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Pop Convergence 2021

The 2021 Pop Convergence: A Virtual Pop Conference, April 22-25th
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Justin Williams

University of Bristol
Senior Lecturer in Music
Bristol, UK

https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/justin-a-williams

Hi everyone, I teach jazz and hip hop in particular in the UK, but have also published on singer-songwriters, progressive metal, and Hamilton: An American Musical.

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

11:30am PDT

Dance Dance (Music) Revolution (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchAnn Powers • Christina Zanfagna • Alex La Rotta • Carmela Muzio Dormani • Kwabena Prentiss Slaughter

1:00pm PDT

Prince: Disrupting Notions of Blackness (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchMichaelangelo Matos • De Angela L. Duff • Kamilah Cummings • C Liegh McInnis

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

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

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

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