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Music

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The late John Prine is the first honorary poet laureate of Illinois.

By Aaron Robertson  July 1, 2020
Black Lives Matter

A Brief History of the Policing
of Black Music

By Harmony Holiday  June 19, 2020
Musicians

There are ballads, spiritual quests, and other treasures in Nick Cave’s favorite books.

By Aaron Robertson  June 15, 2020
Children's Literature

How Children’s Books Can Help Parents Talk About Race

By Rachel Moss  June 12, 2020
Music

Freddie Mercury Was a Total Opera Fanboy

By Alfonso Casas  June 4, 2020
The Hub

The Magnetic Fields have a new album and it’s inspired by the microfictions of Lydia Davis?

By Jonny Diamond  May 19, 2020
Jazz

The Enduring Impact of Jazz on American Film

By Literary Hub  May 19, 2020
California

On Didion, The Dead, and the Dawn of a California Arts Revolution

By Jim Newton  May 14, 2020
Life in a Pandemic

Haruki Murakami is going to DJ a special “Stay-Home” radio show for his fellow recluses.

By Jonny Diamond  May 12, 2020
Failure

What Pop Stars Can Teach Writers About Failure

By Jennifer Keishin Armstrong  May 6, 2020
Punk

Assimilation and 80s Punk Culture in Small-Town Pennsylvania

By Phuc Tran  April 22, 2020
Musicians

Odetta, the Shy Folk Singer Who Defied McCarthyism’s Fear Tactics

By Ian Zack  April 20, 2020
Music

Bob Dylan channels Walt Whitman in another glorious surprise release.

By Aaron Robertson  April 17, 2020
The Hub

All your favorite pop songs reimagined as sonnets.

By Emily Temple  April 14, 2020
Free Speech

The Time Giuseppe Verdi Battled *Actual* Censorship

By Wallis Wilde-Menozzi  April 3, 2020
Life in a Pandemic

Mission Creek Underground: The Musical Storytelling of Spectral Snake

By The Virtual Book Channel  April 2, 2020
Mission Creek Underground

Mission Creek Underground:
A Performance by Elizabeth Moen

By The Virtual Book Channel  April 1, 2020
Country Music

The Songwriters Behind Country Music’s Biggest Hits

By Bobbie and Bill Malone  March 30, 2020
The Hub

Nobel laureate in literature releases 17 minute prose poem about JFK’s assassination.

By Emily Temple  March 27, 2020
American Classics

Marcus Mumford on John Steinbeck’s Lessons in Justice and Power

By Literary Hub  February 27, 2020
Pop Music

How to Be a Beatles Fan Without Really Trying

By Sibbie O'Sullivan  February 20, 2020
Classical Music

When Music is Your First Language

By Philip Kennicott  February 20, 2020
Classical Music

Don’t Worry, Classically Trained Concert Pianists Are
Humans Too

By Stephen Hough  February 19, 2020
Counterculture

The Book That Began as an Acid-Fueled Speech at Woodstock

By Jack Hoffman and Daniel Simon  February 18, 2020
Music

An Oral History of the Thrash Metal Mosh Pit

By Jon Wiederhorn  January 10, 2020
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