Tavis Smiley talks to music critic Steven Ivory about the musical comebacks of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey,and Barry White's struggle with kidney disease
The pop star has spent a life on the go, so the pandemic offered him a rare chance for reflection, to separate the person from the pop star. Also, of course, to record a new album.
Rina Sawayama packs a Shania Twain reference, an over-the-top guitar solo, a rebuke of paparazzi callousness and a kiss-off into the space of a glammy, country-pop inspired banger.