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How Jazz Fueled a Nationwide Dance Craze—and Made Its Way to Paris

How Jazz Fueled a Nationwide Dance Craze—and Made Its Way to Paris

Stuart Isacoff on the Music That Captured the Country

By Stuart Isacoff | June 8, 2022

In the Name of Love: How A Punk Rock God Snuck Into My Romance Novel

In the Name of Love: How A Punk Rock God Snuck Into My Romance Novel

Seth Kaufman on the Origins of His Hero’s Name

By Seth Kaufman | June 3, 2022

Behind the Scenes of <em>Ready to Die</em>: An Excerpt from <Em>It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him</em>

Behind the Scenes of Ready to Die: An Excerpt from It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him

Justin Tinsley on the Creation of an Iconic Album

By Justin Tinsley | May 20, 2022

Emily Bingham on the Material Culture of White America’s Song to Itself: “My Old Kentucky Home”

Emily Bingham on the Material Culture of White America’s Song to Itself: “My Old Kentucky Home”

“It was from the outset a blackface minstrel tune, entertainment built on slavery and the trade in human beings.”

By Emily Bingham | May 16, 2022

Singer Sam Lee on the Transformative Experience of Creating Songs in Collaboration With Nightingales

Singer Sam Lee on the Transformative Experience of Creating Songs in Collaboration With Nightingales

On the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | May 16, 2022

Bono has finally done it. He’s written his memoir. And it’s going to be published.

Bono has finally done it. He’s written his memoir. And it’s going to be published.

By Jonny Diamond | May 10, 2022

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Lyrical Black Face: The Truth About “My Old Kentucky Home”

By Emily Bingham | May 9, 2022

“Auld Lang Syne” in July: Yiyun Li on the Solaces and Limits of Music

By Yiyun Li | May 3, 2022

How Sissieretta Jones, Celebrated Black Opera Singer, Enshrined Her Own Story

By Rosalyn Story | May 2, 2022

The new <em>Conversations with Friends</em> trailer features an original Phoebe Bridgers song.

The new Conversations with Friends trailer features an original Phoebe Bridgers song.

By Eliza Smith | April 13, 2022

Is There an Inherent Connection Between Sadness and Art-Making?

Is There an Inherent Connection Between Sadness and Art-Making?

From Beethoven to Leonard Cohen, Susan Cain Wonders About Melancholy and Creativity

By Susan Cain | April 7, 2022

The Challenges and Pleasures of Helping Quincy Jones Tell His Life Story

The Challenges and Pleasures of Helping Quincy Jones Tell His Life Story

Patricia Mulcahy on Collaborating with a Musical Icon

By Patricia Mulcahy | April 4, 2022

“Once you’re in the circus, it’s hard to get out.” Martha Wainwright on Growing Up Among Artists

“Once you’re in the circus, it’s hard to get out.” Martha Wainwright on Growing Up Among Artists

Fights, Silences, and Music During a Tumultuous Year in Manhattan

By Martha Wainwright | March 30, 2022

The Biblical Story of Leonard Cohen’s October 1973 Resurrection in the Sinai Desert

The Biblical Story of Leonard Cohen’s October 1973 Resurrection in the Sinai Desert

Matti Friedman in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | March 30, 2022

Welcome to New York (University), Taylor Swift.

Welcome to New York (University), Taylor Swift.

By Katie Yee | March 29, 2022

“We Straddle the Now and the Ether.” On Black Gay Time

“We Straddle the Now and the Ether.” On Black Gay Time

Jafari S. Allen Explores a Temporality Outside of—and Ahead of—Time

By Jafari S. Allen | March 24, 2022

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