Anyone can be in the conversations about Taylor Swift’s grip on pop culture or Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter country turn. You don’t even have to know the music. At some point it’s not even about the music.
But if you want to be in conversations that are about music, maybe with your kids or grandkids, or your friends who insist there’s nothing new worth hearing out there, it can be tricky. Same if you simply want to find new music you like. It’s out there. But there’s so much music being released, so many different types and genres to so many different markets.
