The R. Serge Denisoff Award honors the best article published in each volume of Popular Music and Society. Professor Denisoff founded Popular Music and Society and edited it until his death in 1994. A committee of Editorial Board members reviews all eligible articles and selects the winner of the Award. Editorial Board members and other people who work for the journal are ineligible to receive the Award. The Award commenced with volume 21 (1997).

I am pleased to announce that the winner of the Denisoff award for volume 26 of Popular Music and Society is:

But is it Garbage? The Theme of Trash in Rock and Roll Criticism
Issue 26/2, 2003
By Steven Hamelman

From: Gary Burns, Editor, Popular Music and Society

I am pleased to announce that the winner of the fifth annual R. Serge Denisoff Award for the Best Article Published in Popular Music and Society is:

Wolfgang Ruttkowski, "Cabaret Songs"

The Award covered volume 25, 2003 and was selected by the Award Committee, consisting of PM&S Editorial Board members.

The Award is given in memory of the late R. Serge Denisoff, founding editor of Popular Music and Society.