Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

• “Introduction: What Kenny G Can Teach Us About Jazz.” Colloquy: Revisiting Kenny G. Journal of Jazz Studies 14, no. 1 (2023): 1-19.

• “Jaco Pastorius, the Electric Bass, and the Struggle for Jazz Credibility.” Journal of Popular Music Studies (September 2020): 121-138.

• “Reconstructing the History of Motown Session Musicians: The Carol Kaye / James Jamerson Controversy.” Journal of the Society for American Music 13, no. 1 (2019): 78-109.

• “‘A Bastard Instrument’: The Fender Precision Bass, Monk Montgomery, and Jazz in the 1950s.” Jazz Perspectives 8.3 (2015): 281-303.

Book Chapters:

• "Elvis Presley in Las Vegas: The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the City of Second Chances.” In Viva Las Vegas: Music and Myth in America’s City of Second Chances. Edited by Jake Johnson. 96-111. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2023.

• "Transvaluing Adam Clayton: Why The Bass Matters in U2's Music." in U2 Above, Across, and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Assessments. Ed. Scott Calhoun. 17-30. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Press, 2014. 

Invited Articles:

• “Looking Towards the Future: Popular Music Studies and Music Scholarship: Introduction.” Co-authored with Amy Coddington and Andrew Mall. Twentieth-Century Music 18, no. 1 (February 2021), 3-11.

• “Electric Bass Guitar.” Co-authored with Tony Bacon and Arian Sheets. Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Published October 29, 2020).  

• “Conference Report: ‘The Future of Pop: Big Questions Facing Popular Music Studies in the 21st Century,’ AMS Pre-Conference Symposium.” Co-authored with Amy Coddington and Andrew Mall. Journal of Popular Music Studies 32, no. 3 (September 2020): 27-39.

• “Folkways Records” and “Nordic Jazz.” In Music Around the World: A Global Encyclopedia, edited by Andrew R. Martin and Matthew Mihalka. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2020.

Reviews:

• “Review of Rocking in the Free World: Popular Music and the Politics of Freedom in Postwar America.” Notes vol. 80, no. 4 (June 2024), 698-700.

• “Review of Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit by Matt Brennan.” Notes vol. 77, no. 2 (March 2021), 421-424.

• “Review of The Banjo: America’s African Instrument by Laurent Dubois.” American Studies Vol. 58, no. 1 (April 2019), 118.

• “Review of Knowing Jazz by Ken Prouty and School for Cool by Eitan Y. Wilf.” Journal of the Society for American Music Vol. 11, no. 2 (May 2017): 227-232.

• “Review of Jaco: The Film and Jaco: Original Soundtrack,” Jazz Perspectives Vol. 9, No. 3, (2016): 319-324.

• “Review of Networks of Sound, Style, and Subversion, by Nick Crossley.” Notes 72.4 (June 2016): 746-8.

• “Review of Bad Vibrations: The History of the Idea of Music as a Cause of Disease, by James Kennaway.” Notes 71.2 (December 2014): 305-307.  

• “Review of Under African Skies (dir. Joe Berlinger).” Journal of World Popular Music 1.1 (2014), 109-113. 

• “Review of Ecomusicology: Rock, Folk, and the Environment, by Mark Pedelty.” Environmental Values 22.3 (June 2013), 432-434.  

• “Review of Grunge: Music and Memory, by Catherine Strong.” Popular Musicology Online (Published July 23, 2012). 

Other Publications:

• “Eugene Grew: Long-Lost Motown Session Master,” Vintage Guitar Magazine (November 2016), 84-87.

Select Media and Public Appearances:

• “Episode #117: Brian F. Wright.” Groove: The No Treble Podcast. (September 5, 2024).

• “The Possibility Machine: Music and Myth in Las Vegas,” with Jake Johnson and Joanna Dee Das, New Books Network podcast (July 7, 2024).

• “Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall launch Big Loud Texas to elevate musicians in the Lone Star state,” CBS News Texas (April 17, 2024).

• “Music & Myth in Las Vegas: Jake Johnson, Joanna Das, Michael Kinney, and Brian F. Wright,” IAPMS-US/JPMS Popular Music Books-in-Progress Series (October 17, 2023)”.

• “James Jamerson or Carol Kaye: Who Played What? The New Evidence That Reveals All,” Interview with Joel McIver, Bass Player (September 2021): 16-20.

• “Music Professor Receives Fellowship to Research at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” UNT Research News, August 19, 2021.

• “Matt Brennan, Sue Foley, and Brian Wright on Musical Instruments,” IAPMS-US/JPMS Popular Music Books-in-Progress Series (July 2, 2021).

• Interview with Todd L. Burns, Music Journalism Insider (May 24, 2021).