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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.
Music
"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds." — Dizzy Gillespie
Born Middle-Aged: Eight Books on Steely Dan
A review of the literature on the hyperliterate jazz-rock ironists from 1970s L.A.
Musical Madeleines: On “Long Players: Writers on the Albums that Shaped Them”
Contemporary authors select their most “cherished” albums.
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.
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).”
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.
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.
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.
The Haunted Van: Talking with Josh Malerman and The High Strung
A best-selling horror author’s band is about to release its ninth album.
Real Life Rock Top 10: June 2021
LARB presents the June 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Cancellation of the Gods
It should be easy to ignore Wagner because of his antisemitic legacy. But it’s not that simple.
My Father, Cultural Appropriator
Sarah Curtis traces history through music and her father’s work.
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