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Year-End Listener Mailbag: Your 2022 Questions, Part 1

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Year-End Listener Mailbag: Your 2022 Questions, Part 1

You asked, we answered your queries about Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, the state of indie rock and more.

By Evan AgostiniInvision via Associated Press

The Year Pop’s Men Dismantled Their Masculinity

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The Year Pop’s Men Dismantled Their Masculinity

In 2022, stars including Harry Styles, Jack Harlow and Bad Bunny offered liberated takes on gender, but also risked pandering. Are men OK?

By Lindsay Zoladz

Terry Hall, a Face of Britain’s Ska Revival, Is Dead at 63

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Terry Hall, a Face of Britain’s Ska Revival, Is Dead at 63

The son of Coventry factory workers, he overcame a traumatic childhood to find fame in the Thatcher years as the frontman of the Specials.

By Alex Williams

Thom Bell, a Force Behind the Philadelphia Soul Sound, Dies at 79

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Thom Bell, a Force Behind the Philadelphia Soul Sound, Dies at 79

As a songwriter, arranger and producer, he brought sophistication and melodic inventiveness to hits by the Delfonics, the Spinners and others.

By Bill Friskics-Warren