George Saunders on His First Love: Songwriting

George Saunders on His First Love: Songwriting

Mike Errico Talks to the Writer About His Alternative Life as an Almost Professional Musician

By Mike Errico | January 9, 2023

“The Song Found Me.” An Oral History of Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly”

“The Song Found Me.” An Oral History of Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly”

Roberta Flack, Charles Fox, and Lori Lieberman Discuss the Genesis of an Iconic Song

By Marc Myers | December 14, 2022

How Paul McCartney Dispelled the Myth of His Own Death

How Paul McCartney Dispelled the Myth of His Own Death

Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair on One Beatle’s Reaction to the Band’s Impending Breakup

By Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair | December 13, 2022

How CokeMachineGlow.com Defined a Decade of Music Writing

How CokeMachineGlow.com Defined a Decade of Music Writing

Clayton Purdom on the Enduring Afterlife of the Old, Weird Internet

By Clayton Purdom | December 12, 2022

Cultural Geography and Mutual Enthusiasm: A Late Conversation with Stephen Sondheim

Cultural Geography and Mutual Enthusiasm: A Late Conversation with Stephen Sondheim

DT Max in Conversation with the Musical Theater Genius Toward the End of His Life

By D.T. Max | December 6, 2022

Kurt Cobain Talks to College Radio About Moving Beyond Grunge... and Seattle

Kurt Cobain Talks to College Radio About Moving Beyond Grunge... and Seattle

“In some places we’re popular. Some places no one has heard of us.”

By Kurt Cobain | November 30, 2022

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The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan, Read by a Full Cast

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Lenny Kaye’s Insider Take on the Music That Rocked the 20th Century

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Ignacio Julià on the Legacy of The Velvet Underground

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Someone Has to Say It: Bob Dylan’s New Book Would Have Been Better as a Podcast

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Natalia Holtzman Isn’t Sure We Really Needed The Philosophy of Modern Song

By Natalia Holtzman | November 18, 2022

Bad Religion’s Greg Gaffin on What the Early Documentaries Got Wrong About the Punk Scene

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By Greg Graffin | November 18, 2022

On Chuck Berry’s Early Literary Influences

On Chuck Berry’s Early Literary Influences

RJ Smith Recounts the Father of Rock and Roll's Childhood Occupation with Greatness

By RJ Smith | November 16, 2022

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on Writing Rap Music About Nabokov

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This Week on Twitterverse, a Show About Tweets and the Writers Who Send Them

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On Atlanta’s Essential Role in the Making of American Hip-Hop

On Atlanta’s Essential Role in the Making of American Hip-Hop

Joe Coscarelli Considers the City’s Alternating History of Oppression and Opportunity

By Joe Coscarelli | November 7, 2022

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