Introduction

Author Biographies

• Shelley Brunt, RMIT University

  Shelley Brunt is a Senior Lecturer in Music and Media at RMIT University, Australia. Her research interests are in the field of ethnomusicology, with a focus on popular music in Japan, and forthcoming publications include the co-edited (with Geoff Stahl) Made in Australia and New Zealand: Studies in Popular Music(Routledge, 2017). 

• Oli Wilson, Massey University

  Oli Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Music and Creative Media Production at Massey University, Wellington. His main area of research is music in Oceania, and he specializes in the recording industry and popular music cultures in Papua New Guinea.