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

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

Enjoy This Contemplative Sonic Experience

By Emergence Magazine | June 27, 2022

Zakiya Dalila Harris on the Writing Soundtracks that Work

Zakiya Dalila Harris on the Writing Soundtracks that Work

"A dance break never hurt anybody."

By Zakiya Dalila Harris | June 24, 2022

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

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

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

Getting Serious About a Career in Music While Avoiding the Draft

By Kenny Loggins with Jason Turbow | June 14, 2022

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

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

Nabil Ayers in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 14, 2022

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

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

Stuart Isacoff on the Music That Captured the Country

By Stuart Isacoff | June 8, 2022

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

By Emily Bingham | May 16, 2022

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

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

On the Emergence Magazine Podcast

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

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

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

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How Sissieretta Jones, Celebrated Black Opera Singer, Enshrined Her Own Story

How Sissieretta Jones, Celebrated Black Opera Singer, Enshrined Her Own Story

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The new <em>Conversations with Friends</em> trailer features an original Phoebe Bridgers song.

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