So grateful to have this opportunity to write about representation on Canadian country radio for Front Porch Music. I did things a little differently this time around and used daily logs instead of aggregated data and friend... things ain't right round here. 🤠

Shaboozey's “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” surpasses Morgan Wallen's “Last Night” to become the #1 biggest country chart hit of the 2020s decade globally.

At MIT Urban Planning @mitdusp.bsky.social and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing we are thrilled to announce a TT position seeking an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Computing, and Health of the Planet (see here apply.interfolio.com/156251). I wanted to make a 🧵to explain a bit about what we are looking for… 1/16

Another storming foray into audiovisual newness for you! A book packed with original thought on the cultural context in which music videos are produced and the web of intertextuality that drives contemporary audiovisual culture. Just what we all need!

This is Pete Buttigieg with the only acceptable answer.

Honored to be part of Louder: The Soundtrack of Change, a documentary produced by Selena Gomez & Stacey Abrams, celebrating fearless women in music. Premieres Oct 17 on Actually HBO Max #LouderTheSoundtrackOfChange #MaxOriginal

Something that Tanya Talaga said a couple of weeks ago that hasn’t left me: when you think of Murray, think of the weight of hearing thousands of accounts of untold horror, and the toll it would take on your body. Think of taking that on. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Congratulations @jakeblount.com on BlueSky! Cannot wait to read this!

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💡 Big data, clean data, biased data … how do we ensure ethical, inclusive research? Join the DLRI Speaker Series with Dr. Jada Watson & Kim Girling on data equity & EDIA in research. 📅 Register now: shorturl.at/JGMZs

💡 Big data, données nettoyées, données biaisées… Comment garantir une recherche éthique et inclusive? Participez à la série de conférences de l'IRLD avec Dr. Jada Watson & Kim Girling sur l’équité des données et l’EDIA dans la recherche. 📅 Inscrivez-vous: shorturl.at/JGMZs

"With his raised eyebrows and slight chuckle, Shaboozey didn’t just cast doubt on country music’s century-old fiction. He also acknowledged the Black creatives who will never stand at the front of a stage or sing into a mic—but who are important, and influential, all the same."

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With a pathway toward Grammy consideration in either direction, the Recording Academy has created more opportunity in country music — including for Black artists. "And that’s what we’ve been fighting for all along.” Andrea Williams tennessean.com/story/opinion/… via @tennessean

🏆 Félicitations aux professeures Jada Watson et Isabelle Bourgeois qui ont remporté le Prix d'excellence en mobilisation des connaissances pour leurs travaux sur l'industrie de la musique et les services communautaires! 🎶👥 🔗 uottawa.ca/recherche-inno…

🏆 Congratulations to Professors Jada Watson and Isabelle Bourgeois for receiving the Knowledge Mobilization Excellence Award for their work on the music industry and community services! 🎶👥 🔗 uottawa.ca/research-innov…