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How Opera Invented the Modern Fan

How Opera Invented the Modern Fan

Alison Kinney Investigates the Barriers to Appreciating Art the “Right” Way

By Alison Kinney | October 14, 2021

Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda on the Alchemy of Making Music and Art

Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda on the Alchemy of Making Music and Art

From the ArtCenter College of Design’s Bi-Weekly Podcast

By Change Lab | October 14, 2021

Joshua Bennett on Fatherhood: “We Do Not Live Forever. But We Do Live On.”

Joshua Bennett on Fatherhood: “We Do Not Live Forever. But We Do Live On.”

For the Latest Issue of Freeman’s

By Joshua Bennett | October 12, 2021

Kelefa Sanneh: What Actually is “Country Music”?

Kelefa Sanneh: What Actually is “Country Music”?

On the Genre’s Shifting Identities

By Kelefa Sanneh | October 8, 2021

Jan Swafford and Robert Levin on Mozart’s Infectious Genius

Jan Swafford and Robert Levin on Mozart’s Infectious Genius

This Week on the Radio Open Source Podcast

By Open Source | October 8, 2021

Why Kendrick Lamar is the Most Political Rapper in Modern-Day Pop Culture

Why Kendrick Lamar is the Most Political Rapper in Modern-Day Pop Culture

Miles Marshall Lewis Considers the Compton-Born Rapper's Musical Prowess and Unapologetic Activism

By Miles Marshall Lewis | October 7, 2021

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By Keen On | October 6, 2021

A World Outside Time: Pico Iyer on the Deep Pleasure of Handel’s Chorale Music

By Pico Iyer | September 29, 2021

Listen to the musical stylings of Shel Silverstein and Johnny Cash.

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Why Blues Singer Bessie Smith’s Bewitching Narratives Remain Eerily Relevant

Why Blues Singer Bessie Smith’s Bewitching Narratives Remain Eerily Relevant

Jackie Kay on the Life, Nuanced Legacy, and Celebrity of the Empress of the Blues

By Jackie Kay | September 23, 2021

Stephen Sondheim is working on a new musical—with David Ives.

Stephen Sondheim is working on a new musical—with David Ives.

By Walker Caplan | September 16, 2021

Some Life Lessons (Read: Humiliations) From Playing Music

Some Life Lessons (Read: Humiliations) From Playing Music

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Read the love poem that went viral . . . in ancient Greece.

Read the love poem that went viral . . . in ancient Greece.

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<em>Pride and Prejudice</em> is becoming an all-female pop musical.

Pride and Prejudice is becoming an all-female pop musical.

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Alicia Keys is adapting her own song “Girl on Fire” into a book.

Alicia Keys is adapting her own song “Girl on Fire” into a book.

By Walker Caplan | September 1, 2021

Can you spot the difference between a Halsey lyric and a line of Instapoetry?

Can you spot the difference between a Halsey lyric and a line of Instapoetry?

By Vanessa Willoughby | August 27, 2021

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