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Pop Convergence 2021

The 2021 Pop Convergence: A Virtual Pop Conference, April 22-25th
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Kent Johnson

Seattle

I m a music lover from Seattle who enjoys indie rock, electronica and other contemporary pop music. I've been attending the annual Pop Con since 2006. I also love charts! For my 12th birthday my grandmother gave me a subscription to Billboard and Record World because i was always listening to the radio and writing down the records on radio station "surveys" I called them. My Pop Con heroes are Chris Molanphy, Ann Powers, Daphne Brooks, and Charles Hughes:) In the photo I'm on the left and my partner, Cody, is on the nright. We both attend and love the conference:) See you all soon!

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

10:00am PDT

Hope in Darkness: Music That Reclaimed Our Joy (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorChris Molanphy • Meagan Sylvester • Michelle Villegas Threadgould • Solvej Schou • Lynn Brown

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

12:45pm PDT

Bonus Beats 2 Both Room A+BCharles McGovern

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

ruins, rebellion, & resurgence (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchHolly Kruse • Carleton S. Gholz • Alfred Soto • Tara Lopez • Lisa Pollock Mumme

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

10:00am PDT

Flipping the Script: Traditions in Transition (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorGlenn Hendler • Alexandria Arrieta • Morgan Bimm • Kembrew McLeod

11:30am PDT

Listening Queerly: Sounds of the Asian/American Diaspora in Flux (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchJuliana Chang • Runchao Liu • Douglas S. Ishii • Jewel Pereyra • Thea Quiray Tagle

1:00pm PDT

Re / vision / ist History (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorPaula Mejía • Andrea Warner • Erin MacLeod • Isis Semaj-Hall

2:30pm PDT

Pod Out the Jams: Podcasting and the Changing Mediums for Music Writing (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchOliver Wang • Sidney Madden • Jon Caramanica • Chris Molanphy • Puja Patel

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

1:00pm PDT

How To Write a Hot Take…That Lasts w/ Ann Powers (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchAnn Powers