• Music

    The Quarantine Tapes

    Steve Roach’s New Album Is Deeply Tied to the COVID-19 Pandemic

    By The Quarantine Tapes  October 16, 2020
    Singer Songwriters

    How Does the Great Dolly Parton Write a Song?

    By Lydia R. Hamessley  October 14, 2020
    Black Music

    Insider or Outsider? A Brief History of the Classification of Black Music

    By Anaïs Duplan  October 14, 2020
    So Many Damn Books

    Rumaan Alam Recommends the Music of Leave the World Behind

    By So Many Damn Books  October 14, 2020
    New Books Network

    Coming of Age As a Roadie

    By New Books Network  October 13, 2020
    Underreported

    On the Surprising Origins of K-Pop

    By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann  October 12, 2020
    Creativity

    The National Frontman Matt Berninger and Brandon Stosuy on Creativity and Collaboration

    By Matt Berninger and Brandon Stosuy  October 9, 2020
    Musicians

    Prince Was One of the Loneliest Souls I’ve Ever Met

    By Neal Karlen  October 8, 2020
    Musicians

    Juliana Hatfield Has Been Appearing on Tribute Albums for Three Decades and Isn’t Sure Why

    By Ray Padgett  October 2, 2020
    Just the Right Book

    Chasing Chopin (and Why Every Artist Needs a George Sand)

    By Just the Right Book   October 1, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Singer-Songwriter Wrabel on Transformative Books and Supportive Teachers

    By Literary Hub  September 30, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Matt Quinn of Mt. Joy on Musical Storytelling and Early Influences

    By Literary Hub  September 23, 2020
    Musicians

    When Jimi Hendrix Took the UK by Storm

    By Philip Norman  September 17, 2020
    The Hub

    The newest remix of “Old Town Road” is… a children’s book?

    By Julia Hass  September 16, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Singer-Songwriter Erika Ender on Vulnerability and Hope in Tough Times

    By Literary Hub  September 16, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Yuval Sharon and Cannupa Hanska Luger on the Future of Opera

    By The Quarantine Tapes  September 15, 2020
    Classical Music

    Alex Ross on Wagner’s Complicated Influence on American Culture

    By Alex Ross  September 14, 2020
    Hip Hop

    Sophia Chang on Entering the Wu-Tang Clan’s Inner Circle

    By Sophia Chang  September 14, 2020
    Blues

    Everybody’s Here for Mr. B.B. King in Indianola, Mississippi

    By Ed Vulliamy  September 11, 2020
    The Hub

    Did you know that “Video Killed the Radio Star” was inspired by a J.G. Ballard story?

    By Molly Odintz  September 10, 2020
    Classical Music

    Our Idea of Wagner Tells Us More About Ourselves Than About Him

    By Olivia Giovetti  September 10, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Rhett Miller Covers the Great American Songbook

    By Literary Hub  September 9, 2020
    Jazz

    Louis Armstrong’s Rapturous First Tour Through the American South

    By Ricky Riccardi  September 3, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Valerie June Needs Her Songs—and Her Life—to Have Soul

    By Literary Hub  September 2, 2020
    Classical Music

    Meeting Beethoven at an Italian Restaurant on the Upper
    West Side

    By Patricia Morrisroe  September 2, 2020
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