Category: Music Retrospectives
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2023 in Music
[This post is part of a large project in which I am going through the popular music released in each year. Please see the note at the bottom of the post re: omissions and limitations.] Introduction When I was reviewing the music of 2023, what stood out to me was, on the whole, how balanced…
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2022 in Music
[This post is part of a large project in which I am going through the popular music released in each year. Please see the note at the bottom of the post re: omissions and limitations.] Introduction I mentioned in the first post in this series that one of the most surprising and fascinating things about…
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2021 in Music
[This post is part of a large project in which I am going through the popular music released in each year. Please see the note at the bottom of the post re: omissions and limitations.] Introduction It’s a testament to Taylor Swift’s huge presence that she can dominate the conversation in a year in which…
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2020 in Music
[This post is part of a large project in which I am going through the popular music released in each year. Please see the note at the bottom of the post re: omissions and limitations.] Introduction What a year 2020 was! For some of us, the first pandemic year made it hard to find the…
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Matt Takes On the Decades in Music: Introduction
My mom often says that my brother was born with a motor and I was born with a song. I can’t remember a time in my life that wasn’t defined by the music I was listening to. But the extent to which I’ve been actively up on what’s been happening in the world of popular…
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