissertations. http://www.iaspm-us.net/

JASPM: Japanese Association for the Study of Popular Music Includes information on joining the JASPM-ML mailing list. http://www.jaspm.org/Eintro.html

Philip Tagg Includes many online texts by this semiotician and seminal figure in popular music studies, specifically semiotic analysis linking musical structure with other aspects of culture and society. Also includes articles on teaching and research methodologies. http://www.tagg.org/