Ann Powers

Such A great cover!

Loved doing this ep with Yasi and @robinpr.bsky.social !!

Me holding copy of the book

You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽

www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r

All Stars

Bad Bunny “together we are America”

Right, the football said “Together we are America” and besides Gaga I think that was the only English in the show. That’s his message to non-Spanish speakers

Great reading

For those who need a translation

I would love to know what behind the scenes negotiations happened

In the best way! And wtf always has a wedding in the middle

This take

That ending was very political I think!

noted

LOVE all the little scenes — the wedding especially #benitobowl

this is for the screens. Totally global #benitobowl

I welcome Benito into the pantheon

will be checking this out!

Geese fans, check this guy out. I think you will like him

I spent my youth in San Francisco where folk-punk was huge -- anti-folk also a thing with artists like Lach and Roger Manning. Also Billy Bragg's been doing this for decades, he was in the earlier version of this piece

‘A Community Rather Than a Sound:’ Inside the Crust Punk to Folkie Pipeline Some of the biggest Americana artists right now have surprising ties to a little-known folk punk community that’s fueled the genre in secret for more than 20 years. The musicians who built this scene ...

Did you see Devon Legér's recent excellent piece on folk punk/crust punk? nodepression.org/a-community-...

A requiem for arts coverage I used to say I wished that newspapers would treat their arts sections the way they treated their sports sections. What I meant was that sports sections offered a balanced mix of news stories, feature...

The great Anne Midgette with a sadly ever-relevant elegy annemidgette.com/blog/f/a-req...

That was in the newsletter version of this piece! It's great, love it and her

Where are all the protest songs? Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, as in the rest of the world, resistance takes place closer to the ground.

Here's a version of my essay on recent protest music, which began life in the NPR Music newsletter -- I've expanded it to include thoughts on Benito at the Grammys www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...

Oh I'm honored! I will definitely be at Big Ears and am available for consults. If you're there early @natechinen.bsky.social and I usually lead a critics' picks panel the first night!

who what is THAT

Could do.... but OSCAR ISAAC

She and Crowe are 👯‍♂️and I’m sure she has full approval! That said… as I argued in my book, sometimes a little distance is a good thing

What a joy to talk with this brilliant star 🌟

And thank you ♥️♥️

I need to know more about what period this film covers