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Assimilation and 80s Punk Culture in Small-Town Pennsylvania

Assimilation and 80s Punk Culture in Small-Town Pennsylvania

Phuc Tran on What Helped Him Survive Isolation

By Phuc Tran | April 22, 2020

Odetta, the Shy Folk Singer Who Defied McCarthyism's Fear Tactics

Odetta, the Shy Folk Singer Who Defied McCarthyism's Fear Tactics

Among Her Fans Were Rosa Parks, Bob Dylan, and Martin Luther King

By Ian Zack | April 20, 2020

Bob Dylan channels Walt Whitman in another glorious surprise release.

Bob Dylan channels Walt Whitman in another glorious surprise release.

By Aaron Robertson | April 17, 2020

All your favorite pop songs reimagined as sonnets.

All your favorite pop songs reimagined as sonnets.

By Emily Temple | April 14, 2020

The Time Giuseppe Verdi Battled *Actual* Censorship

The Time Giuseppe Verdi Battled *Actual* Censorship

On Italian Radicals Who Fought For Freedom

By Wallis Wilde-Menozzi | April 3, 2020

Mission Creek Underground: The Musical Storytelling of Spectral Snake

Mission Creek Underground: The Musical Storytelling of Spectral Snake

A Virtual Sample of One of America's Great Arts Festivals

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The Songwriters Behind Country Music's Biggest Hits

By Bobbie and Bill Malone | March 30, 2020

Nobel laureate in literature releases 17 minute prose poem about JFK's assassination.

By Emily Temple | March 27, 2020

Marcus Mumford on John Steinbeck's Lessons in Justice and Power

Marcus Mumford on John Steinbeck's Lessons in Justice and Power

The California-Born Singer Reflects on an Iconic American Writer

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How to Be a Beatles Fan Without Really Trying

How to Be a Beatles Fan Without Really Trying

Sibbie O'Sullivan on Privacy and Fandom

By Sibbie O'Sullivan | February 20, 2020

When Music is Your First Language

When Music is Your First Language

Philip Kennicott on Finding Bach Amidst the Family Chaos

By Philip Kennicott | February 20, 2020

Don't Worry, Classically Trained Concert Pianists Are<br> Humans Too

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Stephen Hough on the Anxieties and Etiquette of a Life in Music

By Stephen Hough | February 19, 2020

The Book That Began as an Acid-Fueled Speech at Woodstock

The Book That Began as an Acid-Fueled Speech at Woodstock

When Pete Townshend Whacked Abbie Hoffman Offstage

By Jack Hoffman and Daniel Simon | February 18, 2020

An Oral History of the Thrash Metal Mosh Pit

An Oral History of the Thrash Metal Mosh Pit

"It was a carnival of insanity."

By Jon Wiederhorn | January 10, 2020

The Romantic, Uncompromising, Audacious Life of Lhasa de Sela

The Romantic, Uncompromising, Audacious Life of Lhasa de Sela

On the Tragically Short Career of a Spellbinding Musician

By Fred Goodman | December 20, 2019

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