Ann Powers
@annkpowers.bsky.social
I write about music things and things music at NPR and elsewhere. Latest book: TRAVELING: ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL.
If you enjoy rock and roll and harmony and power pop cuteness and fun and live in Atlanta or Charlotte go see the Oracle Sisters on the last 2 dates of their U.S. tour. They are Paris-based so this is your chance
October 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
If you enjoy rock and roll and harmony and power pop cuteness and fun and live in Atlanta or Charlotte go see the Oracle Sisters on the last 2 dates of their U.S. tour. They are Paris-based so this is your chance
Literally still on the dining room table
October 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Literally still on the dining room table
There’s a movie about this, it’s called Gattaca
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
There’s a movie about this, it’s called Gattaca
Listen, if you don’t know about @cmatbaby.bsky.social you need to get on board. This diva is headed to the top! Show tonight was phenomenal. that’s her keyboard player and queer foil Colm Conlan onstage with her.
September 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Listen, if you don’t know about @cmatbaby.bsky.social you need to get on board. This diva is headed to the top! Show tonight was phenomenal. that’s her keyboard player and queer foil Colm Conlan onstage with her.
Why music writers shouldn’t use AI for research. Thanks Matthew.
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Why music writers shouldn’t use AI for research. Thanks Matthew.
Nobody: What's it like in Music City?
Me: hold my metaphor
Me: hold my metaphor
September 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Nobody: What's it like in Music City?
Me: hold my metaphor
Me: hold my metaphor
This is from that NY Mag piece on criticism or whatever it’s really about. WTF. Critics have been doing exactly this for a century, alongside making judgments and discoveries. YET AGAIN we are back to the most facile definition of arts writing. 🤯
September 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This is from that NY Mag piece on criticism or whatever it’s really about. WTF. Critics have been doing exactly this for a century, alongside making judgments and discoveries. YET AGAIN we are back to the most facile definition of arts writing. 🤯
This book might be helpful to you 😎
September 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This book might be helpful to you 😎
The song "FLA" is about her falling in love with St. Petersburg, where she lives now, and Florida in general. (Don't @ me. there are good parts of that state.) She frames it with a story about driving around when John Anderson's classic "Seminole Wind" comes on the radio.
August 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The song "FLA" is about her falling in love with St. Petersburg, where she lives now, and Florida in general. (Don't @ me. there are good parts of that state.) She frames it with a story about driving around when John Anderson's classic "Seminole Wind" comes on the radio.
Eraserhead made me realize I had to live the art life.
August 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Eraserhead made me realize I had to live the art life.
hahaa well it's bc of this person whom I can't really imagine in a sombrero (nothing against those useful hats!)
August 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
hahaa well it's bc of this person whom I can't really imagine in a sombrero (nothing against those useful hats!)
post one if the most haunting shots in movie history from a film before 2000
August 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
post one if the most haunting shots in movie history from a film before 2000
My favorite doctor and companion
August 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
My favorite doctor and companion
So I guess there was a meeting about the critics' reshuffle at the NYT and people are (rightly) pissed. I just want to point out one thing about the statement from leadership, bc it's really bothering me. It's this:
August 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
So I guess there was a meeting about the critics' reshuffle at the NYT and people are (rightly) pissed. I just want to point out one thing about the statement from leadership, bc it's really bothering me. It's this:
I ♥️ MEKONS BEST SHOW EVER (since the last one)
July 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I ♥️ MEKONS BEST SHOW EVER (since the last one)
The other day I was trying to find some old things I'd written and discovered that one my Yanni review from the NYT, one of my faves (and @joshgoldfein.bsky.social 's fave!), got quoted in a dissertation! I'm proud. Thanks Leanne Fetterley, I hope you got a job somewhere
July 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The other day I was trying to find some old things I'd written and discovered that one my Yanni review from the NYT, one of my faves (and @joshgoldfein.bsky.social 's fave!), got quoted in a dissertation! I'm proud. Thanks Leanne Fetterley, I hope you got a job somewhere
It’s two hours after this flight to Chicago was supposed to depart, we sat on the tarmac for an hour and then had to switch planes, I will miss the first part of my friend’s birthday party now. But the new plane is brand new and has cool lights I guess @southwestairlines.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It’s two hours after this flight to Chicago was supposed to depart, we sat on the tarmac for an hour and then had to switch planes, I will miss the first part of my friend’s birthday party now. But the new plane is brand new and has cool lights I guess @southwestairlines.bsky.social
I’m glad this one is with my daughter near Boston for the summer bc Nashville is hell on earth for dogs on the 4th
July 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I’m glad this one is with my daughter near Boston for the summer bc Nashville is hell on earth for dogs on the 4th
Missing my dog, who’s with my kid in Boston for the summer!
July 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Missing my dog, who’s with my kid in Boston for the summer!
Know what, I am gonna embrace equity for a minute here. In general I am ok with the NYT Best Films list. But this is a problem! Not one to be glossed over.
June 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Know what, I am gonna embrace equity for a minute here. In general I am ok with the NYT Best Films list. But this is a problem! Not one to be glossed over.
Got ‘em! We need to have you and Barry over so you can see in person what Habitat Landscapes did! However my back won’t allow me to garden myself. I’m glad others could help
June 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Got ‘em! We need to have you and Barry over so you can see in person what Habitat Landscapes did! However my back won’t allow me to garden myself. I’m glad others could help
Bridget Everett is the coolest. Here are some shots of her performing “These Boots Are Made For Walkingl at Lincoln Center yesterday.
June 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Bridget Everett is the coolest. Here are some shots of her performing “These Boots Are Made For Walkingl at Lincoln Center yesterday.
I'm gonna keep pushing this show it's FREE and celebrates WOMEN PLAYING INSTRUMENTS including the voice) and features percussion legend BOBBYE HALL and queens WENDY AND LISA and my young faves YASMIN WILLIAMS and MEI SEMONES and many more YOU SHOULD COME IF YOU CAN!!! JUNE 22 LINCOLN CENTER 7 P.M
June 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm gonna keep pushing this show it's FREE and celebrates WOMEN PLAYING INSTRUMENTS including the voice) and features percussion legend BOBBYE HALL and queens WENDY AND LISA and my young faves YASMIN WILLIAMS and MEI SEMONES and many more YOU SHOULD COME IF YOU CAN!!! JUNE 22 LINCOLN CENTER 7 P.M