Music

"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds." — Dizzy Gillespie

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  Who Needs a “National” Music?: On Joseph Horowitz’s “Dvořák’s Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music”

  Horowitz’s book brims with detailed examples but its larger argument is unconvincing.

  Tim RileyJan 28, 2022

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  Let It Be Known: Grieving Through Adele

  Kathryn Lofton explores what it means to grieve through the complexity of popular music.

  Kathryn LoftonJan 10, 2022

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  Junkyard Dragon: The Rolling Stones at SoFi Stadium

  Sometimes our critic hates the Rolling Stones so much that she thinks she must secretly love them.

  Gina ArnoldDec 26, 2021

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  Real Life Rock Top 10: December 2021

  LARB presents the December 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.

  Greil MarcusDec 24, 2021

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  Real Life Rock Top 10: November 2021

  LARB presents the November 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.

  Greil MarcusNov 26, 2021

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  Born Middle-Aged: Eight Books on Steely Dan

  A review of the literature on the hyperliterate jazz-rock ironists from 1970s L.A.

  Colin MarshallNov 21, 2021

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  Musical Madeleines: On “Long Players: Writers on the Albums that Shaped Them”

  Contemporary authors select their most “cherished” albums.

  Jeffrey WasserstromNov 8, 2021

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  Real Life Rock Top 10: October 2021

  LARB presents the October 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.

  Greil MarcusOct 29, 2021

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  It Just Depends: A Conversation with Richard Edwards

  Justin Gautreau catches up with Richard Edwards, whose latest release is “Richard Edwards Sings the Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s, Songbook in Quarantine (Vol 1).”

  Justin GautreauOct 5, 2021

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  The Ambivalence of Life in “Blind Joe Death’s America”

  Ethan Weinstein reviews "Blind Joe Death’s America," the new book by George Henderson about John Fahey.

  Ethan WeinsteinSep 10, 2021

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  Real Life Rock Top 10: August 2021

  LARB presents the August 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.

  Greil MarcusAug 27, 2021

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  Real Life Rock Top 10: July 2021

  LARB presents the July 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.

  Greil MarcusJul 30, 2021

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