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Call for Papers

Special Issue on “New Orleans Music: Legacy and Survival”

Papers are invited for a special issue of Popular Music and Society on New Orleans music. Topics suggested include:

  • Role of Crescent City artists/producers/recording companies in shaping 20th Century American popular music
  • Shakers and movers in the contemporary New Orleans music scene, 1990-2005
  • Impact of indigenous New Orleans dwellers on sustaining the carnival mentality and the impromptu joy of music
  • Place of decadence (prostitution, alcoholism, voodoo, sexual deviance) and social problems (poverty, racism, bigotry) in the development of New Orleans music
  • Role of history, geography, and economics in the creation and evolution of New Orleans music
  • Alternative futures for the city of New Orleans and its musical heritage and contributions, 2005-2025
  • Comparison of New Orleans 20th Century musical influence with Memphis, Chicago, Detroit, and Kansas City
  • Potential roles of the Marsalis family, Harry Connick, Jr., Dr. John, Irma Thomas, the Neville Brothers, Marcia Ball, and others in restoring New Orleans popular music authority
  • New Orleans artists whose talents manifest the essence of 20th Century New Orleans music
  • Relationship of cultural geography to musical development in New Orleans (possibly including comparative studies discussing such other cities as San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles)

Authors are encouraged to use reasonable research design and standard literary style as they explore New Orleans music. Papers may examine individual performers, composers, record labels, national and global influences, performing styles, genres, or the Diaspora of New Orleans artists and musics throughout the United States.

Production Timeline

  • June 1, 2007--Deadline for Submission of Articles
  • July 1, 2007--Acceptance of Articles Announced
  • October 1, 2007--Articles Submitted to Publisher
  • July 2008--Publication of Issue (Vol. 31, No. 3)

Submission Format

Please provide two (2) print copies plus one diskette of the manuscript. Add bibliography and discography as necessary.

Inquiries and submissions should be directed to the Guest Editor:

Dr. B. Lee Cooper
Professor of History and American Culture
Newman University
3100 McCormick Avenue
Wichita, Kansas 67213 USA
Telephone: 316-942-4291 (ext. 2127)
E-mail: cooperb@newmanu.edu