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RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines (RAPMM) Product Coordinator Lindsey Eckenroth will be in attendance at the conference of the U.S. branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music in Washington, D.C., 26 February–1 March 2026. The event takes the theme of Popular Music and the State.

On Saturday, 28 February, 8:30–9:00am local time, Lindsey will present a paper titled “The Carter Family’s ‘Single girl, married girl’: Tracing interpretive tensions through the lens of social reproduction theory” as part of the Conservatism panel. Her research presents this 1928 hillbilly hit through the lens of the Carters’ family-oriented, conservative, self-described “morally good” public image; the values and gender norms associated with country music; and discourses surrounding motherhood, reproductive choice, and feminism in the U.S. during the early 20th century. 

Lindsey will also be around for the duration of the conference, so please feel free to catch her to ask questions, provide feedback, pick up some free materials about RAPMM, or just say hello.

And for more details on this event, please visit the conference website on which you’ll find the conference program.

RILM will participate in the 95th annual meeting of the Music Library Association (MLA), held in Salt Lake City, 25-28 February 2026.

Conference attendees are cordially invited to a luncheon celebrating the start of RILM’s 60th anniversary during the MLA Annual Meeting. The luncheon will take place on Friday, 27 February 2026, 12:00–1:00 pm MST at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center.  

Ian McGorray will open with a look at RILM’s 60-year history, followed by Elizabeth Martin-Ruiz, who will share updates on recent and forthcoming product developments. Executive Director Tina Frühauf will conclude with a State of RILM and reflections on the organization’s direction moving forward.

Please RSVP by Friday, 20 February 2026 to reserve your lunch and a seat by emailing conferences@rilm.org with your name, institution, and “MLA 2026” in the subject line. 

In addition to the luncheon, Ian, Liz, and Tina will be available throughout the conference to discuss RILM products and gather feedback. We invite you to visit the RILM booth, schedule an appointment via subscriptions@rilm.org, or—if attending virtually—arrange a one-on-one Zoom consultation after the MLA has concluded. 

And to learn more about the event, head to the conference website, or peruse the program. 

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Three titles have just been added to RILM Music Encyclopedias, further enriching its collection of reference works from around the globe:

• Walter Brunetto, Piccolo vocabolario etnomusicologico: Forme, stili, repertori e contesti della musica di tradizione orale italiana (Rome: Squilibri, 2012) 253 p. — In Italian.
• Frank Daykin, Encyclopedia of French art song: Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc (Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2013) vi, 739 p. — In English.
• Igor de Gandarias, Diccionario de la música en Guatemala (rev. ed.; Ciudad de Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, 2024) xv, 193 p. — In Spanish.

These newly available texts exemplify RILM Music Encyclopedias’ commitment to comprehensive, international, and subject-specific coverage. 

The Piccolo vocabolario etnomusicologico offers a coherent, structured, and systematic lexicon devoted to the study of Italian traditional music. Connecting performance practice with rigorous scholarly research, the Encyclopedia of French art song offers an in-depth exploration of individual mélodies by Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, and Poulenc. The Diccionario de la música en Guatemala is the first reference work devoted exclusively to Guatemala’s musical traditions, encompassing Indigenous, colonial, and contemporary influences.

Together, these additions underscore the role of RILM Music Encyclopedias in preserving, contextualizing, and advancing global perspectives on musical traditions and historiography.

RILM Music Encyclopedias is available via EBSCOhost and on RILM’s platform, Egret, at rme.rilm.org.

RILM will be in attendance at the Forging an American Musical Identity (FAMI) conference in New York, NY, 28–30 January 2026.

Hosted by The Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation’s project Music in Gotham: The New York Scene 1862–1875, the conference and related events are held across iconic NYC performance and research venues, such as The Graduate Center (CUNY), the NYPL for the Performing Arts, and Carnegie Hall. The three-day event explores a broad spectrum of repertories through scholarly discussion and live performances, featuring music not heard for over a century. Together, these activities invite reflection on how music shaped 19th-century American culture and how it continues to inform our understanding of American identity today. 

RILM staff can be found at the RILM exhibition table in front of The Graduate Center’s Elebash Recital Hall and Segal Hall on 29 and 30 January, respectively.

Stop by to learn more about all of RILM’s resources. And for more details on this event, please visit the conference website on which you’ll find the conference program.