• Music

    Music

    Shitholes, USA: Noel and Liam Gallagher On When Oasis Toured America

    "In the end we fucking smashed the arse out of it."

     
    By Literary Hub  May 22, 2025
    Coming of Age

    On Being a Poor Black Punk and Working at the Strand Bookstore

    By Patrick Dougher  May 9, 2025
    Social Movements

    How New York City’s Radical Social Movements Gave Rise to Hip-Hop

    By Dean Van Nguyen  May 6, 2025
    The Hub

    Here are the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners.

    By Brittany Allen  May 5, 2025
    The Hub

    Here are the things that are making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  May 2, 2025
    The Hub

    Here’s everything that got us through this week.

    By Brittany Allen  April 25, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    The Hub

    Here’s everything that’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  April 18, 2025
    Music history

    On “Eleanor Rigby” as a Product of the Combined Genius of John Lennon and Paul McCartney

    By Ian Leslie  April 17, 2025
    Folk Music

    The Timeless, Timely Folk Novel: On Writing Fiction Influenced by Folk Songs

    By Seán Hewitt  April 15, 2025
    Travel

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  May 16, 2025
    Aging

    Suddenly Old, Suddenly the Other: On the Unfamiliar World of Aging

    By Douglas J. Penick  April 3, 2025
    The Hub

    These are the things that are getting us through this week.

    By Brittany Allen  March 28, 2025
    Fashion

    Bold and Boundary-Pushing: How to Dress Like David Bowie

    By Natalie Hammond  March 26, 2025
    Fan Culture

    “Be Faithful, Steady, and True.” What K-Pop Taught Me About My Korean-American Identity

    Giaae Kwon Explores Stans, Biases and the Joys, and the Pitfalls of Participating in Fandom

    By Giaae Kwon  March 26, 2025
    Songwriting

    Punk, Poet, Prophet: In Praise of the Late, Great Shane MacGowan

    By Ed Simon  March 17, 2025
    On The Self

    To Run With Music is to Encounter Yourself With Every Step

    By Ben Ratliff  March 17, 2025
    Opera

    Musical Storytelling: Librettist Gene Scheer On Transforming Novels Into Operas

    By Viviana Freyer  March 17, 2025
    Singer Songwriters

    “For Your Own Damn Good.” How Alanis Morissette Gave a Voice to Her Fans’ Struggles

    Megan Volpert on the Lyrical and Creative Strategies of the Canadian Singer-Songwriter

    By Megan Volpert  March 10, 2025
    Wildfires

    The Best Story Collection About California Wildfires Isn’t a Book—It’s a Brand-New Record 

    By Rebecca Worby  March 7, 2025
    Legends

    Dear Jimi Hendrix: A Letter, in Gratitude, From Jeffery Renard Allen

    By Jeffery Renard Allen  March 5, 2025
    Nonfiction

    From Bowie to Baseball to Bitcoin: Ten Nonfiction Books to Check Out in March

    By Literary Hub  February 28, 2025
    In Conversation

    Paul Lisicky on Joni Mitchell, Anti-Memoirs, and How Songwriting Influences His Nonfiction

    The Author of “Song So Wild and Blue” in Conversation with Emma Copley Eisenberg

    By Emma Copley Eisenberg  February 24, 2025
    Music history

    How Little Richard Brought Black and Queer Culture to American Airwaves

    By Jon Savage  February 21, 2025
    Music history

    From the Margins to the Mainstream: How the Synthesizer Conquered American Music

    By David Hajdu  February 14, 2025
    Fascism

    Rewatching The Sound of Music in the Age of Tradwives, Trump, and American Fascism

    By Meredith Hambrock  April 9, 2025
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