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No Success Like Failure
Tim Riley reviews a new biography of Nick Lowe.
Music
"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds." — Dizzy Gillespie
(Un)happy Partners: On Jazz and Independent Film
How American independent cinema learned improvisation from jazz.
Bongo Explosion: The Rebellious Dimension of Latin Music
Ilan Stavans and Alex Nava discuss the rhythmic, political, and spiritual dimensions of Latin American music.
“Completely Unmasked at All Times”: On the Complete Piano Recordings of Oscar Levant
Joseph Horowitz listens to “A Rhapsody in Blue: The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant.”
Number One with a Bullet: On “A War of Songs: Popular Music and Recent Russia-Ukraine Relations”
Paul Jordan charts the battles of “A War of Songs: Popular Music and Recent Russia-Ukraine Relations.”
Griot Jali: California’s First Poet Laureate, Quincy Troupe, Returns to His Old Stomping Ground
Patrick Howell interviews author Quincy Troupe about Harlem, growing up in St. Louis, and what's next.
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Julia Holter
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music.
Not in Kansas: On The National’s “I Am Easy to Find”
Cornel Bonca reviews The National’s new album and the Mike Mills movie based on it.
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Britt Daniel
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music.
20th-Century Classics for 21st-Century Audiences: An Interview with Bartlett Sher
Laurie Winer talks to Tony-nominated theater director Bartlett Sher, whose "To Kill a Mockingbird" is currently playing on Broadway.
Just a Girl and Her Sad Songs: Ani DiFranco’s Memoir
A feminism rock icon muses about her past and her music.
Alabama’s Mortal Sounds
Revisiting the primal scene — an Alabama concert.
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