Tag: Pop music
Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind...
Margena A. Christian, University of Illinois Chicago
During the 1960s, in a country divided by racial strife, the music...
Googoosh, the ‘Voice of Iran,’ has gone quiet – and that’s...
Richard Nedjat-Haiem, University of California, Santa Barbara
Before Beyoncé, before Cher, before Madonna, there was Googoosh.
‘The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop’ sings one last encore from...
Xianda Huang, University of California, Los Angeles
Several years ago, an employee at Universal Music came across a cassette...
Billy Joel is back for an encore − but why did...
Ryan Raul Bañagale, Colorado College
With the flip of a digital switch, Billy Joel fans have their first new...
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is a potent reminder that the internet...
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College
In the weeks leading up to June 16, 2023, when I attended the Pittsburgh leg...
An 11-year-old Prince spoke out in support of his striking Minneapolis...
Rashad Shabazz, Arizona State University
For Prince fans around the world, the recent discovery of the singer speaking out...
Being a pop star once meant baring skin – now, for...
Kristin J. Lieb, Emerson College
In Billie Eilish’s 2019 video for “Bury A Friend,” the then-17-year-old singer blurs the...
Two of Us: inside John Lennon’s incredible songwriting partnership with Paul...
Adam Behr, Newcastle University
John Lennon was acutely aware of his place in the musical lineage, and the strengths and weaknesses of his own songwriting....
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5 ways data centers endanger their local communities and the country...
Neha Gour, George Mason University; Ed Maibach, George Mason University, and Luis Ortiz, George Mason University
Every internet search,...
