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

10:00am PDT

Revolutions or Spinning Wheels? JPMS at 33.3 (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchEric Weisbard • Jonathan Leal • Jonathan Sterne • Karen Tongson • Jennifer Messelink

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

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
 
Sunday, April 25
 

1:00pm PDT

Writing Biographies w/ RJ Smith and Karen Tongson (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorKaren Tongson • RJ Smith