• Music

    Interview

    Tina Turner on the Lessons We Learn Overcoming Adversity

    By Literary Hub  December 7, 2020
    Music

    The Doors’ John Densmore on the Time Van Morrison Left Him Hanging Onstage

    By John Densmore  December 3, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Marc Ribot on the Plight of Music Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    By The Quarantine Tapes  December 3, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Morton Subotnick: ‘We Have No Future. The Future Is
    Always Now’

    By The Quarantine Tapes  December 2, 2020
    The Hub

    Lorde is publishing a book about Antarctica called GOING SOUTH.

    By Walker Caplan  November 25, 2020
    Dance

    Ntozake Shange on Sun Ra and How She Came to Have Her Name

    By Ntozake Shange  November 23, 2020
    The Hub

    Loved the closing performance of the National Book Awards? Check out these writer-musicians.

    By Rasheeda Saka  November 19, 2020
    Keen On

    Dmitry Sitkovetsky: Toward a More Democratic Orchestra

    By Keen On  November 19, 2020
    Rock N Roll

    Peter Frampton Talks Fame, David Bowie, and The Simpsons

    By Dan Sheehan  November 16, 2020
    Musicians

    How Woody Guthrie’s Mother Shaped His Music of the Downtrodden

    By Gustavus Stadler  November 16, 2020
    Opera

    Why Opera Will Never Die

    By Paul Morley  November 11, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Sonny Rollins on Jazz as a Music of Freedom

    By The Quarantine Tapes  November 11, 2020
    New Books Network

    On Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America

    By New Books Network  November 11, 2020
    Craft

    In Praise of Bob Dylan’s Narrative Strategies…
    and His Verbs

    By Tony Conniff  November 6, 2020
    Singer Songwriters

    Wayne Coyne: The Last Song I’d Play Before I Die

    By Wayne Coyne  November 5, 2020
    Classical Music

    I Knew How to Play Bach, But That Didn’t Mean I Was Good

    By Dan Moller  November 4, 2020
    Singer Songwriters

    Jenny Hval and Alexandra Kleeman Talk Magic Words, Witch Melodies, and Norwegian Black Metal Scene

    By Alexandra Kleeman  October 30, 2020
    Theater

    The Story Behind One of Hadestown’s Most Beloved Songs

    By Anaïs Mitchell  October 28, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Musician Holly Herndon’s Alternative Fantasies for the Internet

    By The Quarantine Tapes  October 21, 2020
    On Craft

    How to Write a Sci-Fi Rock ‘N’ Roll Novel in Rhyming Couplets

    By Jason Guriel  October 19, 2020
    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
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