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On the Sacred Bard of the 1960s Chicago Jazz Scene

On the Sacred Bard of the 1960s Chicago Jazz Scene

Thulani Davis on Joseph Jarman and the Rediscovery of
a Musical Avant-Garde Classic

By Thulani Davis | December 11, 2019

Never Mind the Ballots: On the Unholy Interplay Between<br> Punk and Brexit

Never Mind the Ballots: On the Unholy Interplay Between
Punk and Brexit

laddish mockery..."">Fintan O'Toole: "Mischief, mayhem, bad boys, brutal
laddish mockery..."

By Fintan O'Toole | December 9, 2019

What Happened to Rock and Roll<br> After Altamont?

What Happened to Rock and Roll
After Altamont?

Buzz Poole on the Grateful Dead's “New Speedway Boogie,” and the True End of the Sixties

By Buzz Poole | December 6, 2019

On Jay-Z, Rakim, and Black Mythmaking in America

On Jay-Z, Rakim, and Black Mythmaking in America

Two New Books That Trace Their Storytelling Legacies

By Tarisai Ngangura | November 26, 2019

Self-Storage: <br>Reading John Cage in Reykjavik

Self-Storage:
Reading John Cage in Reykjavik

J. Mae Barizo on Memory, Forgetting, and the Flat Circle of Time

By J. Mae Barizo | November 25, 2019

On the Books That Most Influenced the Great David Bowie

On the Books That Most Influenced the Great David Bowie

Genius Recognizes Genius

By John O'Connell | November 19, 2019

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Rock, Pop, and the Development of Avant Garde Music After World War II

By Benjamin Piekut | November 5, 2019

A Century Before Springsteen, Stephen Crane Chronicled Asbury Park

By Tobias Carroll | November 1, 2019

On Debbie D, One of Hip-Hop's Legendary Pioneers

By Kathy Iandoli | October 25, 2019

The City Where Janis Joplin Found Her Voice

The City Where Janis Joplin Found Her Voice

On Her Earliest Days in San Francisco

By Holly George-Warren | October 24, 2019

How Pretending to Be Paul McCartney Helped Me Write My Book

How Pretending to Be Paul McCartney Helped Me Write My Book

"Sometimes Paul McCartney isn’t Paul McCartney at all."

By Karl Whitney | October 24, 2019

Dead Kennedys in the West: <br> The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco

Dead Kennedys in the West:
The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco

The New Punk Generation Made the Hippies Look Past Their Prime

By Lincoln A. Mitchell | October 22, 2019

On the Groundbreaking Documentary That Brought the Birthplace of Chicago Blues Alive

On the Groundbreaking Documentary That Brought the Birthplace of Chicago Blues Alive

It Wouldn't Have Been Possible Without “Guitar King” Michael Bloomfield

By David Dann | October 16, 2019

Rihanna: the only girl in the world whose memoir comes with a marble pedestal.

Rihanna: the only girl in the world whose memoir comes with a marble pedestal.

By Katie Yee | October 7, 2019

So You Think You're Cool? On Referencing Pop Music in Fiction

So You Think You're Cool? On Referencing Pop Music in Fiction

Robert Haller on Nick Hornby, Jeffrey Eugenides, Zadie Smith, Jennifer Egan, and More

By Robert Haller | September 26, 2019

Bruce Springsteen's “The River” Spoke to My Working-Class Dublin

Bruce Springsteen's “The River” Spoke to My Working-Class Dublin

Dermot Bolger on Finding the Universal in an American Icon

By Dermot Bolger | September 25, 2019

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