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We are so proud of our Music Matters series and recent publications like Allyson McCabe&#;s Why Sinéad O&#;Connor Matters and Steacy Easton&#;s Why Tammy Wynette Matters.

This week, we&#;re celebrating two brand new additions to the series: Lynnée Denise&#;s queer, Black “biography in essays” in Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters, and Andrew Chan&#;s critical examination of the legacy of a pop superstar in Why Mariah Carey Matters, and both authors have incredible book tours!

This stellar little series brings concise books to bookshelves that make outsize arguments for the meaning and legacy of a wide range of popular artists like Stephanie Phillips&#; Why Solange Matters, Caryn Rose&#;s Why Patti Smith Matters, and Why Bushwick Bill Matters by Charles L.

Hughes. These short, sharp polemics make the musical, cultural, experiential, and personal case for the artists we love, all filtered through the consciousness of writers of distinction working in music crit