About Us

About  RAPMM

The RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines (RAPMM) is an extensive digital collection comprising over 125 independently published popular music magazines and fanzines, in circulation from the late 1960s to the present day. These publications have been meticulously scanned from their original print versions. Reflecting the significance of the do-it-yourself (DIY) ethos central to punk counterculture, a substantial portion of the content highlights the diverse punk and related subgenres that have emerged globally over several decades. Furthermore, the collection includes materials related to various popular music genres, such as rock—from metal to psychedelic rock—as well as hip hop, world music, and country. With its international perspective, the collection provides rich insights into various popular music scenes around the world. The titles in RAPMM have been predominantly published in English; titles in German, Spanish, and Chinese are also included. Each year, new titles will be added to the collection.

About Egret

The RAPMM user interface has been designed to preserve each publication’s unique identity and integrity, allowing readers to replicate the experience of reading physical materials. Detailed metadata facilitates searching for specific subjects across all publications, and each digitized page is supplemented by HTML text to allow for intuitive browsing and easy reading.

Egret is RILM’s platform for hosting, editing, and distributing full-text writings on music. Noteworthy features of RAPMM on Egret include:

  • Image viewer that facilitates flipping through and zooming in on pages of RAPMM content
  • Supplemental HTML view featuring plain text articles and extracted images (photographs, cartoons, advertisements, drawings, collages, etc.)
  • Issue-level navigation via a collapsible table of contents
  • Browseable publication timeline with issue cover images, featured content, and publication metadata
  • Robust search capabilities within issues, publications, and all RAPMM content
  • Searchable indexed content, including band names, venues, record labels, geographical locations, album and song titles, and image captions
  • Traceable session browsing history, facilitating easy reference to previously viewed content
  • Links to related content in other RILM resources

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Our Team

RAPMM Team

    • Beatriz Goubert
      Product Coordinator
      bgoubert@rilm.org
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    • Lindsey Eckenroth
      Data Coordinator and RAPMM Associate Coordinator
      leckenroth@rilm.org
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    • MU Qian
      Editor
      qmu@rilm.org
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    • Elizabeth Martin-Ruiz
      Sales / Subscriptions
      subscriptions@rilm.org
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    • Michael Lupo
      Marketing
      mlupo@rilm.org
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    • Guillaume Hérisson
      Egret Editorial System
      gherisson@rilm.org
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    • Kenneth Yarmey
      Conversion and Metadata Manager
      kyarmey@rilm.org

External Collaborators

    • Jenée Force, Associate Director, Archives and Special Collections, Berklee Archives
    • Stan Getz Library, Berklee College of Music
    • Arthur Fournier, Independent Broker
    • Nicholas Martin, Curator for the Arts and Humanities, New York University Special Collections
    • Stefano Morello, Assistant Director for Digital Projects at the American Social History Project, CUNY Graduate Center
    • Liz Mason, Quimby’s Bookstore Chicago