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The Show Must Go On: On Billie Holiday’s Last Live Performance

The Show Must Go On: On Billie Holiday’s Last Live Performance

Paul Alexander Chronicles the Final Months of America’s Queen of Jazz

By Paul Alexander | February 19, 2024

Literary Loops: Mariah Stovall on the Role of Repetition in Music and Fiction

Literary Loops: Mariah Stovall on the Role of Repetition in Music and Fiction

“I realized music could show me how to balance consistency and novelty.”

By Mariah Stovall | February 13, 2024

Taylor Swift has announced a new album, entitled <em>The Tortured Poets Department</em>.

Taylor Swift has announced a new album, entitled The Tortured Poets Department.

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 5, 2024

The Tremendous Power and Lasting Impact of <em>The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill</em>

The Tremendous Power and Lasting Impact of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Nadirah Simmons Proposes Some Additional Awards for the Highly Decorated Album

By Nadirah Simmons | February 2, 2024

Inspiration Plus Experimentation: On the Essential Elements of Artistic Creation

Inspiration Plus Experimentation: On the Essential Elements of Artistic Creation

Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards Consider the Creative Process Behind Music Composition

By Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards | January 22, 2024

All The Songs We Cannot Hear: On the Challenges of a Life Without Sound

All The Songs We Cannot Hear: On the Challenges of a Life Without Sound

Matt Hay Considers the Importance of Music for the Hearing Impaired

By Matt Hay | January 12, 2024

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Simon Price on the Making and Legacy of One of the Band’s Most Beloved Songs

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Plain-Spoken Performance Art: A Conversation with Laurie Anderson

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Brooke Wentz Talks to the Legendary Artist about Art School, Eavesdropping, and the Avant-Garde

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“The Frisson of Pure Evil.” An Oral History of the Release of the Velvet Underground’s First Album

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“There were just so many layers and so many colors. Even if all the colors were dark.”

By Dylan Jones | December 5, 2023

RIP Shane MacGowan: 7 Pogues Songs That Would Make Great Short Stories

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How Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker Made Music History Together

How Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker Made Music History Together

Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill on the Fraught Yet Successful Partnership of Two Industry Titans

By Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill | November 30, 2023

Who Doesn’t Like Music? Nabokov, For Starters

Who Doesn’t Like Music? Nabokov, For Starters

On the Odd Case of the Musical Anhedonic

By Michel Faber | November 29, 2023

<em>Maestro</em> Slips into Easy Conversation with <em>A Star is Born</em>

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Frank Falisi on the New Leonard Bernstein Biopic and Its Director-Star Bradley Cooper

By Frank Falisi | November 22, 2023

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