• Music

    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
    Mighty SONG Writers

    Devon Gilfillian Wants You to Write For You

    By Literary Hub  August 26, 2020
    Music

    The Fandom of the Teenage Girl Deserves More Respect

    By Hannah Ewens  August 20, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Phil Augusta Jackson Wants You to Get Out of
    Your Head

    By Literary Hub  August 19, 2020
    Pop Culture

    The Intentional Visual Chaos of Beyoncé and Jay-Z in the Louvre

    By Alexis L. Boylan  August 14, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Jewel on Battling Anxiety, Living with Dyslexia and Finding Solace in Philosophy

    By Literary Hub  August 12, 2020
    Black Arts

    Are We in the Middle of a Black Art Renaissance?

    By Patrick A. Howell and Mavin L. Mills  August 12, 2020
    Letters Home

    Letter From St. Paul: On the Complex Flavors of Black Joy

    By Michael Kleber-Diggs  August 11, 2020
    Classical Music

    Frédéric Chopin in Exile: The Making of a Romantic

    By Annik LaFarge  August 11, 2020
    Music

    Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

    By Odie Lindsey  August 5, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell on Writing Advice, Favorite Teachers (and a Song or Two)

    By Literary Hub  July 29, 2020
    Theater

    The Newly Resonant Lessons of an Unlikely Broadway Musical

    By Anthony Rudel  July 27, 2020
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