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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 7h

I feel like Greil has done this a few times. The Old, Weird America takes this approach, though expansively

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 7h

That's a cool one!

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 7h

I think so!! Thanks!!

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks!!

Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you!! Perfect

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 11h

Looking for books that look at a brief crucial period in an artist's life--like @elijahwald.bsky.social 's Dylan Goes Electric or @peteramescarlin.bsky.social 's latest on Springsteen + Born To Run (or @warrenzanes.bsky.social on the Boss/Nebraska). Would love suggestions esp on nonmusic subjects

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 13h

I think about that every day, pretty much

Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 16h

My colleague Sheldon Pearce's obituary for D'Angelo www.npr.org/2025/10/14/n...

D'Angelo, R&B's reluctant icon, has died at 51

The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family.

www.npr.org

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 17h

Absolutely. A gift no matter what

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 17h

D'Angelo was remarkable in so many ways. I'm saddest right now, as a fan, that we won't be getting an eccentric late period from him. His contributions remain inestimable but what he would have made in his 50s and onward, I just know it would have been amazing. RIP

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 3d

If not for Diane Keaton, I'd have never worn a tie. RIP

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 4d

If you enjoy rock and roll and harmony and power pop cuteness and fun and live in Atlanta or Charlotte go see the Oracle Sisters on the last 2 dates of their U.S. tour. They are Paris-based so this is your chance

Pan-Euro-American power pop band Oracle Sisters rocking out at Nashville’s Blue Room

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 4d

And then there are the frogs who express solidarity www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PMi...

The Frog Chorus & Paul McCartney - We All Stand Together

YouTube video by Zig Zag

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 4d

A good time to think about frogs as disruptors throughout history. From Aristophanes to Sondheim and beyond www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACz6...

The Frogs - The Frogs - song and dance

YouTube video by 24funfunfun

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