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Podcast: Slate History
Episode: Hit Parade | The Bridge: Slate Music Club 2024
Description: The Slate Music Club is back, in a special edition of Hit Parade ā āThe Bridgeā! Our year-end panel of criticsāNPR Musicās Ann Powers, Hearing Thingsā Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Slateās own Carl Wilson and Hit Parade host Chris Molanphyādiscuss their favorite albums and singles and the trends that shaped the year in pop, rap, country, Latin and global music.Ā Among the questions the roundtable tackles: Have we reached peak Taylor Swift? Did the Kendrick Lamarāv.-Drake beef overshadow hip-hopās next generation? How much further will country cross over to pop audiencesāand how...