Introduction

Author Biographies

• Mark Evans, University of Technology, Sydney

  Mark Evans is Head of Media, Music and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney. He is author of Open Up the Doors: Music in the Modern Church (2006) and co-editor of Perfect Beat.

• Denis Crowdy, Macquarie University, Sydney

  Denis Crowdy is a Senior Lecturer in Music at Macquarie University. His research has focused on the popular music of Melanesia, and he has published literature on topics including local stringband, local rock/reggae, and the traditional/ jazz-rock fusion band Sanguma (from Papua New Guinea). He is co-editor of Perfect Beat.