About the Journal

Radical Musicology is a peer-reviewed online journal produced in the International Centre for Music Studies (School of Arts and Cultures) at Newcastle University (UK). It was established to provide a forum for progressive thinking across the whole field of musical studies, and encourages work that draws on any and all relevant disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.

The journal espouses no particular theoretical line, ideology or programme. However, responding to a perception that the projects going under the names of 'new' and 'critical' musicology have been succeeded by a certain disciplinary retrenchment or even counter-reaction, we aim to encourage work which explicitly or implicitly interrogates existing paradigms, and which acknowledges that musicological work will always have a political dimension. The politics we favour might be summarised as a desire to democratise the field of the permissible.

Radical Musicology is published in annual volumes, with new content added continuously when available. As well as major academic articles, it includes essay-reviews of particularly significant books, recordings and concerts, and, in the interests of furthering dialogue, also welcomes thoughtful responses to articles.

Volume 1 now complete. Click here for contents.

The journal also hosts a discussion forum. Please follow the links from each article, or click here to read about the forum.

We are now accepting contributions for volume 2 (2007).

Please email enquiries@radical-musicology.org.uk for further details or click here for submission guidelines.