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

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

Experimental Music Blurred Divisions Between High and Low Art

By Benjamin Piekut | November 5, 2019

A Century Before Springsteen, Stephen Crane Chronicled Asbury Park

A Century Before Springsteen, Stephen Crane Chronicled Asbury Park

Crane Wrote in a Perfect Blend of Idealism, Cynicism, and Wariness

By Tobias Carroll | November 1, 2019

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

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

Kathy Iandoli Reflects on the Women Who Succeeded in a Male-Dominated Music Scene

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

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

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

By Robert Haller | September 26, 2019

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

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Dermot Bolger on Finding the Universal in an American Icon

By Dermot Bolger | September 25, 2019

On the Difficulty of Explaining <em>Why</em> a Piece of Music is Good

On the Difficulty of Explaining Why a Piece of Music is Good

How John Mauceri Finds Beauty in Structure

By John Mauceri | September 25, 2019

When Leonard Bernstein Played Cultural Diplomat in 1960s Japan

When Leonard Bernstein Played Cultural Diplomat in 1960s Japan

Mari Yoshihara on the Great Composer's Seminal Cold War-Era Tour of Japan

By Mari Yoshihara | September 19, 2019

The Soundtrack You Need for Traveling the World With Your Kids

The Soundtrack You Need for Traveling the World With Your Kids

Dan Kois Recommends Spoon, Lorde, M. I. A., and Much More to Listen To

By Dan Kois | September 18, 2019

On Alma Mahler, Muse and Mistress of Fin-de-Siecle Vienna

On Alma Mahler, Muse and Mistress of Fin-de-Siecle Vienna

lived out of her time."">Cate Haste Considers the Legacy of "a modern woman who
lived out of her time."

By Cate Haste | September 16, 2019

Why 'Wichita Lineman' Contains the Greatest Musical Couplet Ever Written

Why 'Wichita Lineman' Contains the Greatest Musical Couplet Ever Written

Dylan Jones on Jimmy Webb's Enduring Masterpiece

By Dylan Jones | September 6, 2019

At the Crossroads Where Jamaica's History and Fictions Meet

At the Crossroads Where Jamaica's History and Fictions Meet

Marcia Douglas on the Clocktower of Half Way Tree Park

By Marcia Douglas | August 21, 2019

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