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Music

In Memoriam

Fresh Updates on the Dead: On Jerry Garcia’s Current Status in the Spirit Realm

Joey Sweeney Finds the Eternal Jerry Alive and Well on YouTube

 
By Joey Sweeney  August 9, 2022
Rock and Roll

From A Hard Day’s Night to This Is Spinal Tap: The Big Tent of Rock and Roll on Film

By Fred Goodman  July 28, 2022
Folksingers

Where’s the Respect for Ani DiFranco?

By Elisa Albert  July 25, 2022
The Hub

Listen to an 8-minute song inspired by the work of Marilynne Robinson.

By Emily Temple  July 22, 2022
On Translation

What Only Musicians and Translators Know

By Jessica Sequeira  July 20, 2022
The Maris Review

Elisa Albert on Menstrual Cycles, the Music Industry, and the Myth of the Tortured Artist

By The Maris Review  July 14, 2022
Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
News and Culture

1980s Glam French Rebellion: A Literary Playlist

By Valérie Perrin  July 5, 2022
Pop Music

Exploring the Richard Brautigan Universe of Bubblegum Minimalism That Inspired Harry Styles

By Matt Mitchell  June 30, 2022
Coming out

Why 1997 Was a Pivotal Year in the Life of George Michael

By James Gavin  June 29, 2022
Rock N Roll

How CCR, “The Boy Scouts of Rock and Roll,” Took California and the Country by Storm

John Lingan on Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Unique Blend of Traditional and Progressive Sensibilities

By John Lingan  August 9, 2022
The Common

Mark Kyungsoo Bias on How Hip-Hop Influences His Poetry

By The Common  June 27, 2022
Emergence Magazine

Listen to Volker Bertelmann’s Soundtrack of Emergence Magazine’s “Living with the Unknown”

By Emergence Magazine  June 27, 2022
The Craft of Writing

Zakiya Dalila Harris on the Writing Soundtracks that Work

By Zakiya Dalila Harris  June 24, 2022
Literary Playlist

Brazilian Rhythms, Queer Longing, and Caio Fernando Abreu: A Literary Playlist

Bruna Dantas Lobato on the Music That Helps Her Translate

By Bruna Dantas Lobato  June 17, 2022
Rock'n'roll

Kenny Loggins on How Buck Teeth Saved Him From Vietnam, and the Magic of a Great Audition

By Kenny Loggins with Jason Turbow  June 14, 2022
Keen On

Why Writing an Autobiography Is More Like Recording an Album Than Making a Single

By Keen On  June 14, 2022
News and Culture

How Jazz Fueled a Nationwide Dance Craze—and Made Its Way to Paris

By Stuart Isacoff  June 8, 2022
Romance

In the Name of Love: How A Punk Rock God Snuck Into My Romance Novel

Seth Kaufman on the Origins of His Hero’s Name

By Seth Kaufman  June 3, 2022
Hip Hop

Behind the Scenes of Ready to Die: An Excerpt from It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him

By Justin Tinsley  May 20, 2022
Music history

Emily Bingham on the Material Culture of White America’s Song to Itself: “My Old Kentucky Home”

By Emily Bingham  May 16, 2022
Emergence Magazine

Singer Sam Lee on the Transformative Experience of Creating Songs in Collaboration With Nightingales

By Emergence Magazine  May 16, 2022
The Hub

Bono has finally done it. He’s written his memoir. And it’s going to be published.

By Jonny Diamond  May 10, 2022
Music history

Lyrical Black Face: The Truth About “My Old Kentucky Home”

By Emily Bingham  May 9, 2022
Music Writing

“Auld Lang Syne” in July: Yiyun Li on the Solaces and Limits of Music

By Yiyun Li  May 3, 2022
Keen On

Joni Mitchell and James Taylor: A Love Affair So Melodic That It Had to Be Transformed Into Fiction

By Keen On  June 29, 2022
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