From Bessie Smith to Beyoncé: On the Black Women Singers Archiving the American Struggle

From Bessie Smith to Beyoncé: On the Black Women Singers Archiving the American Struggle

Daphne Brooks Guests on the Radio Open Source Podcast

By Open Source | July 23, 2021

Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama are teaming up on a book.

Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama are teaming up on a book.

By Walker Caplan | July 22, 2021

On the Movie That Sparked the Birth of the Formidable Wu-Tang Clan

On the Movie That Sparked the Birth of the Formidable Wu-Tang Clan

S.H. Fernando Looks at the Origins of a Hip-Hop Super Group

By S.H. Fernando Jr. | July 21, 2021

Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

Katie Crouch on Structure, Character Development, and the Band CAKE

By Katie Crouch | July 14, 2021

Mary Gauthier on Songwriting as a Form of Healing

Mary Gauthier on Songwriting as a Form of Healing

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 14, 2021

Watch Jack Antonoff perform a song he wrote with Zadie Smith.

Watch Jack Antonoff perform a song he wrote with Zadie Smith.

By Walker Caplan | July 13, 2021

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Summers of Discovery: Adventures in Greece with Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen

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Jessica Hopper on Rock, Rapture, and What Artists Do that Mortals Cannot

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Eula Biss on the Wild Machismo of Prince in Purple Rain

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How Kurt Cobain’s Favorite Novel Made Its Way Onto Nirvana’s Final Album

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Nathan Dunne on the Seductive Power of Perfume

By Nathan Dunne | July 1, 2021

Sasha Frere-Jones on the Future of Live Music Post-Pandemic

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In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | July 1, 2021

In Praise of Famous Losers: On Kurt Cobain, Beck, and the Idols Who Mythologized a Subculture

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Benjamin Villegas Remembers the Antiestablishment Allure of the 90s

By Benjamin Villegas | June 30, 2021

Need a writing soundtrack? Listen to James Baldwin’s record collection in Spotify playlist form.

Need a writing soundtrack? Listen to James Baldwin’s record collection in Spotify playlist form.

By Walker Caplan | June 29, 2021

Solving the Mystery of My Father’s Journalistic Shorthand and Discovering... The Beatles?

Solving the Mystery of My Father’s Journalistic Shorthand and Discovering... The Beatles?

Richard Sanger on the Surprises and Banalities Hidden in “Pitman” Notations

By Richard Sanger | June 28, 2021

Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall heroically cancels himself.

Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall heroically cancels himself.

By Jonny Diamond | June 25, 2021

Is this the best book club ever?

Is this the best book club ever?

By Walker Caplan | June 24, 2021

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