Tavis Smiley interviews entertainment critic Patty Jackson about songs for the Christmas season. The list includes everything from Johnny Mathis to En Vogue.
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.