• Music

    Musicology

    On the Rich, Hidden History of the Banjo

    By Kristina R. Gaddy  October 24, 2022
    Appalachia

    On Disrupting a Cherished Musical Tradition and Creating New Appalachian Ballads

    By Elizabeth Ford  October 21, 2022
    Craft

    The Space Between Notes: What Writers Can Learn From Musicians

    By Daniel Torday  October 20, 2022
    Punk Rock

    How I Created Community With a Ramones Fan Club

    By Kid Congo Powers  October 20, 2022
    Pop Music

    “A Sicko Producer’s Dream.” On the Infectious Textures of Britney Spears’s Shifting Voice

    By Natasha Lasky  October 17, 2022
    Keen On

    On the Life and Work of Stevie Nicks

    By Keen On  October 14, 2022
    Classical Music

    There’s a Long History of Snobs Loving Classical Music—and Classical Musicians Loathing Them

    By Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch  October 13, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Lynn Melnick and Hafizah Augustus Geter Talk All Things Dolly Parton

    By The Virtual Book Channel  October 13, 2022
    Write-minded

    Danyel Smith on Placing Yourself in Broader Historical Contexts

    By Write-minded   October 11, 2022
    Keen On

    What Dolly Parton Can Teach Us About the Trauma of Drug Addiction and Sexual Violence

    By Keen On  October 7, 2022
    The Hub

    Of course LCD Soundsystem’s first new song in 5 years is for the adaptation of White Noise.

    By Emily Temple  September 30, 2022
    New Music USA

    Maddi Baird Explores the Sounds of Los Angeles and the West Coast

    By New Music USA  September 29, 2022
    Punk

    Read These If You Aren’t A Poseur: Books That Embody The Punk Ethos

    By Tea Hacic-Vlahovic  September 23, 2022
    New Music USA

    Who Gets to Compose?

    By New Music USA  September 22, 2022
    News and Culture

    Not Just Lyrics and Melodies: How Producers Conceive of Music

    By Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas  September 22, 2022
    The Hub

    The secret to Taylor Swift’s writing process is… cool pens.

    By Katie Yee  September 21, 2022
    Jazz

    Why Jazz? Laura Warrell on Devotion to a “Dying” Art Form

    By Laura Warrell  September 20, 2022
    Keen On

    We’ll Play Till We Die: The Role of Revolutionary Music in the Muslim World

    By Keen On  September 15, 2022
    Keen On

    A Profound Sense of Duty: What Josephine Baker Had in Common With Queen Elizabeth II

    By Keen On  September 12, 2022
    Origin Stories

    What Was Desired Before You Were Born: Remica Bingham-Risher on the Weight of Names

    By Remica Bingham-Risher  August 31, 2022
    The Hub

    Here are the songs Bob Dylan is writing about in his forthcoming book on “modern song.”

    By Jonny Diamond  August 26, 2022
    Music

    When Rick James Fought to Get Black Artists on MTV

    By Ramon Hervey II  August 19, 2022
    In Memoriam

    Fresh Updates on the Dead: On Jerry Garcia’s Current Status in the Spirit Realm

    By Joey Sweeney  August 9, 2022
    Rock N Roll

    How CCR, “The Boy Scouts of Rock and Roll,” Took California and the Country by Storm

    By John Lingan  August 9, 2022
    Rock and Roll

    From A Hard Day’s Night to This Is Spinal Tap: The Big Tent of Rock and Roll on Film

    By Fred Goodman  July 28, 2022
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