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Pop Conference
in collaboration with New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
presents the 2022 Pop Conference

WHEN I THINK OF HOME: RACE AND BORDERS IN POPULAR MUSIC
April 21-24 2022
Open to the Public and Free admission with Conference Registration:
https://popconference2022.eventbrite.com

Produced by RJ Smith and Jason King
Artwork by Cyrus Kabiru; Maksaens Denis; Design by The Art Dictator
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Chris Molanphy

Slate/Hit Parade
Chart Columnist/Pop Critic
Brooklyn, NY
Websitehttps://chris.molanphy.com
Chris Molanphy is a chart analyst and pop critic who writes about the intersection of culture and commerce in popular music. For Slate, he hosts the Hit Parade podcast and writes their “Why Is This Song No. 1?” series. His work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Vulture, NPR Music’s The Record, The Village Voice, Billboard and CMJ. Chris has also been a frequent guest on National Public Radio (All Things Considered, Soundcheck, Planet Money) and on Slate’s podcasts The Gist and the Culture Gabfest.

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Thursday, April 21
 

7:00pm EDT

Pre-Keynote Event: Toasting the Pop Conference at 20, hosted by Eric Weisbard Both Room A+BSonnet Retman • Daphne A. Brooks • Gayle Wald • Oliver Wang • RJ Smith • Douglas Ishii • Michelle Habell-Pallán • Barry Shank • Carl Wilson • David Grubbs • Chris Molanphy • Shana L. Redmond • Jack Hamilton • Gustavus Stadler • Eric Weisbard

8:00pm EDT

Keynote - The Way Back Home: How Musicians Navigate Race and Borders w/ Arooj Aftab, Youssou N’Dour, Lido Pimienta, moderated by Ann Powers Both Room A+BJason King • Lido Pimienta • Ann Powers • Arooj Aftab • Youssou N'Dour
 
Friday, April 22
 

12:00pm EDT

Homeward Bound: Pandemic Sounds and Boundaries Room A: Sky ChurchAnn Powers • Holly Kruse • Alfred Soto • Gina Arnold • Kyle Barnett • Annie Zaleski

1:30pm EDT

From the Wide Awakes to Woke AF: A Century-and a Half of Protest Music Room B: OscillatorEmily Gale • Georgia Christgau • Jody Rosen • Nico Rosario

4:30pm EDT

Home-ly: Revealing and Evading Country's Marginalizing Practices Right Where They Live Room B: OscillatorFrancesca T. Royster • Steacy Easton • Lilli Lewis • Jewly Hight

6:00pm EDT

All I Do Is Think of You: Notes on Blackness, Music, and Agency Room A: Sky ChurchMichael Boyce Gillespie • Emily Lordi • Walton Muyumba • Julie Beth Napolin • Tavia Nyong’o Telling It Otherwise: Listening to the Archive of Women Musicians Room B: OscillatorDaphne A. Brooks • Alexandra T. Vazquez • Gayle Wald • Clara Wilson-Hawken • Ambre Dromgoole
 
Saturday, April 23
 

12:00pm EDT

Domestic Sounds: the Kid in the Backyard, the Girl Next Door, the Box Store Outside of Town. What We Say About Them--and What They Say About Us Room B: OscillatorAnn Powers • Holly Kruse

1:30pm EDT

Border States Room A: Sky ChurchYessica Garcia Hernandez • Kathy Fennessy • Steve Waksman

3:00pm EDT

Fences and Country Music: Building and Reinforcing Them, Jumping Over or Sneaking Under Them, Tearing Them Down Room B: OscillatorDavid Cantwell • Charles L. Hughes • Nadine Hubbs • Marcus K. Dowling Vernon Reid in Conversation with Kimberly Mack about Time’s Up Room A: Sky ChurchKimberly Mack • Vernon Reid

4:30pm EDT

20/20 Visions of Home Room B: OscillatorKaren Tongson • Raquel Gutiérrez • Sarah Kessler • Summer Kim Lee • Iván A. Ramos

8:00pm EDT

Special Event: Robert Christgau @ 80: A Birthday Tribute (PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATED START TIME!) Room A: Sky ChurchTricia Romano • RJ Smith • Robert Christgau