Pop Convergence 2021

For our breaks between the daytime sessions, members of our Programming Committee volunteered to curate/create short bits of "bonus beats" content.

For this break, we have music scholar and musician, Charlie McGovern performing a pair of songs, "I Count the Tears" and "I'm Pulling Through."

RJ Smith helped pull this together and he shares why: "I met Charlie McGovern at a long past Pop Conference, and have seen him at many since. I only knew him through the annual event, until the last year or two. The uncertainty, the president, the guns and the lockdown, all brought him out in a new way on social media. I knew he could play, but this has been special. What he plays has been a crucial part of it—when spirits dipped especially low, he came through with a soul song, a lament, a ray of light. He’s been that in the moment."