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The 2021 Pop Convergence: A Virtual Pop Conference, April 22-25th
Artwork by Alex Nero; Design by The Art Dictator
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Isis Semaj-Hall

UWI, Mona
Assistant Professor
Kingston, Jamaica
Websiteisissemajhall.com
Jamaican music and its influences (hip hop, pop, Afropop, etc).
Thursday, April 22
 

3:00pm PDT

Fluxed: Making Popular Music In the Midst of Change and Transition (Keynote Talk with Devonté Hynes, Roísín Murphy, Rostam, Tamara Lindeman, Ann Powers) www.youtube.com/nprmusicDevonté Hynes • Rostam • Tamara Lindeman (of The Weather Station) • Ann Powers • Roísín Murphy
 
Friday, April 23
 

1:00pm PDT

Staying Flux-ible: Artists Adapting to Change (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorBrittany Spanos • Hilarie Ashton • Katherine Morayati • Charlotte Murtishaw • Paula Clare Harper

2:30pm PDT

Black Music at its Interstices: From “Coon Songs” to Hip Hop (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorAlisha Lola Jones • Ambre Dromgoole • Beza Fekade • Zalika U. Ibaorimi • Matthew D. Morrison

4:00pm PDT

Black Critics Matter (Room B: Oscillator) Room A: Sky ChurchKimberly Mack • Thulani Davis • Daphne A. Brooks • Greg Tate • Danyel Smith • Wesley Morris “South Gotta Change”: Southern Music in a Moment of Transformation (Room A: Sky Church) Room B: OscillatorCharles L. Hughes • David Cantwell • Amanda Martinez • Andrea Williams

5:15pm PDT

Flower Bomb Friday: Songs In the Key of Stevie Wonder (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchMorgan Rhodes • Hans Elder • Joy Trible
 
Saturday, April 24
 

10:00am PDT

What is the Creative? Rethinking the Social Value of Creativity in the Absence of Live Space (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchTavia Nyong'o • Freda Knowles (she/her) • Christian Scott • Shabaka Hutchings • Sarah Elizabeth Charles • Samora Pinderhughes • Talib Nelson

4:00pm PDT

“Going, Going, Gone: The Future After Marvin’s Masterpiece” (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchRJ Smith • Natalie Hopkinson • Lynnée Denise • Mark Anthony Neal • Guthrie P. Ramsey • Shana L. Redmond
 
Sunday, April 25
 

11:00am PDT

Artist Relations and the Power of the Interview w/ Jason King and Liz Pelly (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchJason King • Liz Pelly

12:00pm PDT

Public Writing For Academics w/ Hua Hsu and Oliver Wang (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchOliver Wang • Hua Hsu