Ozzy, Mötley, Poison... On the Sacred Role of the Hair Metal Ballad

Ozzy, Mötley, Poison... On the Sacred Role of the Hair Metal Ballad

When in Doubt, Slow it Down

By Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock | March 17, 2021

Listen to a new song inspired by Viet Thanh Nguyen's <em>The Sympathizer</em>.

Listen to a new song inspired by Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer.

By Emily Temple | March 16, 2021

Women Who Fly: Talking to Nona Hendryx About Afrofuturist Histories

Women Who Fly: Talking to Nona Hendryx About Afrofuturist Histories

Emily Lordi on Musical Visionaries

By Emily Lordi | March 16, 2021

How One of My Favorite Songwriters Came Along and Saved My Novel

How One of My Favorite Songwriters Came Along and Saved My Novel

When Don Lee Sent a Longshot Email to Will Johnson

By Don Lee | March 15, 2021

When I Lived Across the Hall From Sid Vicious

When I Lived Across the Hall From Sid Vicious

Donna Florio Remembers Just Another Day on Manhattan's Bank Street

By Donna Florio | March 9, 2021

An audio deepfake of Gucci Mane can now read you classic books.

An audio deepfake of Gucci Mane can now read you classic books.

By Walker Caplan | March 4, 2021

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  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
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Like a Tidal Wave: Tracing the Inescapable Explosion of
Latin Music

By Leila Cobo | March 4, 2021

Sanford Biggers on the Unlikely Kinship Between Hip Hop and Quilting

By The Quarantine Tapes | February 26, 2021

Alicia Hall Moran on the Lessons of Toni Morrison

By The Quarantine Tapes | February 24, 2021

The Woman Who Preserved Zora Neale Hurston's Musical Legacy

The Woman Who Preserved Zora Neale Hurston's Musical Legacy

Daphne A. Brooks on Rosetta Reitz, Grassroots Blues Activism, and Black Feminism

By Daphne A. Brooks | February 24, 2021

Haruki Murakami hosted a bossa nova jam over the weekend—and you can watch it online now.

Haruki Murakami hosted a bossa nova jam over the weekend—and you can watch it online now.

By Walker Caplan | February 16, 2021

Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old conch shell.

Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old conch shell.

By Walker Caplan | February 11, 2021

Are We Starving Our Brains by Going Digital?

Are We Starving Our Brains by Going Digital?

Alana Newhouse Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 11, 2021

<em>Looking to Get Lost</em> by Peter Guralnick, Read by Jim Meskimen

Looking to Get Lost by Peter Guralnick, Read by Jim Meskimen

Excellent Listening for Music Lovers

By Behind the Mic | February 1, 2021

Eugenio Ampudia on His ‘Concert for the Biocene’

Eugenio Ampudia on His ‘Concert for the Biocene’

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | January 29, 2021

Arlo Parks’s much-anticipated debut album was inspired by the work of Zadie Smith.

Arlo Parks’s much-anticipated debut album was inspired by the work of Zadie Smith.

By Walker Caplan | January 28, 2021

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