Franco Fabbri, born in Sao Paulo (Brazil), is a musician and musicologist. His main interests are in the fields of genre theories and music typologies, the impact of media and technology across genres and musical cultures, and the history of popular music. He teaches Popular Music and Musicology at the universities of Turin, Milan, and Genoa. He is currently the chairman of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (Iaspm). http://www.francofabbri.net