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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

Don't Worry, Classically Trained Concert Pianists Are
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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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When Classical Music Was a Cold War Battleground

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

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

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

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

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Two New Books That Trace Their Storytelling Legacies

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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

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Genius Recognizes Genius

By John O'Connell | November 19, 2019

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

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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

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