Renee GrahamRenee Graham's Picks For Quintessentially American MusicIn the first of a new series looking at American music, our pop culture critic shares a playlist including B.B. King and Nina Simone.Play08:52Jan 5, 2015Pop Culture Critic Renee Graham On Artists We LostRenee Graham remembers the musicians we lost this year, including Tommy Ramone of The Ramones and conductor Claudio Abbado.Play09:25Dec 31, 2014Advertisement Renee Graham's Pop Culture Highlights Of 2013Here & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham has her year-end standouts in film, television and music of the past year.Dec 30, 2013Renee Graham's Guide To South Korean CinemaHere & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham says there is a lot of exciting original work coming out of South Korea. She shares her 10 favorite films by Korean...Play09:41Dec 16, 2013Renee Graham On The New, Blue-Eyed R&BHere & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham has noted a trend recently: for the most part, the biggest acts in mainstream R&B music are white men — and that's...Play09:40Aug 20, 2013What's Eating Johnny Depp?Critics are starting to ask what's happening with the once highly respected actor. "The Lone Ranger" is one of the biggest box office bombs of the summer, and it's earned...Play09:38Aug 9, 2013Renee Graham's Off-The-Radar PlaylistHere & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham recommends three new albums: "Sound the Alarm" from Booker T. Jones, "Avalanche" from Quadron and "No Beginning No End" by Jose James.Play09:38Jul 16, 2013Is Kanye West's New Album 'Yeezus' Mostly Hype?Here & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham calls Kanye West’s new album “Yeezus” the cultural flash point of the week, with songs like "I Am A God," "New Slaves"...Play10:56Jun 20, 2013National Anthem As 'Holy Grail Or Third Rail'Alicia Keys is slated to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday. We take a look at the most famous and infamous renditions of the notoriously challenging...Play10:31Feb 1, 2013Welcoming The New Year With Food And MusicAre you still looking for special recipes or music to help you ring in the New Year? Two of our favorite experts have given us a dance mix and recipes,...Play10:49Dec 27, 2012Appreciating John CheeverEven though he has won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for his short stories, John Cheever may not be at the top of your reading list —...Play10:49Aug 1, 2012Call Him The Funk Doctor"To me, funk music lifestyle is: do the best you can, and after that, funk it. Play in a band, go to school, learn all the technology, the intellectual part...Play09:58Feb 16, 2012The Life Of Whitney Houston: From Model To R&B MegastarWhitney Houston went from modeling and singing Gospel to becoming one of the best-selling R&B artists of the 20th century.Play10:18Feb 13, 2012When Black Stories Are Written By White PeopleThe blockbuster movie, "The Help," has been nominated for four Academy Awards and gained widespread praise. But some people in the African American community say it's an example of black...Play08:53Feb 7, 2012Saying Goodbye To R&B Great Etta JamesHere and Now pop culture critic Renee Graham says that Etta James was an extraordinary woman who even as a teenager had a full-grown sound.Play10:51Jan 23, 2012What Is It About 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo?'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is popular with young people, even though it includes sexual violence against women.Play08:47Dec 28, 2011For Halloween, Revisiting Hitchcock's Creepy Classic 'Psycho'Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr and Here & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham examine Alfred Hitchcock's 1950 classic film "Psycho" to see if the film still packs a...Play10:17Oct 31, 2011Celebrating The Supremes And Temptations, 50 Years OnWe mark the 50th anniversary of The Supremes and The Temptations with Here & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham.Play08:42Sep 26, 2011Deconstructing Marvin Gaye's 'Inner City Blues'This year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Marvin Gaye's landmark CD "What's Going On." Here & Now's Renee Graham remembers getting the album for her ninth birthday:...Play08:55Jun 30, 2011Songs To Linger OnPop culture critic Renee Graham is going to deconstruct Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues" for us this week. Is there another song you'd like us to linger on?Jun 29, 2011Next Page
Renee Graham's Picks For Quintessentially American MusicIn the first of a new series looking at American music, our pop culture critic shares a playlist including B.B. King and Nina Simone.Play08:52Jan 5, 2015
Pop Culture Critic Renee Graham On Artists We LostRenee Graham remembers the musicians we lost this year, including Tommy Ramone of The Ramones and conductor Claudio Abbado.Play09:25Dec 31, 2014
Renee Graham's Pop Culture Highlights Of 2013Here & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham has her year-end standouts in film, television and music of the past year.Dec 30, 2013
Renee Graham's Guide To South Korean CinemaHere & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham says there is a lot of exciting original work coming out of South Korea. She shares her 10 favorite films by Korean...Play09:41Dec 16, 2013
Renee Graham On The New, Blue-Eyed R&BHere & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham has noted a trend recently: for the most part, the biggest acts in mainstream R&B music are white men — and that's...Play09:40Aug 20, 2013
What's Eating Johnny Depp?Critics are starting to ask what's happening with the once highly respected actor. "The Lone Ranger" is one of the biggest box office bombs of the summer, and it's earned...Play09:38Aug 9, 2013
Renee Graham's Off-The-Radar PlaylistHere & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham recommends three new albums: "Sound the Alarm" from Booker T. Jones, "Avalanche" from Quadron and "No Beginning No End" by Jose James.Play09:38Jul 16, 2013
Is Kanye West's New Album 'Yeezus' Mostly Hype?Here & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham calls Kanye West’s new album “Yeezus” the cultural flash point of the week, with songs like "I Am A God," "New Slaves"...Play10:56Jun 20, 2013
National Anthem As 'Holy Grail Or Third Rail'Alicia Keys is slated to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday. We take a look at the most famous and infamous renditions of the notoriously challenging...Play10:31Feb 1, 2013
Welcoming The New Year With Food And MusicAre you still looking for special recipes or music to help you ring in the New Year? Two of our favorite experts have given us a dance mix and recipes,...Play10:49Dec 27, 2012
Appreciating John CheeverEven though he has won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for his short stories, John Cheever may not be at the top of your reading list —...Play10:49Aug 1, 2012
Call Him The Funk Doctor"To me, funk music lifestyle is: do the best you can, and after that, funk it. Play in a band, go to school, learn all the technology, the intellectual part...Play09:58Feb 16, 2012
The Life Of Whitney Houston: From Model To R&B MegastarWhitney Houston went from modeling and singing Gospel to becoming one of the best-selling R&B artists of the 20th century.Play10:18Feb 13, 2012
When Black Stories Are Written By White PeopleThe blockbuster movie, "The Help," has been nominated for four Academy Awards and gained widespread praise. But some people in the African American community say it's an example of black...Play08:53Feb 7, 2012
Saying Goodbye To R&B Great Etta JamesHere and Now pop culture critic Renee Graham says that Etta James was an extraordinary woman who even as a teenager had a full-grown sound.Play10:51Jan 23, 2012
What Is It About 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo?'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is popular with young people, even though it includes sexual violence against women.Play08:47Dec 28, 2011
For Halloween, Revisiting Hitchcock's Creepy Classic 'Psycho'Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr and Here & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham examine Alfred Hitchcock's 1950 classic film "Psycho" to see if the film still packs a...Play10:17Oct 31, 2011
Celebrating The Supremes And Temptations, 50 Years OnWe mark the 50th anniversary of The Supremes and The Temptations with Here & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham.Play08:42Sep 26, 2011
Deconstructing Marvin Gaye's 'Inner City Blues'This year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Marvin Gaye's landmark CD "What's Going On." Here & Now's Renee Graham remembers getting the album for her ninth birthday:...Play08:55Jun 30, 2011
Songs To Linger OnPop culture critic Renee Graham is going to deconstruct Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues" for us this week. Is there another song you'd like us to linger on?Jun 29, 2011
