When the Earth Started to Sing

When the Earth Started to Sing

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | August 7, 2023

It Conveyed <em>Them</em>: When The Beatles Recorded

It Conveyed Them: When The Beatles Recorded "Twist and Shout"

David Hepworth on the Moment When the Band Found Its Voice at Abbey Road

By David Hepworth | August 2, 2023

Craig Brown on Bringing Humor to Writing About The Beatles

Craig Brown on Bringing Humor to Writing About The Beatles

The Author of One Two Three Four on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart

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How the 9/11 Attacks Sparked a Never-Ending Wave of Gentrification

How the 9/11 Attacks Sparked a Never-Ending Wave of Gentrification

Jesse Rifkin on the Lost World of New York City Nightlife

By Jesse Rifkin | July 13, 2023

More Than Just A Pretty Face: On the Multifaceted Marianne Faithfull

More Than Just A Pretty Face: On the Multifaceted Marianne Faithfull

Elizabeth Winder Considers the Women Behind The Rolling Stones

By Elizabeth Winder | July 13, 2023

On the Hip-Hop That Powers Egypt’s Ongoing Revolution

On the Hip-Hop That Powers Egypt’s Ongoing Revolution

Yasmine El Rashidi on the New Generation of Fearless Egyptian Youth

By Yasmine El Rashidi | July 12, 2023

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Aisha Harris Talks Judy Garland, Michael Jackson, the Spice Girls, and Stevie Wonder

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How Taylor Swift Saved My Writing

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Ethan Joella on Finding Confidence as a Writer By Listening to Pop Music

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What 300 Hours of Interviewing Musicians Taught Chris Payne

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Reading at Full Volume: Seven Books That Feature Rock Music

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Why a Small-Town Record Store in Rural Pennsylvania Was My First Library

Why a Small-Town Record Store in Rural Pennsylvania Was My First Library

Jolene McIlwain on Rural America, Songwriting, and Oral Storytelling

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The ghost of Edgar Allan Poe has taken over Eurovision.

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How Nelson Mandela Became a Pop-Cultural Icon Through Music

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