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Jim DeRogatis: Consuming the Art of a Predator is Always a Moral Choice

Jim DeRogatis: Consuming the Art of a Predator is Always a Moral Choice

On R. Kelly and Separating Art From the Artist

By Jim DeRogatis | June 12, 2019

David Epstein on the Genius of the Self-Taught Musician

David Epstein on the Genius of the Self-Taught Musician

From Django Reinhardt to Dave Brubeck, Some of the Greats Couldn't Even Read Music

By David Epstein | June 11, 2019

How Beyoncé Revolutionized the American Political Landscape

How Beyoncé Revolutionized the American Political Landscape

How Pop Culture Can Be an Essential Political Tools to reinvigorate education

By Kevin Allred | June 11, 2019

What David Bowie Borrowed From William Burroughs

What David Bowie Borrowed From William Burroughs

On the Shifting Personas of a Rock 'N' Roll Icon

By Casey Rae | June 11, 2019

Disappearing Archives: Sun Ra and Henry Dumas, Recorded in Conversation

Disappearing Archives: Sun Ra and Henry Dumas, Recorded in Conversation

Harmony Holiday on Jazz, Poetry, and a Rare Record of Mythic Black Friendship

By Harmony Holiday | June 10, 2019

The Case Against R. Kelly is <br>a Case Against Us

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Anatomy of a Perfect Album: On Joni Mitchell's <em>Blue</em>

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