Music

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

Worlding Music: On “Organic Music Societies”
A rich, gorgeously illustrated study of the multifarious creative praxis of Don and Moki Cherry.
Nicholas NaumanJun 1, 2021
- Music
Real Life Rock Top 10: May 2021
LARB presents the May 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusMay 21, 2021
- Music
The Drone Is in the Heart
A psychedelic study of drones in nature, art, and popular music.
Geoff NicholsonMay 10, 2021
- Music
Real Life Rock Top 10: April 2021
LARB presents the April installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusApr 23, 2021
- Music
Young Man Inside an Old Man
Andrew Gumbel reviews "Beeswing," the new memoir written by Richard Thompson with Scott Timberg.
Andrew GumbelApr 22, 2021
- Music
A Note of Momentous Subtlety
William Harris talks with writer Amit Chaudhuri about his latest book, “Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music.”
William HarrisApr 19, 2021
- Music
I’m Going to Build a Heaven of My Own: The Harry Smith B-Sides
This new package is every bit as aurally transcendent and esoterically inscrutable as Smith’s A Sides.
Thomas LarsonApr 18, 2021
- Music
Celebrating L.A. Composers: A Conversation with Hugh Levick
The director of the HEAR NOW music festival in Los Angeles talks about the upcoming 2021 all-virtual event.
Allan GraubardApr 11, 2021
- Music
Real Life Rock Top 10: March 2021
LARB presents the March installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusMar 26, 2021
- Music
Real Life Rock Top 10: February 2021
LARB presents the February 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusFeb 26, 2021
Real Life Rock Top 10: January 2021
LARB presents the January installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusJan 15, 2021
Fictional Blues: Narrative Self-Invention from Bessie Smith to Jack White
An illuminating, thought-provoking, refreshingly broad-minded new book about the blues.
Clifford ThompsonJan 4, 2021
- Literary Criticism
- Music