By Burt Dixon This is the script for a public lecture I gave at the American University of Rome in Rome, Italy on October 4, 2018. Since I ad-libbed a bit as I talked, it’s not a perfect representation of the lecture, but it’s about 90% there. This was followed by a Q&A with moderator Kyla […]

She says she’s a “black Bill Gates in the making” who “ain’t never seen a ceiling in my whole damn life”. So it’s hardly surprising that Beyoncé has been named music’s most powerful woman by BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. The superstar came first in a list of the industry’s 40 most influential women, thanks […]