Pop Conference 2016

Daphne A. Brooks is the author of two books: Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910 (Durham, NC: Duke UP, 2006) and Jeff Buckley’s Grace (New York: Continuum, 2005). She is currently working on a new book entitled Subterranean Blues: Black... Read More →

Michaelangelo Matos is the author of The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America. He is at work on a history of the music business in the mid-’80s. He lives in the Twin Cities. “Prisoner of Your Love: How Tina Turner Came Back”“What can you say... Read More →

Charles Mudede is a music, film, and cultural critic for The Stranger.  He has also contributed to a number of national and international publications. “Fontella Bass and the Philosophy of Soul”In 2002, the British nu-jazz collective the Cinematic Orchestra opened its second... Read More →

Matthew Valnes received a PhD in music from the University of Pennsylvania. His work focuses on improvisation in Afrodiasporic popular music, with a particular emphasis on funk. He has presented his work at national and international conferences. He is currently working on book that... Read More →