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

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

“Punk was becoming stereotyped as having no intellectual merits at all.”

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

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on Writing Rap Music About Nabokov

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

By Twitterverse | November 8, 2022

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

A Brief Oral History of Rakim and the Golden Age of Hip-Hop

A Brief Oral History of Rakim and the Golden Age of Hip-Hop

Jonathan Abrams on Lyricism and Mixing In Your Own Story

By Jonathan Abrams | November 3, 2022

Perhaps the Most Remarkable Thing About Charlie Watts Was Just How Remarkably Ordinary He Was

Perhaps the Most Remarkable Thing About Charlie Watts Was Just How Remarkably Ordinary He Was

Paul Sexton in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 2, 2022

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How Rock and Roll Came to Sioux Falls, South Dakota

By Patrick Lalley | October 27, 2022

Listen to Phoebe Bridgers and Andrew Bird “reimagine” Emily Dickinson.

By Jonny Diamond | October 26, 2022

“He Was Savile Row, Man.” On the Inimitable Style of Charlie Watts, Rock N' Roll Drummer

By Paul Sexton | October 26, 2022

What you should read next, based on your favorite <em>Midnights</em> song.

What you should read next, based on your favorite Midnights song.

By Katie Yee | October 25, 2022

On the Rich, Hidden History of the Banjo

On the Rich, Hidden History of the Banjo

Kristina R. Gaddy on the Instrument’s Spiritual and Cultural Significance

By Kristina R. Gaddy | October 24, 2022

On Disrupting a Cherished Musical Tradition and Creating New Appalachian Ballads

On Disrupting a Cherished Musical Tradition and Creating New Appalachian Ballads

“No music will live if it is treated like a museum piece.”

By Elizabeth Ford | October 21, 2022

The Space Between Notes: What Writers Can Learn From Musicians

The Space Between Notes: What Writers Can Learn From Musicians

Daniel Torday on Writing Towards Resolution, and Everything in Between

By Daniel Torday | October 20, 2022

How I Created Community With a Ramones Fan Club

How I Created Community With a Ramones Fan Club

Kid Congo Powers on the Smartest, Dumbest Rock ’n’ Roll Band There Ever Was

By Kid Congo Powers | October 20, 2022

“A Sicko Producer’s Dream.” On the Infectious Textures of Britney Spears’s Shifting Voice

“A Sicko Producer’s Dream.” On the Infectious Textures of Britney Spears’s Shifting Voice

Natasha Lasky Explores the Criticism and Dismissal of the Pop Star’s Many Registers

By Natasha Lasky | October 17, 2022

On the Life and Work of Stevie Nicks

On the Life and Work of Stevie Nicks

Simon Morrison in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 14, 2022

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