Pop Conference 2022

I forgot this started Thursday night. It's virtual.

"Thank you for registering for "When I Think of Home: Race and Borders in Popular Music," the 20th Anniversary Pop Conference!

The Conference opens on Thursday April 21st with a 7 pm ET special event, "Toasting the Pop Confeence at 20," hosted by longtime conference organizer Eric Weisbard; and an 8 pm ET all-star keynote. It features three musicians: AROOJ AFTAB, the acclaimed semi-classical, Hindustani, minimalist composer, songwriter and singer, who was recently awarded the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Performance and is the jirst ever Pakistani artist to receive a Grammy; Canadian-Colombian, Grammy-nominated and Polaris Prize-winning interdisciplinary artist, musician and curator LIDO PIMIENTA; and singer, songwriter, musician, businessman, activist, ambassador and politician YOUSSOU N’DOUR, one of the most highly celebrated African musicians of all time. The keynote is moderated by Ann Powers, NPR Music Critic, produced by Jason King, hosted by New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, and presented in conjunction with Billboard.

It'll be followed by three days of spectacular virtual panels, roundtables, mentorship sessions, film screenings, concerts and 'bonuts beats'!"

https://popcon2022.sched.com/

Alfred is on a 12 noon eastern time panel
https://popcon2022.sched.com/event/116Nh/homeward-bound-pandemic-sounds-and-boundaries

1:15 break:

For this break we have:

1. The 2018 music video for "Giovanni" by Jamila Woods. Inspired by Nikki Giovanni's poem "Ego Trippin," Jamila has said the song is about “owning and celebrating all the parts of myself. It’s about legacy and lineage, and how the love and strength of the people who made me makes me feel invincible.”

Keynote last night was solid and I was honored to be one of the invited toast-providers in the runup to it. I'll be moderating Ann Powers and Holly Kruse's small panel tomorrow, 9 am Pacific.

Great. I see there’s a closing Greg Tate tribute on Sunday

The Ann Powers-led round table on listening during the pandemic is great, but the other panel happening is top notch too. Dip in and out of both as you can!

I know -- Miami!

The Jamila video was impressive and I liked the Black Liverpool presentation

Missed the Ned Sublette movie on Cuban religious music. Greg Tate tributes at 5 and 6

https://tisch.nyu.edu/clive-davis-institute/events/pop-conference-2023

Pop Conference 2023 with dances , clubbing , nightlife theme

Looks like at least one ilxor is presenting

One is definitely attending. Namely, me.

*cough*

This looks good:

David Cantwell, “‘If You Get the Choice to Sit It Out or Dance…’: Country Music’s Fraught Relationship with the Dancefloor”

“Dance ‘Til You’re Dead: Stayin’ Alive on the Dancefloors of the Now”

some of the Pop Conference talks on Sun Apr 30

Gathering Together Under a Dembow Beat: The Cultural Politics of Reggaeton in the Global Arena
Room 202, 370 Jay Street
María Elena Cepeda, “What Does J Balvin Suffer From?: The Interlocking Discourses of Race, Region and Mental Disability in The Boy From Medellín”
Luis Rivera Figueroa, “Negotiating the Pan-Latin/x American Identity: Karol G’s Star Image in Puerto Rico”
Christopher Joseph Westgate, “Ana Macho’s Archipelago: Toward a Reggaeton Fluido for Puerto Rico

Just in person this year? No virtual?

A few virtual events, not the presentations.

Had family responsibilities and couldn't make it up there, the presentation titles (including yours) look fascinating. Hope to somehow read em or see some of them in the future

A few things are on Clive Davis twitch tv and will be rebroadcast at scheduled times there including panel discussion with Jam & Lewis , Timbaland , & Daytrip duo

Would love to hear that one

Looks like the next 2 Sundays May 7 and 14, Clive Davis Twitch tv will air producers round table from 4 to 6 pm et

https://twitch.tv/clivedavisinst

https://pitchfork.com/news/timbaland-reveals-oompa-loompa-beat-inspiration-behind-aaliyahs-are-you-that-somebody/?fbclid=IwAR2UnxVGFe4k8Mw8zTrR0lptzOieIKR6XGYMzJU5_eGczXANYUYEXFPtJvI&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Timbaland quote !