Music

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

Among the Athenians: A Conversation with Grace Elizabeth Hale
Andrew Holter talks with Grace Elizabeth Hale, writer of “Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture.”
Andrew HolterApr 11, 2020
All in This Together?: On Grace Elizabeth Hale’s “Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture”
Jeff Melnick considers the rise of alternative music in the American South, as discussed in Grace Hale’s new hybrid ethnography-memoir, “Cool Town.”
Jeff MelnickApr 11, 2020
Yuval Sharon Reinvents Opera for Los Angeles
Yuval Sharon has made it clear to the opera world that Los Angeles has a unique style that reflects its immensity.
James C. TaylorMar 28, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Music
Real Life Rock Top 10: March 2020
LARB presents the March installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusMar 27, 2020
- Music
- Noir
Real Life Rock Top 10: February 2020
LARB presents the February installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusFeb 21, 2020
- Film
- Music
The Last Cowboy Song
Listening to Marty Robbins’s classic 1959 album “Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs.”
Drew BratcherFeb 1, 2020
- Music
Real Life Rock Top 10: January 2020
LARB presents the January installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusJan 24, 2020
Coincidences, Chance, and Champignons
Perwana Nazif reads across the works and correspondences of John Cage and Merce Cunningham.
Perwana NazifJan 23, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Music
The Earth Died Screaming
What Tom Waits has to teach us about the coming global catastrophe.
Robert Cashin RyanJan 19, 2020
- Music
Cold War Propagandist: Nicolas Nabokov, JFK, and the Shostakovich Wars
Joseph Horowitz on Nicolas Nabokov, classical music, and the Cold War.
Joseph HorowitzJan 4, 2020
All Kinds of Exile: On Liz Phair’s “Horror Stories”
A rocker from the 1990s looks back with regret and resolve.
Dean KuipersDec 28, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
- Music
Real Life Rock Top 10: December 2019
LARB presents the December installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusDec 27, 2019