Music

American History

Antony DeCurtis on the Instruments Behind Iconic Rock ‘n’ Roll Moments

By Anthony DeCurtis  June 5, 2019
The Hub

Of course Lana Del Rey is writing poetry about Sylvia Plath.

By Emily Temple  June 3, 2019
The Hub

The Jonas Brothers are writing a memoir and it is called Blood

By Emily Temple  May 28, 2019
Rock N Roll

“I Still Don’t Know Where Joy Division Came From”

By Jon Savage  May 17, 2019
Rock N Roll

Why Is It So Hard to Write About Music in Fiction?

By Anne Valente  May 13, 2019
Punk

Is It Still Punk When the Musician Makes It Big?

By Vivien Goldman  May 9, 2019
News and Culture

Surviving False Dawns: On Joy Division and Life in a Far Distant Suburb

By Justine Hyde  April 12, 2019
Hip Hop

8 Books That Define and Defy the Canon of Hip Hop Literature

By Will Ashon  April 12, 2019
Essay

Discovering Ralph Waldo Emerson in the Golden Age of Sneakers

By A. Sandosharaj  April 10, 2019
Excerpts

Anatomy of a Perfect Album: On Joni Mitchell’s Blue

By John Corbett  March 28, 2019
Criticism

Literary Allusion Runs Deep Through the History of Hip-Hop

By Roy Christopher  March 18, 2019
Music

Exclusive: Listen to a New Song by Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith

By Corinne Segal  March 4, 2019
Deep Dive

On Kate Bush’s Radical Interpretation of Wuthering Heights

By Brendan Mathews  February 13, 2019
Feature

How Do You Set James Joyce’s Most Famous Story on the Stage?

By Leslie Pariseau  January 10, 2019
History

It’s Been 25 Years Since Kurt Cobain’s Last Rites, Nirvana’s Unplugged Show

By Lynn Crosbie  December 14, 2018
Biography

When The Beatles Met Their Idol, Elvis Presley

By Ray Connolly  December 3, 2018
Essay

On Ratchet Respectability and Beyoncé’s Sexual Politics

By Omise'eke Tinsley  November 21, 2018
Excerpts

On the Complicated Legacy of American Country Music

By Literary Hub  November 14, 2018
Essay

Why Do We Love Joni Mitchell the Way We Do?

By Nick Coleman  November 13, 2018
Deep Dive

What Folk Music Misses About Actual Folks

By Brian Laidlaw  November 9, 2018
Excerpts

The Moment When Punk Collided With Poetry

By Kembrew McLeod  October 19, 2018
News and Culture

The Life of the Writer/Musician

By Alicia Jo Rabins  October 19, 2018
Excerpts

How the First Punk in East Berlin Became an Enemy of the State

By Tim Mohr  September 12, 2018
Feature

Guantánamo Mixtape: This Would Be the Soundtrack to Hell

By Scott G. Bruce  September 7, 2018
Excerpts

Vijay Iyer: A Moral Imperative to Speak for the Musical Margins

By Nate Chinen  August 16, 2018
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