The Umbrella Effect: How Rihanna’s Breakout Hit Changed Pop Music Forever

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Charli XCX’s "Wuthering Heights" fever dream

Emerald Fennell's new adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 gothic romance "Wuthering Heights" is the most talked-about film of the year. But for pop lovers, the soundtrack is the real event: Charli xcx, asked to write one song, ended up recording an entire album for the movie while ...  Show more

Will Sinners do for blues what O Brother did for bluegrass?

It's the middle of award season, and Ryan Coogler's ode to the Black music canon Sinners has emerged as the Oscars frontrunner and the most nominated film in Academy Awards history. The love the movie has for the Delta blues is front and center, and begs the question: will the mo ...  Show more

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