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Guantánamo Mixtape: This Would Be the Soundtrack to Hell

Guantánamo Mixtape: This Would Be the Soundtrack to Hell

From Marilyn Manson to Meow Mix, Played Loud, Played Often

By Scott G. Bruce | September 7, 2018

Vijay Iyer: A Moral Imperative to Speak for the Musical Margins

Vijay Iyer: A Moral Imperative to Speak for the Musical Margins

On Finding an Uneasy Peace with Jazz Traditionalists

By Nate Chinen | August 16, 2018

When They Put Lauryn Hill on the Cover of <em>Time</em>

When They Put Lauryn Hill on the Cover of Time

On Evolving Standards of Black Beauty in the 1990s

By Joan Morgan | August 14, 2018

Bringing <em>The Cradle Will Rock</em> Back to Life

Bringing The Cradle Will Rock Back to Life

On the Political Musical by Marc Blitzstein

By John Mauceri | June 22, 2018

Diamond Dogs">On the Diamond Dogs">

Diamond Dogs">On the "Future Shock" of David Bowie's Diamond Dogs

Taking Sci-Fi Inspiration from Nineteen Eighty-Four and Metropolis

By Jason Heller | June 19, 2018

The Sound of Black Voices, The Sound of My Father

The Sound of Black Voices, The Sound of My Father

Harmony Holiday on What It Means to Archive Your Memories

By Harmony Holiday | June 15, 2018

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Van Morrison, Unlikeliest of Literary Muses

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On the Outsize Influence of Astral Weeks

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Seeking the Sublime in Sonic Youth

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How Their Iconic Sound Brings Us to the Edge of Our Own Mortality

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11 Pop Songs for Literary People

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Read, Eat, Sleep

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