Here are the last two pages on D'Angelo from my book. Not trying to self-promote here, but @upmississippi.bsky.social and Craig Gill did a great job with this book. So if you found this writing about D'Angelo interesting, you'd probably like the rest of it. www.amazon.com/Same-Old-Son...

I wrote 6 pages on D'Angelo for my book, and I titled its last chapter after a line from his song "Back to the Future." To my ears, he was one of the most important artists, musically and politically, of the past 30 years.

My book, "Same Old Song: The Enduring Past in Popular Music," is out today from University Press of Mississippi! It challenges the idea of popular music being only for young people by explaining the relationship with the past I call "historical consciousness in popular music." rb.gy/3mmeb1

Just sent in final page proofs and index for my book, coming Spring 2024 from University Press of Mississippi! www.amazon.com/Same-Old-Son...